White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-26
MUCH Of INTEREST IN ANNUAL
REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR
White Pine Occupies First Place Among Counties
In Number of Men Employed and Tonnage
Produced One of Largest Shelters in World

The annual report OF Edward
Ryan, inspector of mines for last
year has been issued from the state
printing office. Speaking of Nevada's
mineral resources, the report says:
Those who believe that the mining
industry in the state of Nevada is
dead should study her record for the
past few years, and We have no doubt
that they viii come to the conclusion
that it is only in its infancy. 1t is
rue that a few mining booms have
collapsed, and the unnatural excite
ment in many of the camps has some
what abated, but the material pros
perity of Nevada is greater now than
IL has ever been. Compared with ten
years ago the production, both agri-
cultural and mineral, has increased
in value much more than the growth
of population. Nevada has a larger
area of rich mineral-bearing lands
than any other state; its ore bodies
are larger and richer and, from a
mining standpoint. have scarcely
been scratched. Nevada produced
over s24. 900 600 in bullion last year
and its estimated output for 1910
will be close to $40. 600. 900. Have
you ever stopped TO think that the
bullion produced in this state during
the year 1909 Is valued at almost as
much as the entire crop of all kinds
produced in the great state of Iowa
for the same period of time?
In the year 1909 Nevada ranked
sixth in the production of gold, sill
yer, copper and lead. So far this
year her dividends amount TO more
than those of all the mines of the
states of Montana, Arizona, Idaho
and Alaska combined. more than
those OF the mines of Michigan. Utah
Colorado. combined. and almost as
much as the aggregate of all the
mines of Michigan. Utah, Colorado
and South Dakota, In which latter
state is located the world-famous
Homestake property. Three years
ago Il output was smaller than that
of any of the states named, and today
Nevada Is producing one-third of all
the dividends now being paid by all
the companies producing gold, silver,
lead and copper In the United States.
If she has gained that much In the
last three years. what will be her
standing In the next few. with better
railroad. milling and smelling facili-
ties?
The Goldfeld Consolidated Mines
alone paid in dividends the first
eight months Of this year over So
0O0 5000. This same property has
contributed 40 per cent of the total
profits paid by the fifty-three gold,
silver and lead diyidend-paying
mines in the United States.
The Tonopah Mining company
of Tonopah has paid In dividends
s1.100,000 during the same period.
These W properties alone have ac-
counted for fully so per ZEN of the
total profits distributed by proper
ties of this kind in the country. This
is only a slight record of two of the
mines in u state. We have many
more in the same class. We point
with pride to the Belmont, Montana
Tonopah, Sunnyside. Florence. Silver
Peak Quartette, Silver Troughs
Coalition. the mines of the famous
Comstoek. the Rawhide Coalition,
Nevada Hills. the National, and many
Others of which ! will speak later.