| Show I TDE ST A IE of NEVADA I Prominent among her sister States and Territories Nevada the Battle a Born the Silver and the Sagebrush i Sage-brush State comes up for annual pip consideration Her progress during l the past year has not been wildly phenomenal phe-nomenal yet she haa progressed considerably con-siderably as compared with the last 1 few years of adverse circumstances e and her 71000000 acres of territory t have gained In value Th water supply sup-ply for agricultural and domestic purposes pur-poses during the year was better than L usual owing to tho very munificent c snown of last winter therefore crops of all kinds were abundant especially S hay and grain bringing good prices NEVADA FRUIT y Western and northern Nevada Is not the land of tho orange and the fig and the grape flourishes but to a limited extent hut In a favorable oeason not 7 encumbered by late killing spring f frosts such an this has been it does glory in a bountiful crop of the best of apples pears peaches and plums Better I Bet-ter apples and pears than they can I raise in California and when you come to potatoes heres where the best on 1 tho Paclric coast grow in luxurious profusionan unfailing crop They I might almost come under tho head of fruit being called in French pomme de terre ground apples Anyway agents from California and elsewhere have been here as usual during the last L few weeks buying up all the fruit and potatoes they could get hold of our Nevada product bringing a cent more o pound than their native home pro du tlon Potatoes are eminently a staple commodity growing plentifully anywhere that wheat will or will not and they arc cultivated and handled at Jess expense All they require Is suit table railroad facilities for getting to a profitable market RANCHING MATTERS Owing to the bountiful snowfall of last winter the grazing and water on the cattle ranges principally In Elko While Pine Lincoln Nye and Hum boldt counties was fully up to the requirements re-quirements and cattle and horses throve accordingly Ranchers had plenty of beef t sell and got good prices j Moreover they did not sell themselves short but kept up their stock well and good ready for future requirements Elko White Pine Lincoln Lin-coln and Nye counties flourished well in that respect Humboldt and Douglas are tho banner counties for wheat raising more this season than ever before be-fore The creameries of Lyon and Douglas counties wero especially successful suc-cessful producing more and better butter than ever all of which finds a ready market at advanced price in Sacramento ns well as In Chicago The entire output of the Mason Valley creamcty has been contracted for by Tonopah merchants The creamery IH a highly advantageous and growing ranch adantaEeuR other counties and localities are very sensibly getting into itRAIIJROAD RAILROAD FACILITIES I But the lack of railroads and their metnods of development Is n serious impediment to Nevada progress Standing the fourth in size or acreage among her sisterhood of States she has propoi tlonatcly less of railroad accommodation ac-commodation than any other The commodaton I Central Pacific runs directly through tho northern portion from east to west I with just I couplo of short side lines of the State and Jn tho eastern part two extensive Jar lines in the western but the whole southeastern and really richest portion of tho State has suffered porton bred and still suffers The only hope is in the success of the Oregon Short Line or the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake railroad projection through Lincoln county and onward to the Pacific Pa-cific coast The litigation between the two companies about the right of way etc however cannot last forever and within less than two years it will sub Bide down to at least one road Then a fine agricultural and mineral section will be opened up and perhaps even wi the new and rich mines of Tonopah may bo accommodated NEVADA STATE TAXATION The reports of the assessors of the various counties of this State show countes that tho total valuation of taxable property for 1901 is 28104196 The valuation for last year was 24180856 Thos shows an increase of neafly 1 000000 worth of property which is pretty good for these hard times I also shows that Nevada touched bottom bot-tom in 1900 and Is now decidedly on the upgrade The ncreasc of valuation Is noticeable In all the counties of the State except Ormsby and Storey counties coun-ties the falling oil In Ormsby being 0105 and In Storey 515576 The following fol-lowing tabulated statement shows the relative situation 1900 1M1 Churchill 627C3S 5 927601 Douglas 83 S9S DOlgia ii363015 64S1375 E 1frldn 6Gj 73120 1 EuTekl 1 21fJ 16120M Humboldt 37 4091377 J lumbldt 1ZI64iI 1311721 ln Lincoln A 430li 1373S1 Lyon 11CD2SJ 1545371 Nio 373310 410112 OrmnW U7 1103831 mI 12232 < Waahoe Storuy u 52161115 57458XS Whlto Pin C8 600070 II will bo noticed that Elm still continues con-tinues In the lead of prosperity well followed by Wnshoc and Humboldt The Stat tax rate has been reduced to SO cent on the 10 which certainly la very reasonable and will not deter outside capital and enterprise from investing In-vesting in Nevada GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCT According t tho official statements iUod with the various County Asses sort the mines of Lincoln county Including In-cluding the fairnua De La Mar which L has for some years been the greatest c Boldproducer In the Stale give a yield of JiOD6000 Story county reports about half uo much 5514000 yet double what she reported lust year principally princi-pally from her justly famous old Com ntock lode Eureka follows with S250 2S6 and Elko with 1GS tG both showing show-ing n material falling off from last year Nye cornea boldly to the front with SM20IK from her Tonopah and other mineS She reported nothing at i nU last year Woshoo also reported jaiothlng last year but now under the stimulus of her Wcdcklnd Ollnghonso and othe n < w mines she show up 557000 White Pine shows tSO about half what she reported last year and Lyon 507000 OrmHby I o nnd Ea mcralda S62SO respectively their ur duct d-uct being largely from mill Milling The returns are not all In yet ospe daily from the Tonopab and qthor mines but enough IB known Irrcapec tlvc of assessors statement to place the gold and silver yield of the t teat te-at not very far from t 1000000 THE COMSTOCK LODE c Most prominent ot all In the past and present history of Nevada Js tho old Comfitock lode Its grand productive record In the past Is universally known its continued production Is properly recognized and Its possible future Is an exceedingly Interesting proposition Its legitimate yield from commencement In 3859 to the present time as a genuine strnluhtforumrd sold nnd silver lode according to Government and all other authorities linn been Ipgltlmate uthorle 10 000000 while UH illegitimate yield Ua rlved from wholesale leakages or steal ages during the hilarious old reckteaa bonanza tlmeB would bring It to bonn thnc up at least 4500000000 sonic authorltlofl con reckoning I l high ns OOWOOOO But be that ani t may it is good for JlOOO 000 a year you Extending trough Virginia Gold Hill and Gold Canyon to Silver City n distance of three miles 300 miners find stead employment at H per day and theY still find ore which pays and they stl lnd of for aho work the old mill tailings mer days and make them pay wages or something more The best paying joint at present Oor Js In the old Con VIr Snta mine presnt C C shaft the pphir stands In on ore production principally from the Burning Moscow cropplngs The Best Belcher and Ohollar mines help out and the mines of Gold Hill the Challenge Belcher Overman Caledonia Cale-donia Silver Hill and the small gold mines donla of Silver City 1 contribute to tho aggregate summing up of about a million dollars a year Tho greatest I mining depths 3300 feet vertical l at I Virginia continue submerged beneath about 1000 feet of water but when tho proposed electric pumps aro placed in position tho pump wi he easily reduced re-duced aa desired or required Since tho new hydraulic pump was put into tho 1750 station of the C C shaft of the Con Virginia company a couple of years or so S fifteen feet above the surface of tho submerging water it has lowered the wator about 500 feet by degrees as required enabling I the extraction of a good vein or deposit I de-posit of ore extending downward through the old levels and realizing over a million dollars in gold and oil vcr bullion The old steam hoisting II works have been used hut they arc shortly to be superseded by n new and powerful electric plant which is about completed and ready for operation Con Virginia paid three dividends during dur-ing the past year amounting In all to 61800 Most of the powerful mining companies of the Cpmstock have discarded dis-carded their old and expensive steam plants and adopted the new electric works the power for which Is wired from Florlston on the Truckee river thirtythree miles from Virginia But this radical change takes time moro time than has been calculated upon therefore the renewed prosperity supposed sup-posed to come with the Introduction of electric power to the Comstock is slow In materializing But there Is practically no limit to the electric power supply and the great Comstock ore channel Is wide deep and unlimited In Its ore possibilities When all the old steam machinery plants of the producing sections shall be completely com-pletely done away with and superseded by the new electric power with the longsubmorgcd lower levels easily drained and kept drained by electric pumps mining and operating expenses reduced to proper conformity with the resources and the times hundreds re miners will find steady employment developing de-veloping old and newlyfound deposits of good paying oro and 1 healthy era of renewed prosperity will como to the Comstock lode THE CYANIDE PROCESS In the working of the vast deposits of Comstock mill tailings on Carson river in Ormsby and Lyon counties as well as near Virginia tho cyanide process Is universally adopted The Eureka cyanide works on Carson river handled moro tailings last year than any other plant averaging 150 tons per day Tho proportion of gold and silver In tho bullion bul-lion product was about equal estimated on the basis of gold value The yield per ton from tailings generally runs at 0 very low average yctn fair profit Is realized through handling large quantities quan-tities at the least possible expense 150 tons per day by this plant during tho past year yielding 130000 THE TONOPAH MINES I The great excitement relative to the i newlydiscovered Tonopah mines InN in-N e county continues unabated and men sUp eagerly rush thither with an Indefinite Idea of getting in on the stream wealth somehow dont matter mat-ter how The final payment of the purchase pur-chase money 1SC000 330000 in all was made on December 1st and the Tonopah Mining company of Philadelphia Philadel-phia Is now absolute owner of the group of Tonopah mines Thischange did not effect the parties working the mines on leases as their contracts extend ex-tend until January 1 1902 There arc about 600 men working on these leases and what effect tho ohango in the ownership own-ership programme will have In their employment remains to be seen but it Is natural to suppose that some of them will be out of a Job temporarily unless otherwise provided for Mr J II Jenkins a mining man of extensive experience in Nevada California and Utah has been placed In command a manager by the Tonopah Mining corn pan and is already generally regarded regard-ed as an excellent appointment Mr Jenkins proposes the immediate sinking of three main shafts of three compartments each and from them will make crosscuts at 50 and 100 feet intersecting in-tersecting the five ledges composing the group In fact he will open the mine or series of mines in a thorough systematic sys-tematic manner Moreover he will extend ex-tend tho leases of certain parties who havo been working under adverse circumstances cir-cumstances and dye them a chance lo make something without Increasing their royalty of 25 per cent The company com-pany has purchased the Rye Patch water wa-ter property twelve miles from Tono pah proposing to bring In a plentiful supply of water as soon as possible Tonopah being somewhat higher than Rye Patch big pump will have to bo utilized In all of these proposed operations tions Mr Jenkins declares his Intention to keep all the men now working In tho camp etlll further employed is possible A 100ton smelter is also projected which Is expected to obviate the necessity neces-sity of shipping ores to distant localities locali-ties for working In fact there will be avery a-very material falling off In that respect after the 1st of January when the leases expire the ores being held for the smelter Over 30000 tons of ore Is estimated mated to be on the mining dumps of Tonopah nnd the actual oulput of the mines is estimated at nearly 55000000 OTHER MINES AND MINING The Wedoklnd mine near Reno Is having hav-ing a new hoist and n new mill erected both to be completed by February 1st when they will b6 well prepared for turning out more rich ore and bullion than ever Tho Wedeklnd Is n very valuable val-uable mines with a rich future before 1CThe The mines of Ollnghouse canyon are turning out considerable gold and the Empire mine near Pyramid shows increased In-creased promise of proving to be the beat Copper mine In the State The copper cop-per smelter at Golconda Is being started start-ed up again and its capacity Is being doubled Oarson valley is to havo L fiftyton smelter which can be run on oro from five different mines within icn miies or uarunervuic The Blucetono copper mine In Mason valley Esmcralda county Is employing fifty men and Is doing good smelting Tile matte runs about 6 per cent cop per The Dyer group of copper mines ln the same vicinity has been bonded I Jot 240000 The Nevada Consolidated Gold and Copper Mining company have a good mine I is equipped with f for ityTtnn smelter which yields almost pun copper The Rain copper mine tot Bullion has been bonded lo Senator Clark of Montana and extensive Montnn nnd etenlvo operations snrlnc opera-tions are to be commenced on it in the Thc Morrison mine near the Hum loldt house Is being actively developed It contains gold silver and copper the vein being ten to twelve foot wide carrying car-rying fcome ore assaying 5700 per tQn The entlro ledge l curries milling values A number of Utahns arc interested In this mine The Del l Monte mlno in the Immediate vicinity inns been bonded for 100000 The vein is from eight Inches to two feet and aaaya of 52000 have been obtained from H at n depth of ninety feet Other good mining prospects are reported re-ported at various points nnd Nevada Is having a genuine revival df the mining Industry In fact business of nil kinds is prosperous and Improving throughout the StateALF ALF DOTEN 2 I v1 Yc C 1 I f I 1 g9 El I YaW 1HBI i cit Is f 1Q4rIaJ7L 1 i rj i fAT10 r J1 I u s j C j i 1 t c ytula4cAlLf1 r IGFA C rP i 1 h t t i C t I S l P tLUJT3 j 73Z4qroo7 5 I 1 uYEroc lR i t < HKt tffttf < 0 I < Ji RANJ < j I r 1 I J1V I 1 o r I S Q it rl l I 4 f I < > rl I 0 H 0 t k f 2dii1t J tf r S T ° I I nesfcy r7 jp saslrao tc I I V j i I 4E 0 cMw0 E I ePcA41 ¼ t Cv ON A cti1 coFil 7 VIP 1 w vo NI 11 N G cQ Sit I LLLo it ML S4tritec1r t to I I FMr Cjry ICRITRE I OZ1 tA H8 tETOCX S S J ES GIL5oNJre 9 toof p DfC CrE ELI Tcit rE S 0 t oro f t e PGrILC OIl s LEi p IUSTLE S 1 S SL I OiL I oct S S 1 I t b c I i I lEe Curt CATs S t t 1 PR CSt S C-St t J S I luD SM4kr uJlYS I b S S I I I OIL I S I 1 5fpt 4ES S l I altAuAJuroN C f 14pg6 0 S J t S z J I Vs R S iTJYES p5rA I I atSTo S c7 c Irij ICFcii frrlY34c4 S I 1 I I tunEs t qFJrthloNy S I 0 I r c C i frf I < RtflG E R 1 3 V S I LV r e t U em I FIR 71 A I I Aol I f4lr S llY S 1 Y I S 55 S v S LJ4c 5 S S f I COT1 S S j EMI TOP4j cwr3 0 I oPICII tr3 O 5 S S 9 5 I S I q > S 5 < IrKBO I S I 0 4AdAIO S S I IJN S S t 0 t An m tZONftA Il o 6MtES 6 1 I f JAn 1f j G I Ea14 G S f i I S j r r sHow S I I t t S S s S I 1 L u < t t d1 itS 1 I t S S How Salt Lake Reaches Her Neighbors S STATE LANDS The expense of the State Lapd Board for 1901 was 1407928 against 1582761 for tho previous year a decrease of 114811 118 The last Legislature made n change in the law by which the membership of I the board was reduced from seven to five members The present board consists con-sists of Gov Ucber M Wells president Byron Groo secretary T D Roes of Sanpetc county James A Melville of Millard county and Herschel Bullen of Cache county The board holds regular regu-lar meetings once a month The business busi-ness of the office will probably decrease as the acreage of public land Is decreasing de-creasing b1 sales and leases The board has made large Investments during dur-ing the year in local l bonds and made some farm loans Tlje number of applications ap-plications for lease during the year has been 12L > n decrease of 35 and tho leases granted were 100 a decrease of 7 from the previous year Thero has been an Increase of 36272 acres in the land sold and an increase 6f 5931S in the cash received for the same aa compared with the previous year and a decrease of 17251 acres in the land leased during the year Of the 1539000 acres of the State land 1057096 acres have been selected leaving leav-ing 481903 acres still open CONDITION OF FUNDS The following statement shows bho condition of the funds during tho year Including amounts realized on land sales Interest on deferred payments income In-come from leases and from investments invest-ments S Schools J2222ta30 University ESliUl Agricultural college 1821578 Deaf and Dumb asylum 9222 72 Institution for tho Blind 500352 Normal school C603SS Reform school < 1120481 Minors hospital B12032 Reservoirs 4091597 Public bullcllnRH k 05 l49 Fees received in 1901 191100 Estimated receipts from all UO sources for December 101 COOOO 00 TotalS 11812393 Total-S STATE LANDS SOLD Tho total number of certificates for tho sale of State lands for the year from grants under Statehood were for 19176920 acres at a total price of 280 lOS The apportionment to the various funds from land sales were as follows Acres Cash Agricultural college 20102 14 3611031 Deal and Dumb asylum 1C10221 22521M Insane asylum 36000 GOOOO O G 0 Institution for the blind 9S3011 llWICt Normal school 205G18 30S7727 Reservoirs 4003712 GS4SO 45 Schools COJ093J 74721frf School of Mines 2016107 C06016t University 13GIOO 301311 Total 19170920 2S0190103 INVESTMENTS Tho board has made Investments In Interestbearing securities of the funds to the amount of 47221706 The investments1 which include school and municipal bonds and mortgages mort-gages were mndo on accounts ot various vari-ous funds as follows Agricultural college 177C7fr Deaf Insane and asylum Dumb asylum 11635W SM1W Institution for tho Blind 5GJ5W Miners hospital A C013CO Ol30 Public buildings T 680100 Reform school 13CSIOO Reservoirs 3703600 School A 17741340 School of Mines 16M800 Stato normal school 557000 University 1C5J15CO Total 17221703 LEASED LANDS The following are tho number of acres appraised ed value and rental of lands by grant during tho year Acres Apd Val Rental Agrlcul CoI21M14l 332561 131CM D and D Am fOW p00 414 Miners Hos 54000 100 ro Pub Build iastft 0515i6 SIRe SI-Re ichool 1 tO 1mco 72 1teervoIrs 1 nl I IJ 1 1 School W7lt5 CLi 2343 St Nor Sell 1tlO 1Q S University 1 1 1 ilEO Totals lZ 1U i w J1rS SELECTIONS FOR 1901 Tho following shows the selections for 1901 under the various grants Grant S Acres selected Agricultural collcco J5755G3 Deaf and dumb asylum 1157112 Irsano asylum 1 1331168 Institution fortho blind 1192307 Miners hospital 73S2 77 Normal school 1373287 Public building 773872 Reservoirs Ar 70011SO Reform shcool l 1393076 School of Mines 1129290 University t S S 1152146 Total t 191205S7 TOTAL SELECTIONS Total selections from various grants from time tile Land board was organized or-ganized S Agricultural c loco 11I35S Deaf and clumbmsylum C929S77 Insane asylum 6542307 Institution fortho blind 6SSSOSO Minors hospital 34701G2 Normal school CS83327 PuUIc building u 15PCS 3 Reservoirs 31001551 Reform school S GSG45 71 School oC Mines 69870 University 78536 11 Total 105709033 TOTAL SELECTED AND OPEN Remaining I S Total Selected Open Agrl Col20000 lUSSSfrl 1 55WlI6 D D Asin 100 C929S77 30701 23 Insane Asm 100000 fi 12097 3157303 In for Blind 100000 GS8SOSO 31619 20 Mln Ilos 50000 3476162 1620338 Nor Sch 100000 6583327 C11G573 Pub Bdg 64000 4596833 18031 65 Reservoirs 500000 34001551 1590S4 IG Ref Sch t 100000 6S61571 31351 20 Sch of Ma 100000 6987020 8012060 University 123000 75526 Jt 46463 59 Totals 1530000 105709618 43190382 LAND SURVEYS OF THE YEAR r The records of tho SurveyorGen erals office show an encouraging Increase In-crease In mining operations for tho past year orders for mineral locations for 1901 totaling 591 a against 409 forth for-th year previous which latter figure was a good showing at tho time A largo force has been kept busy on both agricultural and mineral business and considerable work In arrears lias been attended to Tho only change In tho personnel of the ofilcp for the year was the installation of the present Sur veyorGeneral on April 10th In place of lion Jacob B Blair who died on February 13th Several 1 new commissions commis-sions have been Lssued to deputy mineral min-eral surveyors of whom there are now sixty an increase of four over last ear SIt S-It Is generally conceded by all who havo business with tho ofllce that its motto lo to please and accommodate the public and that the work is done well and cxppdtiously A nOw feature is the obtaining of several hundred dollars dol-lars worth of new firstclass drafting and othor instrument by which tho clerks who have heretofore furnished their own instruments are enabled to do better work with greater facility The staff of the office as now composed com-posed is as follows Edward H Anderson An-derson SurveyorGeneral Edward B Llnnen chief clerk Henry H f Atkinson At-kinson William S Hedges James L Peck Eugene 1 His Allison G Andrews An-drews Joseph Hlrschvogel William 1 Olmstcad Leopold L Sod rberg Joseph Jo-seph L Stcphenson Wflllam C Jennings Jen-nings Herbert T Hills Mrs Kate F Burton Miss Clara Hawkins Mrs E mcrelda Lasher Miss Zelma Brown H H Snelgrove Lewla T Cannon Susie Hull and Mary Wlghtman I IB n Cat not generally understood that large tracts of land nearly one halt of the total areainUtah are still unsurveyed The total1 number of acres surveyed and approvedup tp December De-cember 31 1901 is 1779306863 During tho year 1901 surveys have been approved covering an area of 30557405 acres located as follows Counties S i Acres Cache S KJ072 G < Carbon i < IBlfDlT Emery i IGOOSO 3 Rich A 30S2200 Sflnpoto t 1301104 Sit I ako S 10W803 Plntah 1802191 Utah ZQ19FO S TotalS iVj og ltf Total-S Mineral 1 surveys approved during the 1 J year 1901 giving the number of lode Placer and mlllisitp legations S Pine Mill Lodes ers Site 5 5 e WtlW t4 5 c5 c 0 C 0 S i g g i g Districts jD = = g g g I 5 f 5A r Argonta I 7 Box Elder 11 27 Boulter 1 1 Big Cottonwood 4 11 Bluo Ledge 41 2 Beaver Lake 4 4 Carbonate 2 2 1 1 Cllllon 21 1 7 Camp Floyd r 2 S Columbia 3 3 5 Dugwny S 2 4 r t Detroit P1 Detroit 5 Elkhorn Jt n Gold Mountain c i5 1 3 Llttlo Cottonwood t 11 2 Mt Nebo 1 1 I North Tlntlc 1 1 o Newfoundland I 3 Ophlr S 18 phi J 3 r Pinto Iron 2 n Prouss 1 1 1 Rush Valley I 2 Statellno 1 I Statclno 4 12 San Francisco f Snake Crock 1 2 Spring Crock 1 8 Star 4 1 Tlntlc IS 33 7 7 Tooolo a ii 1 Ulntah 6 7 Unorganized 1 G West Mountain 72 s 1 2 Wet Mountan Wlllard 2 6 Total 0 1t7 2 3 0 10 Unorganized Orders for mineral survcjs issued during tho year 1901 giving the number num-ber of lode placer and millsite locations loca-tions S S tona 5 Flue l11 S 5 5 Toc1fSI erR Site CJ 4W c S e 1 e t S C c o 0 5 f 5 rr B g DistrIct L = 8 S = 0 0 0 I i 0 i C rscntn 1 7 Beaver Lake 4 5 Big Cottonwood 16 17 BIJ Cotonwood 33 t Calnp FloYd 1 1 Detroit 1101 1 f Elkllorn 1 12 0 Gold MountaIn 10 3 l 2 3 3 Ilol Henry Spring9 1 Ii 1 1 Little Cottonwood I 15 i I North Cotonwoo Tlnto 10 Ohio I hlr 3 17 Ophir Pinto > Iron 13 18 Rush ValleY 2 I 1 San FrancIsCo 1I r l Snake Creek Z 42 7 q StsloJno S I 5 45 51 I Tintic Tlntc 1 I unorganIzed 8 Z Mountain 51 rest Z 1ountaln 1 3 1 Wilard Total I 253 601 t 3 3 1 2 3 Unorganized S < UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE receipts for 1901 with December The cash reeipts wih cember estimated were 5668031 showing last year of 46 Ins u decrease over lat 65328 There ha been no actual decrease In the amount of work done In the Land office tlo the decrease In the amount of ofce cash receipts this year being explained by the fact that last year the receipts In one day from the purchase of coal lands amounted to 51455 homestead certificates The number of final l0mcstead tificates Issued during the year was 23C being an increase of 196 covering 41107 acres a decrease of 2126 acres ccrel5 compared S with the previous year The record shows 151 mining entries a decrease r of IP covering 3928 ares a decrease of 292S acres compared with the prevIousY4tr previous the law relating A new construction of n Ing to Umber has materially reduced the revenue from that Item and tho sales are now confined principally to forest reserves and mineral lands No chapse 1UL511CI1 Plac In the |
