for subtropical fertility. While as yet the valley is without railroad communication, 

 both Pahrump and Manse are within thirty miles of the Tonopah & Las Vegas 

 Railway and a less distance to the Tonopah & Tidewater Railway. The agricultural 

 development of the valley will in time insure a branch line from one or both. 



CHAPTER VIII 



Agricultural Development Stimulated by the Mining Industry 



We have previously referred to the exceptional local markets for agricultural crops 

 in Nevada due to the excess proportion of the population engaged in mining and other 

 non-agricultural pursuits. The mining industry in the State since the culmination of 

 the great mining boom, beginning in 1901 and ending in 1907, is not on the wane, as 

 many not familiar with the progress of the industry since the latter year may suppose. 

 Legitimate mining the exploitation of the State's wonderful deposits of mineral wealth 

 has made greater strides during the years since the so-called "boom" collapsed than 

 ever before. A comparison of the mineral output at present with the preceding sensational 

 period will show that the annual production of gold, silver and copper has increased 

 from $21,500,000 in 1907 to approximately $40,000,000 for the year 191 1. The 

 mines are being exploited and not the public, which accounts for the enormous increase 

 in mineral production. The former great mining discoveries are now thoroughly equipped 

 with modern hoisting and reduction works. The older mining camps, such as the 

 Comstock Lode, Austin, Pioche, etc., due to advanced metallurgical processes and the 

 introduction of hydro-electric power, are taking on new leases of life. Also new 

 discoveries of great importance not widely heralded are becoming substantial producers. 

 The copper mines at Ely are now practically the first in importance in the world. 

 At Yerington are great copper mines which, after ten years of development, the latter 

 part of this year will begin turning out copper ingots from the new smelter at Wabuska. 



The opening up of great ore bodies in new regions and at greater depths at Tonopah 

 have advanced the production of that district enormously and extended the probable life 

 of the camp indefinitely. Goldfield continues its unexampled production "with no 

 indications of probable abatement for a decade at least. 



To supply the hundreds of mining camps and discoveries, great and small, the 

 Nevada farmer finds a constant market for many kinds of crops and at a range of 

 prices higher than obtained elsewhere in America. 



INFORMATION 



For further or special information regarding the State of Nevada, address 

 Nevada Bureau of Industry, Agriculture and Irrigation, Carson City, Nevada. 

 Any representative of the Traffic Departments of the Southern Pacific, Western 

 Pacific, or San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroads throughout the country- 

 will be pleased on application to answer inquiries about the State, including 

 railway rates and service. 



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