Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-10-17
AGA UU.OOK.
Nevada Property Coming to the

Nevada in 1901 is receiving a renewal
OF the exploration activity OF the early
Cos. In this all sections of the State
seem participating. Names of places
that one could conjure with in the old
days are again familiar, and again
mean the promise of great mineral pro-
duction, and new names are fast getting
the significance the older ones have
White Pine county, in the extreme
east of the state, to the old miners will
recall silver mines of vast richness,
with their wealth close to the surface
in easily reducible ores. Ely, Hamil
ton and Osceola were great camps one
time and NAV become even greater
camps again.
Utah miners, with the money they
have made in mines OF their home
state, have lately been crossing the line
into White Pine county in increasing
numbers Quite number of old prop
critics have been taken up by them,
and the possibilities are for more ior-
tunes in the gold and copper the old
miners left behind, than in the silver
they took with them. Many causes
are contributing under the service 10
this new attractlveness OF White Pine
mines. They may all be comprehend
ed by the one word availability" The
minerals were long since known to ex
ist. Now they have become mines be-
ceause now available. The processes
OF reduction OF ores has simplihed and
cheapened in the industry. The tran
sportation facilities have increased and
cheapened and the metals sell for more
than they used to.
Western Nevada has not been be-
hind in receiving the same impulse
toward increased mining activity. In
Mason Valley in Lyon county, than
which nothing could seem more fitted
for the home OF the jack rabbit and
the coyote is discovered to be region
OF considerable possibility in copper
mines Quite number OF large OPP
erations have been started by E;.>
and Montana capital largely. Smelters
have been built and put in blast and
copper made. In the vicinity OF the
County Seat, Dayton, there has been
, ro,,,,,,1 rrD1I ,,,h,~h fNr !,
nearness to the Comstock would long
since been largely developed
Wood-drives on the Carson river
have been very closely associated with
Western Nevada mining The Com
stock region never contained much
timber and the near by growth that
could be used was early exhausted
Among other localities drawn on for
wood, for fuel principally. were the for
ests on the headwaters OF Carson riv-
or, in Douglas county, Nevada and A
pine county, California. The wood cut
there was hoated the first stage OF
its journey in V fumes and then in the
Carson River to booms to the stamp
mills and railroads. These forests too
have almost been completely used up
by the mines. The power for the ma
chincry that they furnish used as fuel
now comes from water Not the wa
ter OF Carson River, which may later
be so utilized, but the WAGER of Truckee
river has been harnessed into electric
generation and transmission plants and
is made to do the work at Virginia
City,, on the Comstock, and at Reno
on the new mines developing there
Walker river flows through Mason
Valley and it is quite within the pos
flow in the upper mountain sections
shall be utilized by power plants to do
the work of the mines of Mason Val
ley
White Pine county. unfortunately
has no such possibilities of cheap tran
smittable power. Its opportunities
can, however, be made more valuable
by the better railrod facilities through
the projected extension of the railroad
now ending at Eureka, to Ely. This
is only waiting on a determination of
the extent OF the copper ore bodies
Mining and Scientific Press.