The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-02
BONANZA MEN OF NEVADA.
Adventurers Who Turned Loose 96OO. oO0-.
GOO Of the Earth's Hidden Wealth

!, oONANZA MEN OF NEVADA
" Adventures Who Turned Loose aeoo m.
oOo 0f the Earth's Hidden Wealth.
r A traveller commenting on the n
q $4,000 acres occupying a portion of Il
s northwestern section of the great has
, which is inclosed in the Nevada bou
y dairy lines compared it favorably wi,
the Internal regions, adding chat wit
l certain local improvements, such ,
, good water and good society, the CO,
ditions conducive to healthful habit,
ton would be equally enhanced /
either case. The expressed verdict q
those who see and know of Nevad
only from views within range of tn
eye taken from Central Pacific car win
; dows while rushing along at a thirt,
or forty mile pace is usually "arid ter
rltory," barren waste ''decompose,
granite, "alkali desert. .'sagebrush.
etc. This is true in part, and, there
lore, pardonable, though erroneous il
IT'S greater sense. 1t is obvious that
the arid acres void of water and vepe
tation are not habitable, just as it is
true OF the marshes and swamps of the
more populous states, and what private
capital with government and state aid
mas accomplished in draining and re.
claiming the latter will, as our nation
al population increases, be consummat-
90 IN the former by artesian wells
| ana irrigation. Opinions formulated
through a wider acquaintance made bv
traversing Nevada's interior bv stage
and 'scayuse" are obviously more in &C
cordance with fact than those derived
through observations obtainable by a
single route traversing the state from
east to west, and which was chosen
not by the artist. the farmer, the miner
or the settler, but by the civil engineer.
who sought less for the interest of the
state than he did to build the link con-
Meeting the Atlantic with the Pacifi.
at minimum cost per mile
1t is, however. due entirely to her
mineral resources and the undying de-
votlon OF the prospector to his vocation
That Nevada is known to fame. De-
cades prior to the completion of her
raiiroad the state was famous owing to |
her fabulous deposits of the precious
metals 1t was then such men as the
that left comfortable homes
ana gambled their time in tireless
search against the chances of a ssstrike. ;,
Long years spent in '.roughing it, and
lsolatlon from centers of civilization.
made their exteriors ungracefuI, per-
iaps, and their language uncouth.
'hough unique, but their high appre-
nation OF the unwritten laws of the
Mountains in justice of man to man
md their ever readiness to assist and
are for an unfortunate brother stamp
mem as men OF sterling worth and !
haracter Prospectors are first and /
asst Americans. If their patriotism is ,
xpressed with lack of refinement il is
evertheless of a superior quality for I
ccaslons when national complications
re beyond amicable adjustment nv n
ne polished diplomats and wise men 7
the east If they use the product of O
ielr lead mines to execute their whole d
'me unwritten laws and to express t
ielr disapproval of horse stealing. G
ley simultaneously Herewith decrease s,
re danger to posterity of inherited t,
iminality.
IL was due to discoveries by just such N
en- that the Comstock lode bouanzas h
e famous the world over. Just sucb a,
en- became millionaires, as, prior to 3,
cir fortunate find, wore lust sucb Ii
'parel, drank from a tin can, and S,
hen overtaken by night on the mount nj
rs coiled themselves in buffalo skin W
blanket and lay with their guns con- T
nient to interrupt the barking of a re-
familiar wolf, with not even a tent nj
prevent their counting the stars Sc
I'm horizon to horizon when the ex- ar
ement OF the days "find' of sledge ev
liter" rendered the darkness yexa- al
us and sleep impossible. Since the is
'spectors' location of the Comstock fr,
mes 5000, 600, 900 has been extracted TT
m them and poured into the nations no
m OF plenty. The Mackey-Bennett pr
be- the postal telegraph, hundreds nm
regal monuments in the large cities 70,
The country, the Mills building, New an
rk; such hotels as the Palace. the M
ldwin, the Grand opera house and
new California theater in San Fran ,
%; palatiai residences by the score.
ose immensely, grandeur and archi- Da
tural grace are of universal admira-
!; steamships, railroads, newspapers l
development of innumerable enri- cor
ring and commercial enterprises in eve
er states. all of which owe their era
sibility to this fraction of Nevada,s of
den resources, attest to the zeal OF tas
prospector citizens. -Casselrs Mag reis