The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-05-24
M|NES vs.. SHEEP RANGES
winning Man VINO Believes the
Railroad Lanos Should be
Thrown Open to the Locators

Ihro~n Open to the Locators
Ed. Appeal:-Every year the big
overland railroad companies arrange
excursions from the east tor the pur.
pose of bringing settlers to points
along the Pacific Coast. The same
thing Is done by eastern roads to take
settlers into the northern states along
the Canadian border, and other ex-
cursions are arranged for the great
southwestern agricultural fields 1t is
done to make more populous some
particular section, the railroad com
panies, whose roads traverse the terri
tory, knowing there will be an event
ual revenue returned. Some of this
sort of thing has been done with Ne
vada as the field. The great irriga-
ton works of the government having
opened up a vast amount of fertile
land, that is certain to be cultivated
sooner or later, as we'll as some great
valleys already possessed of irrigation
facilities, has attracted the attention
of the railroads, and they can plainly
see there is an opportunity of making
Nevada a more profitable state for
railroad revenue.
The advantage works both ways OF
course, the state as well as the trans
pcrtatiOn companies prOhting there
by. There is no gainsaying that
agricultural pursuits make d source
of continuous profit for any common
wealth and more than any other thing
is the staple industry of the cOun-
tr;.
But Nevada is showing 0 the world
there is stored in her hills vast riches
in mineral deposits. From every
quarter comes reports of new discOv-
cries the finds representing both prec-
ious and base metals and aolng with
them coal and Oil. Tonopah and
Goldfeld have shown what rich gold
and silver camps can do. No sooner
had the camps been proven than
railroad was run to them and it is
well known it required but a few
months for the road to pay for itself.
The great demand for mining material
lumber and necessaries of all kinds
together with the tremendous passen
ger traffic, was of course profitable
to connecting roads. In fact the de
mands on them have been so great
they are unable to handle the bust
ness. 1t would seem no greater
illustration of the advantages OF haV
ing the mining fields opened up coult
be brought the railroads crossing this
state 1t is hard to realize the short
sightedness of the Southern PacIh'
connanv. 1t is we'll known they wer
granted every odd numbered sector
fen miles on either side of the right 0
way, as d bonus tor constructing III
road. The grant was made as aSf
cultural land, the mineral rlSnI pelh
reserved by the government eve
since the company has been patehtill
been sold for range purposes. 1Ael
are sections to be sure, are d.il0
tural land and are being cultlFaIe'
HIT a great many square miles Wei
granted patents that are SO deFolu
coil and water they could not be USE
oven as sheep ranges. IL any IllA
eoroe are we'll known Tor the aie
mineral deposits on them. lheSe I"
,,ood for nothing else and Will new
he looked to for anything le'e'
everv square mile included IN u
grant. was thrown open 10 the pie
oac+or with the knowledge thaI
would not be disturbed ana "ho'o'
h. found could be readily optalhe
there would be hundreds OF 'he
oatber along the great belt ana
result would be the discovery oi SUI
oreat mines. One good mining Cal
such as Goldfield anywhere along
Southern Pacific tracks would
worth more to that corporation Ill
all the sheep ranges in the s'a
That there would be dozens OIL LII
ing camps, everyone at all converse
with the mountain ranges along
lines of the railroad will agree:
Nevada is having a mining reVi'
unprecedented in the history OF !
world. The attention OF the wn ,'
country has been called to the ST
and the industry Is in the neyaas