The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-04-28
EASTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY
Is Marveousy Rich In Potential Resources Including Mineral
And Agriculture. Great Opportunities For
Exploitation By Capital
part of their future plans.

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Passing on from Saltwater toward
the range of mountains usually mapped
as the "Carson Sink" range, one travels
for miles over tract of land that seems
amazingly fertile is level and must
have wonderful possibilities. Indeed,
the soils of the section have been so
imperfectly explored that no estimate
can be made of the future, but that
Uncle Sans agents concluded that the
vast tract comprising thirty or forty
thousand acres of land, would eventual
ly come within the scope of the pro-
jeet, is attested by the fact that it is a
withdrawn area. This is the district
country, and the average elevation is
about fifteen or twenty feet higher
than the lands now served by the irri-
cation system, which will doubtless
make pumping necessary, should the
reclamation of the district ever be
attempted. From Saltwater. travel
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mineral belt that seems to extend
north and south through the entire
length of the county, one traverses a
country of magnificent distances.
Twenth-eight miles are necessary going
northeast from the old county sea +
town, before habitation is encountered
at Shady Run, where half score of
miners are busily engaged with the
task of prospecting the mountain ranges.
Desert Wells" are situated some
sixteen miles north of Saltwater, and
being situate near the Sink of the Car
son, where the waters are naturally
alkaline, one expects, of course. that
the waters to be found in the well
giving the district its name, are
similar to those of the nearby sink.
but pleasant surprise is accorded the
thirsty traveller who for the first time
drinks of the water, which is cold and
pure.
In the Desert Wells district we noted |
many cattle, grazing on the grasses
and browsing on the underground and
they seemed in good order. In one
instance band of cattle were browsing
leisurely and wholly satisfied with their
lot, while within the Gordon formed by
their numbers were three fat, sleek |
coyotes, who seemed to guard them
with true canine watchfulness.
From Saltwater north to the county's
border, the road follows near the Car
son Sink range of mountains, where
gold, silver and numerous other metals |
are found over wide area. To the |
certain knowledge of early settlers,
ledges permeated these oddly shaped
mountains, and in several instances
work was attempted during the days of |
grst settlement. Strangely enough,
natural processes divided this range of |
mountains into districts, separating
them by canyons, which form avenues
into the various districts, where even
now scores OF hardy men are working |
with pick and shovel seeking the ever
elusive bonanza. In the face of the |
tremendous effort that is necessary to |
move through the rocky formations
one is moved to wish that the same gil
ant forces that reared the mountains |
to their great altitude had barred their
mineral, thus making it possible for |
man to the more easily appropriate the
metals to his own use.
Twenty-eight miles north and east of |
Saltwater brings one to Shady Run, |
where an incipient ''boom" hit two years |
ago and quickly died-a death that
came through an attempt at spectacu-
lar townsite manipulation. In the
meantime quite number of lots were
sold and the promoter" left, after
filling his sack. But this fact must
not be taken as derogatory to the
merit of the district around Shady Run,
for it is highly promising. Several
Fallonites are backing mining enter
prises near Shady Run, and the ore
bodies encountered are fattering in
their values.
A mile beyond Shady Run, Fondaway
canyon creeps out, dividing in twain
two giant mountains, scantily timbered
with pinyon. This is the canyon
through which runs one of the S. P.
Company's cutoff surveys. Two miles
from the canyons mouth is found the
property of the Nevada Gold Mining
Company, which is without doubt a
property of great merit. D. G. Zinn
located the group in 1906, since which
time something like $4,000 has been
expended in legitimate development
work. The tunneling completed to
date amounts to around 600 feet and it
has sufficed to uncover two ore bodies,
returning assay tests of from IS to $40.
Free milling gold is the predominating
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