Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-04-11
Sevada's Great Resources.


ton Age is one Of the few Eastern
mon who have a correct knowledge
OF the resources Of Nevada, its needs
and capabilities. lie has All able ur-
ticle in the last issue OF the Forum in
reply to an editorial i'll the Chicago
Tribune entitled -How to Deal With
Nevada" In the course Of his rerly
MIR. Smythc speaks ns follows concern
ing our resources:
Elko i'll the extreme northeastern
corner OF the State. yielded placer
gold to the earliest prospectors OF the
Great Basin and has gold lodges OF
promising extent and value which are
now being carefully explored. Hum
boldt, central on the northern bound
airy, presents rs great 4 variety OF re-
sources rs any district i'll the United
States. Besides silver, it possesses
gold. copper, lead. tin, iron, antlmony
nickel, cobalt, hismuth. nitrc, sui
pher, gypsum, GOrax. soda and salt
Coarse gold To the value OF several
millions has been taken from its
gravel aud placer mines. Gypsum is
shipped to San Francisco for fcrtiliz-
cr. Near LoveiOck. in this county
are great hills OF fine bessemer iron
ore. yielding So per cent Of iron and
l2per cent Of aluminium, with no
trace OF impurities. Eureka county.
III the central part of the State, has
many mines i'll which gold pre- iomin-
ntcs, besides large deposits OF mag
netic iron ore. Of lead, OF granite and
other building stones. Lander,
adjoining Eureka on the west, has
valuable undcvclOped gold deposits :.
and the richest mines Of antimony in
the world. OF the western counties,
Washoc reports recently discoveries
OF gold, copper and iron; Douglas,
quartz and placer gold; Lyon. mines
which run high in gold, with but lit
tie silver; Churchill. gold, copper
nnd other minerals; while Storey
county contains tho Comstuck. Es-
mcralda. bordering California on the
extreme southwest, is very rich in
gold bearing quartz. and is being ac-
lively developed. Lincoln and Nyc,
the two great counties OF the south,
have gold, copper, lead. antimony,
zinc, quicksilver, tiro clay. chalk
soapstunc, borax, and alum. In Lin
cola there IL deposit OF zinc, esti.
mated to ho worth several millions.
which cannot be worked owing to a
lack OF transportation facilities. TLerc
are hills OF salt, tho product OF which
commands but 81 per ton, owing to
it's inaccessibility, though other To-
calitics i'll the State pay $50 to $40 Dor
ton for similar product. White
Pine county, along the eastern bound
ary has extensive gold pluccrs. FL
na!ly there il large deposit in Elko
county OF something which is said
never to have been discovered else q.
where, viz, mineral soap. superior in
cleansing virtncs TO any of the manu-.
featured varieties known to the stu
dent Of modern advertising.
As the county was principally oc.
cupicd by Piutc Indians the deposit
remaining undisturbcd Tor namclcss
centuries; but il was exhibited nt the
Worlds Fair where, il is feared, it
added nothing to Ncvada's fame. Tho
thing was 30 palpably and unmistaisa-
bly, the perfection Of the toilet article
TINT il oycrtnXcd Eastern crcdulity,
nnd was quietly set down us a larger
piece Of mcndacity than Of soap.
IL is further charged TINT Ne.
vada. "has no agricultural resources"
Ufall arraignmenta, thiB il the most
mistaken and unjust; yot il is tho one
which will find rcGdicst credence by
those who know tho State only
through the experience Of restless
dny's travel by the railroad across It's
waste OF Ragcbrush, OF sunshine. and
OF dust. Tho moro need. then, for its
emphatic rcfutntiC0, for there are
millions OF Nevada acres which might
answer the cry Of thousands OF home.
lcsg mon.