The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
Many Promising Mining Districts
Near Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, New, Dec 29.-It was
May Is. 1905. that the first lots OF Las
Vegas were auctioned. Time since
that notable day in the life of the most
important commercial point between
salt Lake and Los Angeles has not been
unkfnd to the future supply point and
railroad center for a section of coun-
try that Is rich in all sorts of minerals
and which possesses an extensive
acreage of land, that is so rich in plant
food or fertility as to be corr pared with
the most fertile soil In the world. In a
vegetable, agricultural and fruit sense
the best results are attained. The crops
are simply immense. The few acres un-
der cultivation near Las Vegas not only
supply the thriving little city of the
desert with an ample supply of fruits
and most delicious vegetables. but also
find their way into the outside mining
camps to an extent that has taken half
the former trade of southern California
in this respect.
One of these farmers told the writer
that during the past year he had
cleared through his husbandry over
1875 an acre over and above all ex-
penses, and all he has under cultiva-
| tion and irrigation is something like
eight acres. The same he has accom-
plished on his little leased tract can be
duplicated on about 10000 acres in the
Vegas valley. True, the land must be
irrigated and a system of irrigation in
| troduced to accomplish this transfer
nation, but the water can be had either
by artesian supply or bringing into use
the waterworks of the mighty Colorado
river, which courses oceanward just at
the foot of this future poDulous val
| ley. This source of support to Las
Vegas, the city of destiny in the south
Nevada desert, will be great in days to
come. The pressure of necessity will
force this fertile land under cultivation.
This in itself will support a city or
| commercial population Of many thou
sands.
This feature IS not the only support
of the Queen of the Desert" North,
south, east and west are mineral re-
sources of such showings and magni-
tude as to easily support a commercial
population at this central point that
will mean another Salt Lake or Spo-
kane at this point in the not very dis
| tant future.
Already the pathway of the venture
some prospector leads to fortunes I'm a
mineral sense in every direction of the
compass. To the south and southwest
is the famous Eldorado Canyon district;
intermediate is the Vincent mining dis
trict. presenting to the trained miner
alogist more mineral evidence in gold,
silver. copper and lead than any other
district OF like import in the state of
| Nevada. Lately some sales have beeH
made and these arc developing their
purchases with such fiattering results as
| to justify the assertion that as wealth
producer 1t will match any district in
| Nevada. Some of the notable properties
are the Golden Triangle Mining & De-
velOpment company, the Gold Pass
group, the Quo Vadis group, the Col
oneI Jim Brown group, the Harry Catlin
group, Tom Browns famous jeff Da-
| Wis claims Nos. and 2, Ed W. Clark s
great copper claims on the east side of
Gold Pass.
! To the west of Las Vegas is the
| Charleston range ribbed and scanned
with mineral-bearing fortune-making
seams and leads The greatest zinc