The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-03

Australia division one-fOurtn the
size of the United States, with Alaska
E,rrluded. applied to him for certain
vast improvements to be MADE ana re-
sired his influence in procuring appro-
y,riations for the same. one was the
,ziiverting of "A stream for the purpose
.of developing enormous mineral areas.
He answered CURLY: "The people OF
Western Australia are afflicted WIN
1negaIomana," which means that tie
people had a mania for excessively
large affairs. The governor-generai
responded in the same curt manner
Mr.. Gladstone is afflicted with micro
mania" which means a mania for min
t5mizing everything.
There was a time in the history Oh
Minneapolis when eastern people &C
cused the Minneapolitans of megalo-
mania Would the average Mlnneapoll-
san today admit such an accusation! In
nripciple that is the attitude today of
many of the people east of the ROCKY
mountains toward Nevada, and espe-
<cially toward Goldfield.
A proper Understanding of this sec
zion of the United States will dispel
such views 1t is the endeavOr of this
article to educate the people as to Ne
,Vada and Goldfield.
Nevada the CrucibIe of America.
The great Humboldt expressed the
opinion that this area forms the cru
chile Of the North American continent
The section which properly belongs
TO what may be termed the Nevada
mineral area is that part of the United
States which lies east of the Sierra
Nevada mountains in California and
west of the San Francisco and Tintic
ranges in Utah and embracing Nevada
1t may surprise you to know that
6his area includes territory as large
as Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, COnnecti-
cut, New York. Pennsylvania, New Jer-
:sey. Delaware and Maryland combined.
1t is as large as Illinois. Indiana. Ohio.
Kentucky and West Virginia combined.
And TO bring it nearer home, it would
9nchIde the great states of Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Iowa. Three of the
counties in this state are each larger
han Connecticut multiplied by three.
The last census shows that the en-
tire population of Nevada was only
forty thousand. The next census will
undoubtedly show four times that num-
Ser Politically, for many years it has
been known as the silver state. At
present it is democratic, with strong
probabilities that at the next election
it will be republican.
The state is almost wholly mineral
an character: so much so that its stat
ntes provide that the production and
reduction of ores are of vital neces-
sity to the people of this state: are
pursuits in which all are interested and
from which all derive benefit; so
that the mining. milling, smelling or
tother reduction of ores are hereby de-
.clared to be for the public use, and the
right of eminent domain may be exer-
,cised therefor They also provide that
all lands which have been transferred
10y the government to the state as ag-
z-iculturaI lands are subject to appro-
Ka'ia ton by miners upon discovery of
mineral thereon.
Certain portions of the state, how
ever, have developed into the choicest
farms, orchards and stock ranges.
From north to south the state eX-
lends a distance of about 500 miles:
and While the greatest portion of the
state consists of mountain ranges and
desert the rainfall varies from three to
fifty inches in the year, according to
-She section This statement is taken
from government reports based upon
careful observations made by county
officials.
The United States in a publication
entitled The Water Resources of
Southern Idaho" states that at a GER
tain period of the history of Idalo
1000 volcanoes let loose at one time
and that a stream of lava flowed for
forty miles. There are indications in
some localities in Nevada which point
70 a similar event.
Mineral Production of the State.
one of the northeastern counties
bears the name. White Pine In the
T70's there was a population in that
county of 10000. When silver was de-
monetized the population folded their
tents in imitation of the Arabs and
quietly slipped away. In the place of
silver production there has now been
found the most extensive deposits of
copper the world has ever known. Ely
is the county seat. Into that district,
$50 miles south of the Union Pacific,
there has been extended and opened
line- of railroad; and at this point the
$fuggenheims are erecting a $1,000. 900
.smelrer.
The famous Comstock lode in the
vicinity of Virginia City near the
western border of the state, is too we'll
known to require description. except to
quote from the government reports.
that over $780, 900 900 have been ex-
dracted from the lode and that the
most extensive unwatering tunnel in
Jhe world is the Sutro tunnel. encoun-
age by the government and nv the