The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-02-14
Mining INSPECTOR
MAKES REPORT

been issued from the state printing
Office. Speaking of Nevada's mineral
resources, the report says:
s'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 will come to the con-
.clusion that. it is only in its infancy.
1t is true that few mining booms
have collapsed, and the unnatural ex-
citement in. many of the camps has
somewhat abated, but the material
prosperity of Nevada is greater now
than il has ever been. Compared with
ten years ago the production, both ag
ricultural 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 large and richer and, from a min
ing standpoint, have scarcely been
scratched. Nevada produced over
$24, 100000 in bullion Last year, and its
estimated output for 1910 will be close
to $40,000,000 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
timef
Gin 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, and almost as much as the
aggregate of all the mines of Miehi-
gan, Utah, Colorado and South Dako-
ia, in which latter state is located the
world famous Homestake property.
Three years ago our output was small
er than that of any Of the states nam
ed, and today Nevada is producing
one third of all the dividends now be-
ing paid by all the companies pro-
ducing gold, silver, lead and copper in
the United States. If she has gained
that much in the last three years, what
viii be her standing in the next few,
with better railroad, milling and
smelling facilitiesf
a'The Goldfield Consolidated Mines
alone paid in dividends the first eight
months of, this year over $5,000000.
This same property has contributed 40
per cent Of the total profits paid by
the fifty-th gold, silver and lead
dividend paying mines in the United
ssThe Tonopah Mining company of
Tonopah has paid in dividends 81 ,100,-
900 during the same period. These
two properties alone have accounted
for fully so per cent Of the total
profits distributed by properties of
this kind in the country. This is only
a slight record Of two of the mines in
our state We have many more in the
same class. We point with pride to
the Belmont, Montana Tonopah, Sun
nyside, Florence, Silver Peak Quar-
tette Seven Troughs Coalition, the
mines of the famous Comstoek, the
Rawhide Coalition, Nevada Hills, the
National and manv others of which /
will speak later. Not all the mines
have been found, for daily reports
come of new finds and il is only mat
ter of perseverance and money when
Others will be discovered fully as rich
as any which have yet been found. -
Humboldt County and National
The report has the following men
tion of Humboldt county and the great
National mine, in addition to thor
ough description of the many smaller
mines of the county:
'This is one of the largest coun
ties in the state, and, to my mind, one
Of the most prosperous. The great
fertility OF many of the foothills and
valleys makes a pleasing sight to the
weary desert rat who has been pros
pecting in the more barren country of
the south. This feature, coupled with
the fact that the general contour of
the country and character Of the rock
is favorable to the deposition of large
ore bodies. makes it an ideal country
for the prospector.
"This county is experiencing a gen
eral revival in the mining industry,
not in boom way, but along lines
that have every indication of being
permanent. She has made great
strides as mineral producer in the
past year and this is probably due to
the increased production of National
and other new camps.
"The National Mines company owns
a group Of four claims in the very
center of this marvelously rich dis
trict. The famuos Stall Brothers
lease on their ground has recently been
taken over by the parent company.
While it is not the province Of this
Office to discuss ore bodies, or their
values, the books Of the county asses
sor and bullion tax collector show that
it can be ranked among the state 3
richest producers.
"This property is worked through a
series of six tunnels, all of which are
connected by raises. Also a shaft
about 800 feet deep, which is connect
W ha
giving natural ventilation. The shaft
is timbered with exc and Jagged with
2.inch tagging The equipment con-
sists of 25-borsepower gasoline hoist.
The tunnels are timbered with 6x6 and
6xs timbers, and the slopes are stulled
and filed.
s'Recently a Lane slow speed mill
with daily capacity Of 90 tons, has
haan inatallal