The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-08-01
SURVEYORS GENERAL's REPORT.

dry-Oaher Nevada Matters.
Following IL the report of The U. s.
Surveyor General for Nevada &c. L.
PowningJ for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1886:
RENO, New, July %, 1883.
Hon. W al. A. Sparks, ColnnIissIon-
or General l4ana Olhce. Washington,
u. C.--SIr: The returns for
the year include seventy LoAnsuIps.
giving All area OF ,Z4y, 1897 acres OF
agricultural aud grazing land, and
~ ,z39. % acres of mineral Iaud. u W.
Ial OF ,O0I VI acres.
1 he nutiIuer oI miles run aud mark
ed III the held Was 70 ullies, IL chains
and 80 links OF reservation lines, 80
miles, 81 chaIns anu ~ lIuks of stand
afd liues; JoI miles, . chains anu ~
Inks ol TOW nship lines: J, 231 miles,
- chains and 81 iInNs ot section
Lines; 81 miles. chains anu 10 lInAs
vi CONNECTING lines, making u total OF
4, no miles, - chains and 81 links.
The nunner vi plat. made was IA
oi township and exterior, anu III
mineral piaLs, all Vt which, with
transcript OF neld notes, nave been
forwarded 20 Washington, aud he tri-
plicate plAts tiled iii the local land
Offices AZ Carson aud Eureka.
CEDED LANDS.
! A the last session of the Legislature
a memorial anu resolution MAS unail-
,lnousiy adopted asking the General
| Gov ernulenL 10 cede 10 the STATE Of
NeVada all the unsold lands Within
the States. The United States has
been generous TO Nevada in grants of
pubic LANDS, having al divers and
sunury times granted II 2,73Z,o15.1
acres, OF nIen yo3 ,346.17 acres have
Deen selected and approved to the
State up 10 January /, 1855. These
grants were comprised in the six
| teenth and thirty-second sections in
| demnity Lieu Land) Agricultural
College, University, Public Buildings,
Stale Prison aud Two Million Acre
grant. by reason OF this Iast-namsd
grant the Stale virtually controls the
sale OF the public lands OF the State,
! anG the COY eminent IN its generosity,
pays for The surveys and EXPENSES oil
maintaining U. ). Surveyor Gener
| ais office anu two local land offices,
all of " hich could be dispensed with
am $40, 900 per annum saved 10 the
/ unned States by compliance with
the desire al The people of Nevada,
as expressed through their Legisla.
ture. Under the Two million acre
grant the Stale selects when and
" here " plea>e-, ,iisposss OF IL Ia Az
10 640-acie tracts at 81 % per acre, the
purchaser paying one. NTH at the
time OF application aud being allowed
L"eniy live years To Jay the 81 bal
anc., AZ per cent. per annum inter-
est Even within the Hunts OF the
Central Pacific Railroad grant, where
Lne Government asks double mini
mum or 5. 80 per acre, the State
takes advantage OF It's privileges anu
sells the same goods for one-h half The
money. The ) ale laws are so liberal
that II Is only in exceptional cases
that person Will give the Govern
ment the preference, and many waive
homestead rights to deal directly with
the ) ate Inc State sold $4,000 acres
| in 1854, and it, sales this year will
eAceeu 100, 100 acres. Within another
year nearly every acre OF land reach
ed by natural water will be disposed
Of, and the State will not then have
exhausted more than one-quarter OF
lis grant. IL will then have To- reduce
its price To- IS or 81 cents per acre,
aud al tbat rate it will be many years
before il will sell the remaining L.
500, 900 acres, and when that is gone
the probabilities arc the Government
Will grant IL more. and so 1t will go
on. The cession asked for. If granted.
would be of ADVANTAGE to both parties
in inleaest. The 6ONernInrnt would
be- enabled to cut off lis allotment for
public surveys and appropriations for
land offices, and tie State can well
afford To assume these expenses, in
order lO obtain absolute control Of all
lani within its borders, thereby en-
aiding IL to dispose OF II In such qnan
titles ami upon such terms as II
chose, Fastening it, sale tO induce
80 Element and create properly. and
otherwise perfectIns such plans as
would enable IL IL improve the ma
tural water ways, build reservoirs,
sink arle>ian wells, with the hope OF
ultimately reclaiming tracts nov
worthless. and accommodating thos.
who desire To engage in agricultural
or stock-ralsing pursuits.
MINING.
Nevada is no worse Off than her