The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-09-17
NEVADA.
The Folder Issued
by the S. p. Gives
this State an
Interesting
Write-up

Inc southern 1aclnc mas just ndu lS-
sued a neat little folder which the COM
pany propose to largely distribute
throughout the East. Wa take the fol-
lowing from the folder about what the
company has to say of the State of Ne
vada:
"Nothirg necessary to the upbuilding
of great State was omitted when Ne
yada was created. The raw materials
were abundantly bestowed, and only the
lack OF human eudeayor has prevented
this rich and extensive region from tax
ing high place among her sisters.
Perhaps the greatest drawback to Ne
vada's advancement has been the fact
that she is constantly compared with
California, which Is Incompatible, in
stead of with her neighbors to the east.
II Virginia or Massachusetts, or even
Maine lay where Nevada does, and the
blossoming plains of the Golden State
were reached after trayersing their terri
tory, they would suffer in contrast far
more than they do now when surround
ed by states OF like condition and eli
mate.
But with all her riches nature has
been unusu ally cunning in hiding her
treasure. as she has all through the arid
states, and the ADglo-Saxon is unused
to dry and mountainous regions. so that
even the residents know but little of the
real wealth tied up IN soil and ledge.
For the first time in history our branch
of the human family has presented TO it
the problem Of reclaiming desert. Our
forefathers took possession ages ago, of
the best portions OF Europe, driving the
smaller races south to the dry plains of
mbardy and Spain, where they were
forced to resort TO artificial irrigation in
order to live. So all of our systems Of
laws, our customs and our traditions are
too little, for drainage instead of irriga-
tion. FOR q long time we were rather
staggered and made some false starts.
but the difficulties vanish when we
really come up TO them and attack them
with the yigor and adaptability which
characterizes the American eyeryw here,
and to-day Nevada is taking on new life
which is beng felt in every branch Of in
dustry and achievement.
Far from being simply an ash heap
with streaks of silver through it, as SO
many have been led to believe, the terri
TORY within her borders has some Of the
richest soil upon the globe, and where it
can be reached by an adequate water
supply the crops are never-failing, the
quality the finest and The yield far
greater than IN the rainy states
Lire the island of Sicily, which has
raised wheat for 1000 years with almost
no diminution in the yield, her soil is
largely volcanic, and its strength has
not been dissipated by the showers Of
ages, but lies ripening in the sun wait
ing for the plow which Is TO tickle its
surface and make it laugh harvest.
Nevada is the fourth in extent Of the
States of the Union, only Texas, Califor-
nia and Montana being larger. She has
Learly 100000 acres of which per-
haps seventy-fiye per cent would be till
able if water could be provided.
However, not over five million acres
will ever be reclaimed for cultivation,
aud the balance, mountain, lake and de-
sert will forever be devoted to grazing,
except where veins Of the precious metals
are found. 1t will be seen that such an
amount Of land, put to the intense cult
vation which must of necessity accom-
pany farming by irrigation, will make
no mean showing, even if the outside
lands were entirely worthless, which
they by no means are, abounding as they
do in good mines, and in pasture every
where for sheep and cattle. The en-
tire number of the states and territories
will probably not average s million acres
of cultivated land, and If Nevada can
make use of . million, as government ex-
perts and others generally agree that she
can, she need have no fear of being held
in disesteem.
A MINERAL TREASURE. HOUSE.
Men who have travelled the world over
say that Nevada is the most heavily
mineralized portion of the globe, and
but for the lack of labor aud transporta-
ton facilities, mines would be working
hundreds of miles back in the country.
1t is doubtful if any country pays the
wages that obtain in Nevada. This is
good for the laborer but not always SO