Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1902-02-28
THE MINERAL
WEALTH OF
NEVADA
From The Nevada Miner. J

seuts as wonderful history ms Ne,
vada' She has been for years the
Cinderella of mining States, and
while her gold and silver production
during her curly mining history sur,
passes anything the world has ever
known, it is the general belief, based
upon scientific and expert reasons,
that the past mineral production OF
Nevada will be far exceeded by hel
future output.
The production of mineral wealth
in Nevada is really confined to few
isolated localities aud her history
confined to the epoch of few excite
ments The mining history of Ne
vada, when fully written and COM
piled. will be wonderful history.
The mining world is quite fumiliar
with the White Pine excitement OF
1869 and Of its quick lived richness.
Phoebe, Austin, Eureka, Tuscarora
and Candelaria, clustered about the
famous Comstock lode, really repre-
sents Neyada's mining history and
the bulk Of her production. A long
period of depression, stagnation and
neglect marks the past twenty years
of mining in Nevada. Impelled by
the swift movement of mining ex-
elements, the men, prospectors and
capital which participated in Phoebe,
Austin. Eureka, Virginia City and
other camps sought others fields and
took with them the richness of Ne
vada, their experience and know
ledge to Butte City and Anaconda.
to make possible Leadville, Creede,
Cripple Creek, Park City, Utah, to
develope Arizona, Northern Califor-
MIA and Mexico. These localities.
responding to the laws of exhaus-
tion, except Cripple Creek, are COM
pelling the men who own and con-
troll their riches to seek new fields
Many mining men and prospectors
who gained their knowledge of min
ing in Nevada, who carried away
memories of mines abandoned in Ne
vada, of vast mineral zone unpros-
pected, of vast bodies of low grade
ores which condition of thirty years
ago rendered worthless, are return
ing to Nevada.
OF all causes which contributed to
Nevada's mining ruin was the de-
monetization of silver, and from a
mining standpoint it quite ruined
the State.
A few years ago the first indica-
ton of mining revival began in
Lincoln county by the discovery of
the Deamar lode, followed by un-
expected discoveries in Turcarora in
gold belt below the silver mines.
The high price Of copper suddenly
stimulated prospecting in that line
which lead to gold and silver dis
coveries in different section of the
State
Nineteen hundred and one has
witnessed the returning signs of a
mining revival singularly fateful, in
that two immense silver propositions
80 rich as to defy even the low price
of silver, has given new life and
hope to mining in Nevada. Tono-
pah and Wedekind. Both PROPOSE
tions have stimulated active pro-
specting, one in section hitherto
neglected and unknown but contig.
uous TO and similar to the Comstock
the other in a section in the deseEi
abounding iii unknown riches
Mining men. mining promoters ano
mining capital are falling over one
another to their haste to get hold o.
ground in Nevada. 1t has becom
suddenly known that Nevada, from
Mountain CITY to Searchlight, from
Stateliue to Peavine, is vast, un
prospected mineral zone with such
tempting monuments and testi
monials as Eureka, Phoebe. Ely
Tuscarora, Austin aud Virginia Cit.
almost eloquently Establishing tn
possibilities of equally great success
sors The mineral wealth of Ne
Vada is an enticing field.
While Nevada from the stan,
point of minerals than any othe
State in the Union, yet her chic
mineral is silver, followed by gold
copper, lead, antimony, iron and al
the other minerals of commereis
value. Gold is fast becoming
rival TO our silver production.
\ Urivf survey shows that th
gr,at uineral belt enters Nevada o
the east al StilIeline, lately the seen