The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-01-12
LINCOLN COUNTY.


"BattIe Born Nevada" in the Salt
Lake Tribune of Dec. 81. Fitz-Mac
devotes two and one half column ms
to Lincoln county. Following are
q few of the more important para
graphs:
"Lincoln county occupies the
whole southeast corner of Nevada
and is one of the three large coun-
ties of the state that border on Utah.
Its area is immence, its extreme
north sou b length being 30 miles
and its width 96. It borders ON
Utah for 1873 miles.
II is about half the size Of the
State OF Pennsylvania. The ably
small and mysterious Rio Colorado
forms part OF it's southern and part
of its eastern boundary, while the
desert region OF Southern California
forms part of it's western and part
OF its southern lines.
"It mas a greater variety OF cll-
mate, soil and scenery than any 9th
county in the State, for IL covers a
range of almost four degrees OF lat
itude, and from general altitude
of 6 900 feet in the north it falls
gradually to al altitude in the ex-
treme southwest OF but a few hun
dred feet
"In its endurance of low temper
ature the figures stand about mid
way between the orange and the
reach, and throughout all the
southern par of Lincoln county the
iig fourishies and prpluc's regular
crops, while in the north only the
hardest apples will mature.
"This viii give b tier n1tion OF
of its range of climate Owing main
ly to sl.itude) than any amount OF
figures Oh clilnatology. But on
account of its aridness and tn sc ar
city of water for irriga'rou ii can
never 6gure greatly as a farming.
fruit-raising or PASTORAL country
"Although Lincoln county as
whole is desert region it yet pos
sesseP, strange 10 late, on the
TANKS Of Charleston peak, which
rises to beighth Of IL 900 I at at
the north end of Spring Mountain
range, near tn" west side of the
county, m4jestically dominates from
its snow-capped dome the scenery of
that section, and looks Into the
psrcbed and abhorrant slnA OF
Death Valley, just across the Califor-
mia line-it possesses on the expan'
sive Aanks OF this commanding peak
the larg, st and 6nest boiy of saw
timber in Nevada.
"The builling of the Salt Lake.
Los Angeles railroad, which crosses
the whole State Of Nevada in Lin
coin county, naturally incited u
great amount OF prospecting in u
region with such splendid early
history of bonanza mines.
"Though Lincoln county, owing
to it's remoteness from transporta-
ton, has been one of the latest aud
slow to receive extensive dev 'lop-
n.ent, it was in fact almost the firsl
section of Nevada in which bonanza
gold mines were, discovered and
worked. This was at about the
period of the, breaking out of the
Civil War-1860-at 81 Dorado
canyon, on the Colorado River.
The mines were very rich in gold
at the surface, and as the govern
ment was ut that time making some
experiments to determine the nsvi-
gability OF the Rio Colorado, it
supported the effect by atfording
military protection to the miners.
But in the following year all its
military energies were absorbed in
life or death struggle withthe or
ganized rebellion OF the South and
the protection had to ne Withdrawn
aud the Indians soon drove the
miners out:
s'All of Lincoln is mineralizsI. /.
but all the world is not iu the field
prospecting and few scores or a
few hun ired prospeclors cannot COW
er region as large as that in one OF
two seasons. The new railroad was
not opened until last spring and
prosp. citing in the desert 1count,y i'
slow work when the base of food
supply is SO very distant. Now
everything that prospector needs
can be obtained at Las Vegas; the
central division point on tue rail
road, destined in the near future to
become q beautiful and important
little city and the center of an ex-
tsnsivs trade. From this point q
railroad is now under construction