The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-03-17
ABOUT NEVADA.
Her Past. Present and Future,


Nsvada's Natural and Industrial Re-
sources" which will be thoroughly IL
Illustrated and compiled under the di'
rectiou OF the State Board OF Worlds
Fair Commissioners for distribution:
There are seveuty-one millions OF
acres within the boarder lines OF Neva-
da, and II only one acre in ten can be
made productive there will be as many
farms, and they will produce as much,
as there are in one-half the States in
the Union. The other sixty-four mil
lion acres would be no mean wealth |
producers, with their mountain past
ure for the sheep and cattle, their mines
of every kind and their forests of tim.
ber That these claims are not fanci.
full can be we'll believed by any who
have looked over the chronological dis
coveries OF the recent years, which
show that there was here the seat OF
vast prehistoric civilization " hich peo-
pied all the counsry and made homes
high up among thu cliffs. Remains OF
important irrigation works have been
identified, prehistoric graves have been
found with samples OF the productions
OF those early dass, including cotton,
corn and other cereals. near to ruins OF
buildings which were put up by far
more skilltul hands than any nos at
work among the aborigines. Among
the interesting relics of this great PEG.
pie are the pictured rocks which ex-
tend in broxen lines FROM 4 Il. far
into Oregon. They run H. sax UNI
mits Of the Sierra, rs we'll as far down
among the valleys, and must have had
some design lost in the mist OF ages.
None OF our present Indians have even
a tradition Of their origin or purpose,
but all agree that they were just a.
they are now from the earliest timer
known in Wsshos or Piute history.
But there is nothing in the W ole rang.
OF prehistoric study that compares III
interest with the footprints found un
der twenty feet OF solid rock b tn
quarries worked by the prisoners at
the State Penitentiary AT Carson City.
II it is ever proven that they ure the
tracks of human beinge, which they
seem to BE-, they upset all scientific
theories as to the age Of man upon the
ca tn, for thy were made 30 long age
tha. this whole basin has since ths'
time sunk down ana been again the
oceans bed, for no one knows how Ions
to emerge again in time to make home.
for those now frottipg the little stag
OF life allowed them The contrast !.
great between this misty past. wher
the elephant, the cave bear and tn,
saber-toothed tiger wsre roaming thro
the wilds, and this day, when peac
prevails and man Is fast subd uing Ia,
forces OF nature iu even this ruggst
land, but it is no greater nor is It more
interesting, than the prophetic ,.or
which shows the Nevada OF fifty year
hence
Nothing necessary to the urbuildins
OF a great State was omitted when NJ
eada was created. The raw material
were abundantly bestowed, and onl,
the lack OF human endeavor has pre-
vented this rich and extensive region
from taking high place among he
sisters.
There is no country on the continen
which. offers greater inducements T.
the small farmer, the gardener or tn
fruit grower. He would never miss
crop through drought nor through
food. He would control his water sup
ply absolutely with no reference. what
ev r to the tickle clouds or the ire
.ponsible weather prophet. He woult
have a soil unbleached by shower
which have dissolved the phosphate
in other land and swept them to tn
sea; he would have = climate tina
would coax to perfection whatove
seeds he put into the ground, and b
would zee his fruits ripened with n
fesr Of drenching rains or rustiug fogs
When ready to sell bis surplus he woul'
fnd buyers at tho door ready to civ
him gold coin for whatever he coul
spare - q
Men who have travelled she worl
over say that Nevada ts tho most heav
lily miperal'zed portiop of the globe
and, but for the lack ofiabor and trans
portation facilities, mines would
working hundreds OF miles back 10 tn
country.
Sufficient has been said to demon
strate Nevada's future. Her possibili
ties are full of the potentialities O
wealth beyond the dreams of ayarice
The very fact that the State, fourth /
size in tho whole Union, has but fort
thousand people located on her on
hundred and seven thousand squar
miles If territory, is the best evidenc
that unlimited opportunity can b
found in almost any walk of life for tn
earnest and capable man.
With q climate famous for its sun
shine, with air free from malaria, will
rivers rapid and deep, capable OF FUR
nish!n2 unlimited power, a soil rich II
phosphates, mountains scanned will
veins OF ore, valleys that have attract
cd attent lion Of huth The IN n talist mr.