Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-24
EOW Nevada is
- fast Advancing
The New Life of a Great Gold Field.

county, recent assys of ore taken from
the Point mine run as high as $40,
and the three mills are crushing stead
lily on the low-grade ore dumps, which
average SIS per ton. Altogether the
mining prospects in the canyon seem
to be very promising.
The mining life Of Nevada has in
creased wonderfully during the past few
months, as mining men In search OF
opportunities realize more and more
the unlimited possibilities of this great
great mineral region and as mining
capital. especially of the East. turns in
increasing volume to this enormous
mineral field so filled with natur's min
eral bounties.
Here is a mineral empire Of $4,000
square miles. which has only just be-
gan to be discovered. 1t lies squarely
in the path Of the westward movement
Of population. capital and industry, is
potentially one Of the greatest mineral
regions Of the world and will be pos
sessed by the reslstless invaders who
are now turning to the Pacific region
with energy. intelligence and capital.
Progress will be certain and persistent
and Nevada has a magnificent state
hood assured her.
There is now more general activity
in prospecting, mine development and
minlns investment In Nevada than ever
before in Its history. This partly a
natural result Of the advertising which
the mineral Of the State have
been receiving. Very effective exhib7
its Of the MINERALS of Nevada we're
made at the Chicago worlds fair and
then at the last Paris exposition and
the Pan-Amerlcan exposition at Buffalo
the last two mainly by the Southern
Pacific company J. A. ana E. B.
Yerington were prominently associated
with these enterprises and during the
Buffalo exposition E. B. Yerington re-
manned with the exhibit to meet the
many whose interest was excited by 1t.
Recently E. H. Prentice, division
freight and passenger agent Of the S.
P. Co. at Reno, has been collecting
interesting mineral specimens and
forming small exhibits TO be displayed
at leading depots and ticket offices.
One Of these collections has oeen
placed in the main office on Marke,
street. San Francisco. The discovery
of the remarkable Tonopah distr. ct
has also been effective influence In
turning attention to Nevada's mines.
Another strong and effective In
flu.nce has been the Pacific Coast
Miner, which during the current year
has published a series Of descriptive
articles on leading counties and mining
districts Of the State, and which have
had a wide circulation throughout the
United States and which comprise more
information about the districts des-
cribed than can be found published any
where else. In this and other ways
Nevada has won recognition as a min
ing State and gained entry on a new
era Of progress.
The variety Of Nevada's mineral
wealth is as remarkable as Its quantity.
Its fame is mainly associated with sill
yer, though about half Its precious
metal output has been gold, and the
future will know it mainly as a golc
mining state. But besides the preciou:
metals 1t has inexhaustable stores of Z
long list Of economic minerals. In the
past it has produced enormous quanti-
ties Of lead. In association with silver
and lead will in the future cut an i'm
portant figure in its mineral industry
when the great gold sllver-lead mine:
that were closed at small depth are
reopsne1 for new careers. as they will