Show I GOnD 60 CHANCES I IN MOAPA NEV I IA A J S p roles Tells TeUs of Mineral and Other Development in That Vicinity I I FARMING PROSPECTS FINE MUCH EXCELLENT LAND NOT UP UPA UPA I A J the Implement man and rancher of Nev who has been in th city buying a and d shipping go goads ds said he had d arranged for a 8 per permanent permanent manent supply of teams teams and s saddle ho S Jf Sto to meet the demand from travelers min miners mini ers and Ines investors who are making Ji Moapa oa their base of Mr said the growth ot of the territory tributary to Moapa had bad been astonishing particularly in recent months The developments to In our coun country country try are most encouraging he Cedar Bam for which Moapa Js is the point of departure hu has A number of peo people people there opening up ground on a large seale Neale Globs Gibbs of the Park City company it Is working a force of men Keith and Ke rna have haTe fine capper property in the theold old ManeHa Ian Mr Sharp of Tucson Ariz is opening up a gold property Walden and andOlsen andOlsen Olsen and Indian Agent Sharp are all in iner forested er sted and developments are on a 8 big kale Mr Ir Gentry Is shipping to Los Loa An Angelo Angelea gelo from a kaolin deposit only sixteen miles front from our place and alto altogether ethEr the tho Is y very ry encouraging for a pros p rom s son D Doom nD on the abo t fifty miles milus Moapa a good deal of is going on and at thE In Eldor Eldorado do reports are re mad madof of exceedingly rich ore and the production tion tit n of SOld gold n in quantity Another r thing that people here know very little about js Ig the big mountain of salt on the Colorado which w supplies all that region It runs bout about IS per cent salt and per cent saltpetre and the product is mined and run through the mill at Bunkerville just as oud grind grain Ive been through the mine and its a wonder WOMer A sort of natural cave connect connecting ing ng with the workings enables one to go dear clear through the mountain and Its salt saltaU aU all the wayan inexhaustible deposit Chances for Agriculture Our agricultural resources though furnish an opportunity as great or great greatEr Er tM than the mines Five FIe or six miles from the ral railroad d U at Moapa Is one of the prettiest NettIc t OOdles bodies of lard In aU all the west We Ve II raise 8 ero crops S that would surprise any man who vRe seen It done I have raised bushels of corn to the tle acre and then planted the same ground the same year to barley and got sixt sixty four bu bushels hels to acre Out cantaloupe melons come into market by the first of July Jub and have as fine s 3 flavor as the Rocky Fords Feeds BEtter than that they can be raised right up to Christmas and I hAve had bad melons and roasting ears from ney my own ground round OR on the th table at Christ Of course COUrS we raise grapes and we tons of almonds I doubt whether there Is as fine a climate for such pro products products ducts anywhere In this country as we have bave right there In the valley valle More land Is Available Land ULand valuES have naturally risen with t the coming of the San Pedro road but bu Ut there r are large bodies still open to set settlers tiers and w want to get the people in Th There re it lb a project On to reservoir tM the waters of the Muddy and reclaim a big acreage which offers splendid opportunities ties Uee Th soil l IS usually rich the climatic conditions perfect for growing fruit c and other profitable products and the local market is getting better all the time while the easily fInds a at t eady sale Ie at good figures In Salt Sait Lake ake and even as far north as fhe Mormon church curch bought acres of good land from one of tie Ile Cobb ers and Is colonizing it in small tracts No 10 famil family will have hav more than forty acres hand the subdivisions will range from that down to ten acres Several Sever l families have already arrived and about more are expected to c clime me in Although the outlook for the Moapa country is very bright and we are aU all feeling good over It |