The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-09-09
|SPROULF TELLS OF
STATES RESOURCES


Southern Paci,c, who has just returned
from get-acquainted trip" through
Nevada, yesterday issued statement,
in which he takes advantage of the
opportunity to boost California sis
sister state. Sproule is enthusiastic
about Nevada's progress and oppor-
tunities for further development. He
says, in part:
Having returned from Nevada, the
tour extending over the whole of last
week and covering all the Southern
Pacific lines in the state of Nevada.
as well as Tonopah, Goldfeld, Carson,
Susanville and Ely, with stops at
points of business in the state, where
myself and associate officers visited
the citizens in their own places of
business, | believe Nevada gives many
evidences of being very prosperous.
Cities Up to Date.
It's cities, such as Reno, Winnie
mucca, Elko and Ely, are very much
alive and up-to-date. Their we'll
paved and well-lighted streets, excel
lent business structures and vigorous
newspapers all give evidence of ma
terial prosperity and attractive social
conditions.
''There is mere ore In sight in Ne
vada today than at any time in its
history, and more money is being
made in the mining business than ever
before, The boom stage is passed,
and the mining business, in a large
way, is on a solid foundation. The
great copper smelters of Mason val
ley and Steptoe valley, at the two
ends of the state, are in active opera
tion, using the most scientific pro-
cesses. The mills of Tonopah and
Goldfield aggregate probably more
ore than ever before. It will be news
to many that quicksilver is produced
in Nevada in commercial quantity,
and, | am informed. proftably, with
the unusual feature that Nevada is
also tn emarket for the produrt in the
recovery of precious metals.
:" As to reclamation. In addition to
the government project on the Truckee
river, which has wrought marvels in
the. Fallon district, there is the great
project at Lahontan, which is scene
of great activity in the construction
by the government Of an immense
dam, which with catch the waters of
the Carson river and the surplus wa
ters of the Truckee in quantity sufff-
cient to irrigate 100000 acres of land.
The completion of this construction is
set for the end of 1914. 1t is a public
work which, when its great locks are
finished, will be worth making the
trip TO see, while its spillway will
from time to time afford magnificent
cascade.
Stock Business Extensive.
"While farming has taken the place
of stock raising over considerable
realize how large the stock business Of
that state really is. The stock is all
fetching high prices and the stockmen
are prosperous, the single item of de-
preston in that line of production
being wool. That crop is awaiting ae-
tion of congress on the tariff bill.
''Taken all in all, Nevada is a state
that has not yet como into her own.
1t is to be the home Of the forty-aer
farmer. On such a farm he can grow
all or the products of the favored
spots of the north temperate zone of
the United States, with short winter
and in as delightful and invigorating
summer climate as can be found
anywhere. Nevada is fortunately
situated on the main lines of transcon.
tinental travel. All of the fodder she
can raise may be eaten onu the farms
and the finished live stock shipped,
thus avoiding the waste involved in
the hauling and shipping of the raw
materials. The wide region around
Levefock is already laid out in beauti.
full farms. The Southern Pacific is
completing branch line of over 100
miles in length from Fernley, Nevada,
to Susanville, California, reaching
Honey Lake valley. There we found
cherries, apricots and peaches ripe
and delicious, and the country as beau
tiful as its fruits
eff / were young man looking for
cheap land and a comfortable living
on the farm, / would with modest
means find farm in Nevada that
would be satisfactory in every way"