The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-04-23
NEvADA'S MINING FUTURE
Prospects for Getting Eastern
Investors Never Was Better.
Prosperity OF Every Section Re
tarded Only by KNOCKERS. =

tarded Only by knockers.
Franklin Leonard, Jr. who has re-
Gently returned from Eew York, Is
very hopeful OF the future Of Nevada.
In an interview with Virginia Chron-
icle representative he speaks as follows;
1.-THE possibility Of getting capital
from the east for the development Of
Nevada's resources was never better
than it Is at this tine. Negada $
State of great natural resources nut
they have not been developed along up
to.date nues Owing TO peculiar con
ditions existing IN the past, engineers,
up to recently, have given she sage
brush State a wide berth
but time has brought changes. ana
now we have the ear Of capital TIE
discovery Of Tonopah. the introdaeiioa
OF electric power on the Constoes. The
proposed tunnel extension 20 Loses
Gold Hill and Silver City. aHd he Il
auguratlon Of she irrigation theory
have all combined to 6rsw attention -
and restore confde 10 Nevada as ssaa
for secure financial invest meat vow :
the time TO bring in fresh cap.tal Goz-
ey that will come voluntarily
1.-THE one thing es ~ans "a gz1-e
against Is the tendency % cry dove CO
own resources. or 70 sEoc< = IL
slang term Of the dsy 80 spslv pzss =
We have had some good usz e -
State, visitors from he sast. Eeo :
the past one or tEo years. 1a1z 1ers
purposeiy % look tata esrssiz - 20
iects. and sno Eeala EzTs bEozzas
large sums il hers for the deFslopzszs
OF the SAFE. xeee Il 70: x1r he kzoez-
ers. These last cried everything dosu
and so Disguised the outsiders fhss
they quit Nevada. With tie sFoHe3 II
tention Of never coming hack.
This "a al wrong. unworthy II the
enlightened spirit Of ;he age. When
Neyadans begin % realize nat acae
but publish arguments should be
made on behalf Of their CON wsalth,
the State vii have achieved 3 marked
advance on the road Of permanent sue
cess.
Take the Comsiock for inFtanee,
We cannot say that re have ar bo-
nAnzas Of hieh-grade ore here. but we
want to remember that we have i'm
power to work it cheaply. And that Is
mense bodies Of low grade ore, anu the
what the capitalist Of today. looking
for mining inves5mei i, IS after We
have here the necessary resources for
the upbuilding of a strong and perman-
ant mining camp, aud se should not
forget to say so whenever the occasion
permits. In the words OF a shrewd and
ohseryant Japanese who visited the
Com. took some years ago, There Is
too much used to. be- about this town.
As an instance OF the ease with
which capital may be interested in Me-
vada investments, it might be well to
mention that The shareholders Of the
Comstoek Tunnel Co. have come for
ward and put Up the mouey for doub-
ling the capacity Of the eompany's mill
at Sutro. The money has been all sub
scribed, and put up on the simple rep
resentation that the project was good
thing.
81 take deep interest in everything
relating to Nevada aud her welfare, and
through my contributions to the New
York papers, have done al | could to
help things along. The motto OF One
for all, and all for one IS a good one,
and its adoption in Nevada would mean
much for the State.