What to see in America . Nevada 497. A Prospector Davidson the establishment of the stateof Washoe. It was admittedto the Union in 18G4. Alongthe dividing line betweenNevada and California, andextending down into Arizona,is one of the richest mineralbelts in the world, and on thisNevada is peculiarly depend-ent. At one time Nevadaproduced more gold than anyother state, and more silverthan all the other states puttogether. Even now it ranksfirst in the production ofsilver. In 1850 a couple of land viewers killed a bear in the Carson\alley. They were preparing to skin it when one of themstuck hi
What to see in America . Nevada 497. A Prospector Davidson the establishment of the stateof Washoe. It was admittedto the Union in 18G4. Alongthe dividing line betweenNevada and California, andextending down into Arizona,is one of the richest mineralbelts in the world, and on thisNevada is peculiarly depend-ent. At one time Nevadaproduced more gold than anyother state, and more silverthan all the other states puttogether. Even now it ranksfirst in the production ofsilver. In 1850 a couple of land viewers killed a bear in the Carson\alley. They were preparing to skin it when one of themstuck his knife into a crevice in a rock and uncovered a smallnugget of gold. They called the gulch Gold the next half dozen years thousands of miners weredrawn thither from the California fields. A little stream inthe canyon had its source far up on the slopes of jMt. David-son. Prospectors worked up the stream and into the crossgulches, finding much treasure. Often they dug into apeculiar hard blue clay on which they bestowe
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