Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1903-05-15
NEvADA's SPLENDID OUTLOOK

That the State of Nevada is 30
on he upgrade Il too obvious to 4,
nit of denial. The Improvement /
the business situation and the fee
rng of confidence which exists rest
upon substantial foundation
equally clear The basis of chang
which has come over the state is th
almost phenomenal mineral dlscoy
cries at Tonopah and the reall,
meritorious mining developments il
other parts of the state. The declin,
OF the famous Comstock seems Il
taxi and the hope and ambition on
cf our people. There was a more
or less general assumption that the
state was mainly dependent upon
that wonderful lode, and when il
was exhausted the prosperity of Ne
vada was gone, never to return. Men
did not stop to consider that the
state contained one hundred and ten
thousand square miles of territory,
of which not more than ten thous-
and had been prospected with any
d,gree of thoroughuess, while the
greater portion of the remaining one
hundred thousand had scarcely Peen
touched by the prospector's pick.
Nor did they stop to think that the
whole state lies within what is dis
tinctly gold and silver belt, aud if
it did not contain many" "ComstocksIi
it was at least highly probable that
there within its vast area many de.
posits of mineral, extensive enough
aud rich enough to ensure per-
mauent and prosperous state, aad
so it has proved.
New camps have sprung up in
various parts of the state, most of
them being of great promise.
Ssarchlight and Delamar both have
a splendid outlook. The older dis
tricts of Tuscarora, Cherry Creek,
Phoebe, Ely and vicinity are said to
be looking better than they have for
years. Even upon the Comstock
conditions are Improving, and un-
doubtedly there are vast deposits
there of comparatively low-grade
ores which may now. under improv-
e metallurgical processes, be pro-
fitubly treated, saying nothing of
the possibilities of new bonanzas
being found.
1t goes without saying that the
great discoveries at Tonapah have
been and are the most conspicuous
feature of our present prosperity.
These developments have been OF II
character to yield immediate returns
aud fortunately thus far most oil the
hands of Nevada men-men born, or
at all events reared in this state, and
who naturally feel that their future
is interviewer with that of the com
in which their lots have
beeu cast. Accordingly we find them
using the wealth already acquired
to promote and encourage further
developments upon magnificent
scale. Every well-wisher of the
state must bid them God-speed in
heir work and rejoice in the largest
measure OF personal prosperity which
may attend their efforts.
The mineral wealth thus recently
brought to light has encouraged
business enterprises of many other
lines. The farmer and the merchant
have taken fresh heart; new rail j
ways, both local and interstate, are
being projected; on every hand we
hear of telegraph, telephone electric
light and water companies with i'm
provements of old properties and
new ventures in contemplation.
Carson is looking up; Lovelock,
Elko aud other town in eastern Ne .
vada are growing rapidly; while {
Reno is fast forging to the front as 2
lhe commercial metropolis OF the
whole region lying between Salt
Luke and the Sierra Nevadas.
Nature has been kind and bouutiful :
% us, cur people have been intelli-
gent, self-reliant and patriotic, and
lnqnestionably the business skies
II Nevada are brighter now than
;ley have been before at any time
within the last three decades.- p
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