Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-01-03
STATISTICS OF THE STATE.
Interesting Facts and Figures
Cleaned from the SnrFeyOr
Generals Report.

| OeHeIal JOnn u. y ones Is all I'LL
usually interesting descent, con
tanning in addition to a report of the
actual work done by his office il
the past two years valuable
statistics of the resources
past and present Of the State of Ne
vada. He shows that Nevada stand;
second only to California in the pro-
duction of the precious metals since
1848, contributing to the world S
store of gold S1S3, 600.206 and to
that of silver S403, 781, 300, grand
total of S597, 4Sl, 531.
In 1877 Nevada produced her
maximum Of the precious metals -
$40. 983, 3Sl, the same year the Com
stock produced S36. 618, $50.
In 1891 the States total had fallen
to SS, 745, 600, and the Comstock to
81, 735, 22L78.
For last year 1892 the State s
product for the first three quarters
was So, 793, 933. 40, the fourth quar-
ter estimated at S698, 483. Sc. Max
ing total of So, 492, 41G. 76, for the
Comstock the first three quarters was
81, GO, 763 "a, the fourth quarter
! estimated at $40, 1908, total 81
095, 95417.
Nevada is not rich in manufactur-
ing establishments, having but 10,
divided as follows: Flour and grist
mills, II; saw mills, IL; planning mill
ing. 2; sash factories, 2; quartz mills,
1I6; smelling furnaces, -; borax
works, 10; butter and cheese factor
les, s.
Alphabetically the State has 1872
583 acres of lands cultivated, valued
at So, 528,472. Washoe county IS
credited with IS, 800 acres of cult
waited lands, valued at S572, $50.
The wheat crop of the State for 1892
was 100, 151 bushels, valued az 1919,
go; barley, 280,179 bushels; worth
Sl61 .G74; oats, 1865 bushels,
worth 500, 400; potatoes, 800, $50
bushels, worth S183,132 The hay
crop represented 285, 973 tons, valued
at S948, $50, certainly remarkably
low estimate, being less than $3.50
per ton. The State is credited with
the product of only ), ; pounds of
honey, which IS bu ,tion Of the
amount produced in :" shoe county
alone.
Washoe county's crops are as fol-
lows: 81, 6SS bushels of wheat, 3, ago
bushels of barley, 6,910 bushels of
oates, 25,600 bushels of potatoes,
valued at SIS, 4S0 and AZ, 100 tons of
hay valued at s23O,840
Lincoln county raised So acres Of
cotton, producing $4,000 pounds.
The total value of fsrm(products
by census report for 1889 was ST.
500, 900. The total value of the
same by Assessors reports received
at the Surveyor Generals Office for
1892, with increased facilities and
more extended area was 1872, 325
showing difference, which is hard
to reconcile, of 81, 1860
The dairy industry has made con
siderable advancement in the last
two years, and in Dogulas, Lyon and
Washoe counties It is becoming rap
idly prominent. There were produc-
I'd in 1892 815, 523 pounds, of which
Douglas is credited with having pro
luced 231, 2G3 pounds, Lyon county
With ITO, 200 and Washoe with 49,
100 pounds, valued at $50, 1884. The
State produced also SIG, 6GGI pounds
# cheese, valued at $50, 458, of
which Lyon county is credited with
having made %, go pounds, Douglas
With 1876, POI pounds and Washoe
With 10000 pounds, valued at
;13, 200.
The number of sheep in 1890 was !
28, 400, valued at $685. G8, while
he number Of sheep in 1892 was g
1917 valued at S647, $40, which t
hows that the 91,o61 more sheep as
essed in 1892 than the number tax
d two years previous were really
Torth S37,719 less than nothing, /,
ossibly explainable on account of B
he Mckinley bill. 3
The number Of pounds of wool in b
800 was l, 421, 800, valued at $780, )
"a. In 1892 the number of pounds
wool was 1,745,29j, valued at
244, 26O. q