Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-02-01

Something Of the Resources Of Our
state.

something or tne RESOURCES OF Our
state.
The year 1889 has been fairly prosper
Gus oae for Nevada.
The bullion yield was about IS, 900, 900,
shrinkage Of 100000 for the product Of
previous years.
This was due, not to any exhaustion Of ore
resources, but the terrible drought Of last
Summer, which resulted in stoppage Of the
stamp mills on the Carson river.
The drought also had its bad effects on the
cattle industry and many cattle were driven
out Of the State to keep them alive.
The assessed value Of property in Nevada
for 1850 foots up $50, 900, 900.
In mentioning the States resources the
San Francisco Chronicle says:
The project Of constructing water storage
reservoirs near the sources Of the principal
rivers and streams in the State to hold in re-
serve the water now running TO waste during
the winter and spring floods for irrigating
and mill power, was considered at the last
session Of the Legislature, and bill passed
appropriating 500, 900 for the purpose. So
far, nothing has yet been accomplished to-
ward their construction by the Water Com
missioners on account Of conf1ic: between
the stamp mill and ranch owners, between
whom litigation is now pending.
A Government survey Of sites for water
storage reservoirs made at the sources Of the
principal streams and their sa1;uents last year
demonstrated that a sufficient amount Of
water can be held in reserve by the construc-
ton of dams at the source Of the Carson
river, at cost of about $500, 900, to irri-
gate an area OF now arid land along its
course, ample, if cultivated, to support
population of $4,000 people. Since the sur
vey all the eligible land in the vicinity Of the
reservoir sites has been purchased by F. G.
Newlands and other capitalists.
Applications for State land aggregating
nearly 3oo, 900 acres were filed IN the Neva-
da Land Office in 1850. A majority Of the
applications were for land located in Lyon,
Lincoln, Nye. White Pine and Elko counties,
and the principal locators were capitalists or
their agents who filed on the land for specu-
lative purposes, and the vast area included
in the applications has therefore added but
slightly to the population of the State, now
estimated at 64,5oo, an increase of only
1880 during the past decade.
The proposed construction of the Salt Lake
and Los Angeles Railroad has renewed in
terest in the mining districts Of Lincoln, Nye.
White Pine and Eureka counties through the
richest mineral regions Of which the line will
pass. And the population Of these districts
has been materially increased by the return
of many former residents who years ago
abandoned valuable mining locations for the
reason that they could not be prohtably de-
veloped with the high freight charged for the
delivery Of supplies and the hauling of ore
by team to the nearest point for shipment by
rail.
The recent discovery Of large vein Of
gold-bearing ore in the Joanna mine, in Rob
ison district, White Pine county, and the
subsequent development there of gold-bear-
inf gravel beds has attracted large immi-
grafton to that locality of prospectors and
miners.
In Phoebe district, Lincoln cnunty, the
principal mining locations are being devel-
oped, and furnaces for the reduction of the
base ores have recently been erected.
The mines Of Tuscarora district, Elko
county added about 81, 900, oco to the total
bullion yield of the State in 1850. The
high grade ore found in narrow seams. the
extraction of which involves the extraction
of vast amount Of waste in extracting a
single ton Of ore, hence the prospect Of the
mines being prohtably worked in the district
of Shanholden is extremely doubtful as the
monthly statements discloses the fact that
the bullion produced only seems to increase
the indebtedness Of the companies.
The survey Of the Idaho and Nevada
railroad, to connect Boise City with Battle
Mountain on the line Of the Central Pacific,
is in progress and the proposed route will
pass through Tuscarora and other mining
districts in Elko and Lander counties.
His speech Prepared Him.
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