NEW ERA FOR NEVADA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 281, 23 August 1919, Page 9

NEW ERA FOR NEVADA

. INDICATIONS THAT TI-IE "SILVER j STATE" IS RICH IN GOLD. When they began to dig out silver bv . -the ton from the C'omstock group of . mines, Nevada lost its original name of . "tlie Sagobrush Stato," and became j known to the whole world as tho "Silver . State." j But recent developments in the Divide , district seem to indicate another change 1 of name, for they do say that tho gold ( is so thick just a little under the surface ( that the owners of tho mines re--1 fuse to dig less they bo ruined by tho . excess profits tax. They just take out a shovelful froiii time to time to pay i living expenses, and sit tight over the , hole whore they took it out till they need a little niore.' Possibly, also, these [ mine owners are influenced by patriot-< . ism, as not wishing to disturb values [ by flooding the world with gold and thus adding to the economic confusion. Cali- • fornia has hitherto taken prido in calling itself the Golden State, but oven in Nevada they are getting ready to dc- ; mand the belt and title, and say tliey aro going to get it. ■ And with all due allowance for newborn enthusiasm, ami for tho picturesque ' way in which prosperous miners aro wont to express themselves, if a tenth of what . Is claimed is true—and it may be—we ' may expect the peoplo of Nevada to 1 change from flic most loyal of silverites ! lo the most determined and irreconcil--1 able gold bugs. Circumstances do uller • case?. That they have found a lot of 1 gold is certain.—Siuox Falls "Press."