The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23

$4,000 worth Of property on the
ground, including mill and cyanide
plant These will start up as soon as a
force of men can be secured and it is
expected that the output will be unu-
sually large The ore on the dumps
represents a fortune, while a true rs
sure vein of considerable width pro-
VldeS an almost unlimited deposit to be
extracted as work progresses. The best
from these mountains is yet to be ex-
tracted, and those interested in mines
there at present are most sanguine over
the prospects.
The largest property under one man
Land and Cattle Company At the pres
ent time the company controls some
thing oyer $4,000 acres, including farm
ing lands and mountain ranges. A large
portion of this land is under cultiva-
ton, producing from four to five tons
of Of alfalfa and grass hay to the acre.
ditional acres have been cleared Of
sagebrush by the novel method of
edeTabss amo ogt Each G9 wear land
put under cultivation in addition to the
already large farm. The number OF
cattle on the ranges is increased pro-
being about 1000 head Most of these
are shipped to Kentucky and other
Eastern markets.
BEET SUGAR CULTURE.
The soil of Carson Valley is we'll
adapted to beet raising. and it is pro-
berg ranch by cutting it up into twenty
acre tracts and bringing Eastern fami-
lies into the country to till the soil The
almost perpetual sunshine of the sum
mer months has great deal to do with
the SucroSe in the beet, and sunshine
can always be depended upon here.
1t will require about $500, 900 as an
initial expense to get this project under
way and this amount has already been
pledged by an Eastern firm.
There are other valleys in Western
he ant
soil and irrigation facilities guaranteed
in Carson Valley This, of course, is
has been once demonstrated there are
many thousands of acres of land in Ne
vada especially adapted to the culture
of the sugar beet 1t is understood that
if this project is successfully carried
out a sugar refinery will be built on the
ground.
When Thomas Edison was in Nevada
something more than twenty-five years
ago, he was struck by the vast expanse
of sagebrush, and remarked that the
Lord never put so much Of any one
object. Edison believed that some on
would eventually discover some com
mercial quality in the sagebrush which
would render 1T very valuable
Experiments have recently been mad.
along these lines by extracting tannin
oil from sagebrush, as well as a good
the late author of the History of Ne,
vada," was the first to extract tannin Oil
from saSebrush, and it was of unusual
strength. The leather tanned nv iris
process was of almost velvet softness
Others have been experimenting To-
some time with sagebrush as a rubber.
producing plant Several pounds 81
rubber has been secured in this wav
which has been pronounced by EasteS1,
experts to be of a superior 011ofStn
With proper appliances and canitSi
there Is no reason why tannin oil ana
rubber cannot be manufactured hers 'i ~,
paying quantities. III
One of the most important fao+,
of Carson Valley is the Douglas Gu. IS IS
Creamery. in operation since 1S93 II
was ORGANIZED ON the cooperative nIan
with forty farmers as stockhoIdersP t a.l
a capital OF $4,000. 1t has maid I.r rt,e
dividends ever since. The creamerv ", rs :
ceives daily from it's numerous No 80 &c
about $4,000 pounds of milk fv uns
which 1900 pounds of butter are .naSa
The butter has an enviabIe ren1,ta aaue.
for its purity, being in great S I0a.io1
IN s Jl,t s5inaS as We'll as in Nevada. It
account OF its keeping QUALITIES on