The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-02-19

bost answer your question about tne
manner and process of taking up land
,,ndar the Carey act, by reproducing a
statement made by United States sur
vevor General Kyle, with especial re-
ference to Nevada lands, although the
law. of course, is applicable to desert
lands in all states. He says: Under
the law the state of Nevada Is en-
,;t,ed TO dispose of 100000 acres OF
Government land. The Carey act is not
understood by people not directly inter
ested in the taking up of government
land and many of them gain a raise
impression in regard to 1t when they
seek to locate and they think that their
onnl;eations should be filed with me
when as a matter of fact they should
he fled with the state encouragement,
Charles Deadly, of Carson. Now IN or
der to get this land the persons deslr-
ing it have a map made showing the
amount of land they desire. They hle
this with the state surveyor general,
who petitions this office to have the
land surveyed if it is not already sur
viewed. | then file a petition with the
land department for instructions and
permission to survey this land and
when that is granted l proceed to let
contracts for the survey of the land IN
question. This takes some time, but L
want to say right here that although
this Carey act is new to us, 1t Will mean
in the desert wastes of this state being
transformed into fields and orchards
and will make Nevada one of the great
est agricultural states of the union.
After the land is surveyed the state
files the application and 1T is sold. I'm
der the old homestead act a settler
could only take up 100 acres and under
the new irrigation act of congress a
settler can only take up 800 acres.
This is all right, but what would a poor
desert land without any capital to ar
range for irrigation. He would starye
to death and as a result of this very lit
tie desert land has been reclaimed. I'm
der the Carey act a corporation or an
individual capitalist can petition the
state encouragement for thousands of
acres. The state then secures the land
from the government and sells it to the
persons applying for it. This money
goes into the school fund of the state
and thus the state is directly benefited.
The land is then taken over by the cap
~italists, who build bitches and reser-
voirs or dig artesion wells and put
water upon the dry land. He car then
divide the land up among thousands of
inhabitants to our state and making
the state lands produce in enormous
quantities. All Nevada land is rich, but
it needs irrigation and the Carey act
enables capitalists to come in and ar.
range for the irrigation"
E. W., Philadelphia-The Tramps
Consolidated at Bullfrog is being OPP
Grated by three sets of lesses. They
all have ore to greater or less extent.
There is some high grade, but mostly
milling ore, sufficient to keep a small
mill going. Therefore, preparations are
being made to install a mill and the
Tramps may them start out on an era
that will make of it a good paying
proposition in time.
F. j., Ogdensburg, New York-The
Standard Consolidated Gold Mining
company Of Bodie has the Oldest mine
in point of continuous operation in Ne
vada, and it is also the most important
property in the Bodie district. 1t has
been worked continuously since 1876
and has produced $40, 000, 900, mostly
in gold. Operations were very ex-
pensive in the early days, as wood was
high, costing the plant for fuel from
$500 to $4,000 per month. Finally the
company put in its own electric W
Piohb II hdS DttH dDle TO Work Isl
ore at a profit since. The mine is now
practically out of ore. The shaft wears
ago was sent to 1900 feet, but the grade
OF ore was too low at that time to
work at a profit and the mine was al.
lowed to fill with water to the 600
level, above which point ore has been
taken since. But the mine is now ahopt
exhausted above the 600 level. and it
Is contemplated to unwater the shaft
and sink deeper, as the low grade ore
III the lower workings can now be
treated at a profit. The companv has
us own mill and cyanide plant and
electric power, and conditions are ia
Vorabie for low cost of treatment. The
company has also adopted the leasing
system and is letting leases on soma of