Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-23
WRITES OF MINES.
Former COrvalIisite Gives Pen
Picture of Nevada.
Hazen, Nevada,

Editor Gazette: During the
nine months Iihave been in Ne
vada it has rained less than half
an inch at Hazen, and that most
ly on the day l arrived here last
May. Sunshine is the rule.
This Truckee-Carson irrigation
project, under construction by
the national government, is a
great work. Already there are
over 800 miles of canals and
bitches constructed, and, for the
first time, the great snow banks
in the Sierras are being trans
ferred to the arid lands of the
Carson Sink Valley. The ditch
es now carry water to about So,
900 acres, and during the next
year 200, 900 acres will be ready
tor irrigation.
Settlers for these vacant gov
ernment lands have been COM
ing in and taking the lands,
under the Homestead law, and
subject to the terms and reclama-
ton act of June II, 1902. And
there is room for still more.
Tao much cannot be said in
commentator of the intelligence
guiding the design and execution
of this irrigation system. The
successful features OF other irri-
CATION works have been incorpor-
ated in this; while mistakes de-
veloped elsewhere have been
avoided. 1t is safe to say that
nowhere in the world will be
found irrigation works construct
ed in any more permanent and
durable manner than those ap-
proved by the officials of the
United States Reclamation Ser
vice.
In this country there is much
money in circulation. Many
mining industries scatter large
sums each month; while railroad
extensions, government contracts,
stock industries and other lines
of commercial enterprise contri-
butte considerable amounts,
which, with the same population,
makes money plentiful.
Hazen is the point of depart
ure for some newly opened min
ing districts, and also the juno.
ton with railroads running to the
big mining camps-South, Ton
opah, Gold6eld and Manhattan.
The latter camp bids fair to out
class any similar camp in the
country, so mining men say. 1t
is some distance north of Tonopah
and somewhat further north is
the latest mining excitement in
this country. This is at Fair
view, a new camp within sight
of my Office window, and some
so miles away. Gold ore aver
aging around 5000 to the ton on
the surface, with specimens OF
81, 500 to the ton, has been found
there, and the tide has set in
strong now for the new camp.
Practically the entire population
IN that vicinity has hocked to the
new camp and it is pushing,
roaring gold mining camp today,
where three months ago only the
occasional yelp of coyote was
heard. All this does not quicken
my pulse beat by a fraction.
Months ago I had an exper.
fenced and reliable miner in that
country, and have secured claims
which appear to be good. At 1oo
feet in one claim we have lead
silver ore in shipping quantities,
averaging at the smelter aroune
500 to the ton, and permanen
bod y of the metal, too.
Our company will install
a powerful hosting plan
and add new machinery withir
the near future. It sounds easy
to talk ofshafts one hundred tee
deep, but when you reflect tha
each foot takes about six good,
hard American dollars, in pow
der, muscle, tools and supplies
one can realize what it means te
open a mine. The first discov
erp is easy. It is the sinking o
shafts and running of tunnel
through the solid rock that take.
the money-and that is where j
may be said that 'tmoneY talks;'
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