The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-30
STATE FARES WELL
UNDER REPUBLICANS

Some time ago The Silver State
took occasion to tell ]. Holman Buck
of the Western Nevada Miner that he
was not fully aware of the ability of
Honorable Samuel S. Arentz. Repre-
sentative, and that time would change
the opinion he then held. The oc-
casion was when Buck joined the at
can't be done" bunch. Now look at
what the scrapper of Mineral county
has to say
Mineral county fares pretty well in
the new tariff bill. A telegram re-
ceived by the Western Nevada Miner
from the Honorable Samuel S. Arentz,
ccngressman from Nevada, Announces
that the house has agreed to a tariff
of 30 cents pound ON quicksilver.
When it is considered that the Gin
nahar district east of Nina is the
greatest in extent. has some of the
producing cinnabar ore containing
the highest quicksilver contents in
the world it can readily be seen what
ii means to this section. With this
tariff in operation it will bring the
lprice of quicksilver around $65 or
$40 per flask of rs pounds. With the
necessary capital to equip and oper-
ate these deposits Mineral county
would easily take rank as the leading
producer of quicksilver in the United
States. If not in the world With this
protection against cheap foreign la
Dor the production of quicksilver
should become one of the important
mining industries of Mineral county.
Another boost for Mineral county
is the tariff on tungsten. A personal
letter to the editor of Western Ne
vada Miner from Congressman Arentz
states that the House and Senate
committees had agreed on a tariff of
50 unit on tungsten products. While
this comes "A little late, owing to the
large supplies of foreign produced
tungsten on hand. it will in time.
make the mining of tungsten profit
liable. Mineral county, according to
lexperts who have examined them, has
some of the largest deposits and the
highest grade tungsten ores in the
world Mining engineers state that
in the Summerfeld property east of
Nina, alone. is blocked or in sight,
10000 in ore with the present de-
velopment Besides this there are
the big deposits around Sodaville,
from one of (which the Atkins-kroll
company produced over million dol
liars of tungsten in twelve months.
With the fear of unequal competi-
tion with the cheap coolie labor of
i China and Burmah removed from this
industry. and the gradual absorption
of the tungsten stocks on hand in the
United States, there will be an M
ducement for the owners of tungsten
properties in Mineral county to re-
lsume operations. This will mean the
employment of more men at good
wages and the addition of another
industry to our list of mining activi-
ties.
For a new member, we'll say that
the Honorable Sam Arentz is making
a very creditable record in the lower
house. However, while We are not
asking the Honorable Sam to assume
the role of Jack the Giant Killer
lbut in the words of Woodrow Wilson,
may / not suggest that he tackle that
giant of monopoly and holdup aggre-
CATION. the smelter trust, and see If
conditions cannot be brought about
whereby the boys who are digging in
the hills cannot at least get the re-
turns of their ore sacks from their
shipments OF course the boys don't
expect any real money returns on
their ore shipments as they are
merely swinging a pick, sweating and
living on bacon and beans out here IN
these desert hills as recreation
nevertheless it is inconvenient not to
have the sacks to dump the ore out
put of their prospects in while en-
gagged in their pleasant past time
Besides ore sacks make fine feet coy-
ering from the SHOWS of winter when
the prospector finds himself busted
after spending his summer vacation
developing the great mineral wealth
of Nevada. The smelter trusts assur-
edly have no use for these sacks, un-
less it is to increase their paltry mil
lions in dividends by selling them tc
John the Junk Man." for when old
Boreas sends his icy blasts their
wives and daughters are comfortably