The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-01-08
Is No Rival Of Mining Industry

= INTEREST being manifested in Nevada agricultural lands is gen
eral, but the rapidly growing agricultural and horticultural in
L dustry of the state is in no way a rival of the mining industry
development of Nevadas agricultural resources VIII CIV
backbone to the mining industry. Not 5 per cent of the foodstuf
by Nevada mining men. their families, and the men and famille
dependent indirectly upon the mining industry is grown IN Nevada
This means that there IS a constant and enormous golden stream goin'
out Of the state to keep the people of the state alive. development Q
he agricultural resources of the state will keep this golden flow with
n the borders of the state, to be turned over and used again am
again in the development of more mines and more farms Such de
velOpment must come before Nevada even begins 10 approach lit
staggering possibilities.
George wingfeld, today the biggest man in the Nevada min
ng world, is taking the same stand, and the following comment of tn
ronopah Sun upon his words in this line contains more than an ee
George wingfeld spoke words of wisdom the other
day at San Francisco when he said that after the mines
failed agriculture would sustain Nevada. 1t will not
only sustain it, but make it a greater Nevada than ever
before. Mr.. Wingfeld did not mean that there was any
prospect of the mines failing, nor that they were dis
playing the slightest sign of weakness. On the con-
trary they never looked as well as they do today, and
before the time will come when those words could be
applied literally this and another generation at least
will have passed away. But long before there can be
any sign of the mines playing out, and, indeed, long be-
fore they will have actually been half developed, agricul-
tural and related industries will have jumped into
prominence such as today does not seem within the pow
er of possibilities.
Just now throughout the west there is a terrific
land boom. The interest seems to center about irrigable
lands. Because upon them a crop never fails, and there
is no such thing as losing out for a season for lack of
rainfall, they have become more popular in recent years,
and deservedly SO. than lands that are not irrigable
and which depend on the water supply that comes from
the clouds direct. 1t being a fact that lands in other
states are already out of sight in price, while in Nevada
the prices are quite within reason and very low in fact,
1T will mean that land buyers will be attracted to this
state for economical as well as other reasons. In Ne
vada they can have what they want, plenty Of irrigable
lands and water supplies easy to obtain, and they have
something that other states do not and cannot furnish,
and that is a home market in the form of busy mining
camps, where all products of the state bring the top
notch prices and the demand is the best. That is a rea-
son in addition to the lower prices prevailing, that will
induce hard headed land buyers to come hither and i'm
prove the marvellous opportunities that are presented.
Land buyers in the United States are not novices.
They understand their business as well or better than
any other trade or calling i'll the country. They are
made up OF farmers of the middle west who have been
through the mill and who take all phases of the question
into consideration when they buy. The question of a
market is the first one that pops into their minds and
they will not have to stay in Nevada long until they o
the point and take advantage of the exceedingly favor
able situation.
Not only in the portions of the state where irrioa.
ton has already been proven, does this apply Int IN all
parts. Recently it has been shown that the Las Vegas
valley is underlain with artesian water which only
needs drill holes and castings for it to spout into the air
and give the magic touch of life to the whole county
round about, and there is nothing about that vallay
that is any different from Smoky valley nor the Ralston
desert. There can just as well be fine irrigated ranohas
on all sides of Tonopah as at Las Vegas. The sama au
plies to Goldfeld. to Manhattan or to any m;n;nn
IN southern Nevada.
When it comes to pass that such enterpr;sos
dertaken, the real prosperity Of the mining develonwa.
hereabouts will just have dawned. ''op"en'