The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-05-22
THE WORLD COMMENTS.

Ai1t WV N'r
upon MIR. sun, ines article ia tie Forum.
SAYS:
As to the statement that Nevada ''has
no other mineral wealth. the roll ot
fourteen counties is called to bear wit
ness to the amazing variety Of the states
natural endowments. humboldt county,
for instance, possesses no only silver,
but gold, copper, lead, TIN, iron, anti
mony, nickel, cobalt, h%lsinuth, nitre,
sulphur, gypsum, borax, and salt. Near
Lovelock, in this county, there are great
bills OF fine Bessemer iron ore yielding
So per cent OF iron and II per cent OF
aluminium, with no trace OF impurities.
Eureka county, in tue central part OF
the State, has large deposits OF magnetic
iron ore, of lead, of granite. and other
building stones. Lander county, 'iidjoln-
ing Eureka ar the west, has the richest
mines of anthony in the world. In
Lincoln county there is a deposit of zine
estimated to he worth several millions
OF dollars, which cannot inst nov be
worked for lack of transportation facili-
ties. There are hills OF salt, the out
colnr OF which commands locally but 81
per ton, though else where IN the State
from $50 to $40 per ton is paid Tor salt.
Finally, there is in ElSo county a large
deposit OF something said never to have
been discovered elsewhere, namely,
mineral soap, superior in cleaning vir-
Tues to any manufactured soap.
Has Nevada no agricultural resources?
1t ID true that the STATE is very arid,
having but ten inches of rainfall, and
but little vi that III the growing season.
The most painstakiiig and systematic
inquiry, however, ever made with re-
resulted in the conclusion that ut least
5000, 900 acres OF rich soil could be irri-
gated. The commission Of 1898 reported
twenty lakes and sixteen rivers Of i'm
portance, which with minor streams and
springs could be made to irrigate upward
OF 5,0O0,0 900 acres; and artesian wells
would bring up the total to the figure
above named. IL should lie borne in
mind that the splendid agricultural pros
perity Of Colorado aud Utah is based
upon "a cultivated area Of only about
1904, 900 acres. 1t seems, then, that, so
lar as her agricultural capabilities are
concerned, nevada might sustain al
least ~ many people as do Utah and
Colorado put together, ut their present
stage OF Development. The products of
the irrigated lands oi NevWla are the
fruits, the vegetables, cereals and grasses
Of the temperate zone. and, III the *
tre,i,e southern portions, the Inore deli
cate products vi the se~mi-tropics, sucl,
Az figs, olives, ponegranates, almonds,
Maderia wainuts. and, in sheltered
places, even oranges. When We adj!
that Nevada, like all parts OF the aria
plateau, liz distinguished Tor pure dry
air. IN extraordinary amount Of sun
slime. and consequently n very high de-
gree oi healthfulness, ii can be scarcely
maintained that the State is destitute OF
attractions.
Ii is not to be denied that Nevada
seems back waad by comparison with
U,al, and Colorado. Mr.. Sniythe points
out tia, the men made rich by the mines
and railways OF Colorado spend their
money where they make it, whereas the
wealth taken from the gold and silver
deposits OF Nevada has contributed
nothing to the establishment OF her
cities or 10 the redemption Of her waste
places. One cause OF this difference is,
10 doubt, the fact that the superlative
attractions of California are within q
few hours ride of Virginia City. Then,
. ain, it has not been the policy of this
central Pacific railway to develop the
territory between Utah and California
It is true that Utah has been developed
without the aid of railroads or million.
aires, but it is pointed out by Mr.
Smythe that Utah has always had II col.
opixation policy. If Brigham Young
had not recalled his colonies from The
valleys OF the Carson. the Walker, ane
the Truckee during the ffties, no on,
would now complain of the decreasin,
population Of Nevada.
EnD cAIEI offur ~, hou,aboI.