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Show 62 IMMIGRAN'l·S' AND SETTLERS' GUIDE feet. Some of the peaks of the H eleve~ thousand feet in height umboldt Mountains are It lS bounded on the north .b the south and west by Califor Y. Oregon and Idaho, on Utah, and embraces an area of nia, lanJ!~ on the east by acres. · near Y lll ty-three millions CLIMATE· ETC N ev.ada is remarkabl and' • ~e Winters are of mod~ t lalmost necessarily healthy hk. e th a t of N ew York mroadei fie nd gth' with a t em perature· :O:Ild breezes from the 'Pacifi e to so~e extent by the Tfht ~onths of each year c. f oh rain falls for six to e rivers which run , an t ere are no swam s themselves in " sinks" o~~~ward from the Sierra Its~ th~t stretches far eastward e ~Teat, usually barren lain qmtous, hopeless shrub kn ' thmly covered with thf ubi-f in contrast with the ?Wn as the '' sage-brush , o N evad Winters of th A 1 · A late r a:dmay be regarded as on th e t antic, those 1863-64 est ~nt o~ the Territory, durf whole JJ?-Oderate. th ' Wl'ltes: 'Accounts h ng the wmters of of e country east of the RockeaMc us fi:om all parts of unusual sever"t . . Y ountams of . one of unusual m~l~ ' In contrast, we have here a '!Inter winter-if indeed ~ess. .In fact, it has been thenJfiyed saw. We h wmter It ~an be call d e nest in all, the :ve ~ad thus far (Feb. 8) th ~ -f.that I ever of h eaviest covering th I ee alis of ~now some t ree inch b e ground to th d three days Th ~· ut none of it lastin e epth been bare ~n e alance of the time g over two or weather war: dry, the sky unobscured the ground has lowest nip f hand pleasant as Ind. by clouds, the five degree~ b!loew~~:fr~e:~n~~!~~;,~/ti:~:~cee~~ .AGRICULTUR.AL PRODU Th ars, PRICEs e agricultur 1 ' ETc. hardly worth a r.esources or produ countr . mentioning It . cts of Nevada are Y-In a n agri·c ultur·a l Is essen t•I a1 1 Y a barren sense. A De w 1.t.-ertl• le spots TO THE NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES. 63 have been found in the Territory, but they are few indeed- oases in the great desert. Prices of leading articles of consumption during the winter, since which time there has been no material change, were as follows : Hay, of a quality inferior to the " slough bay" of Illinois, but the best to be bad, sells readily at $85 to $100 ~ ton ; barley, or any kind of horse-feed, at 6 to Be. ~ lb ; potatoes, 4 to 5c. 1Pl tb ; cabbage, onions, beets, fruits, etc., at 12! to 20c. 1P lb ; eggs, 7 5c. to $1 ';@ doz.; chickens at $1.25 to $2 apiece ; turkeys, $3 to $5 each ; steak, mutton, pork, and other meats, 15 to 25c. ';@ lb; butter and cheese, 50 to 75c. ~ tb; common lumber (the lumber of this region is very inferior), $60 to $75 ~ M. ; firewood, cedar, $12 to $15 ~ cord ; pine wood, $20 to $23 <@ cord. Rents, owing to the high price of lumber and other building material, are also exorbitantly high. For houses suited to the 'vants of a small family, $30 to $7 5 per month are paid, and for business purposes almost incredible rates. MINES AND MINING. The Silver Mines of Nevada, as before stated, constitute the great and permanent source of wealth of that Territory. Even now, when hardly five years have elapsed since their discovery, these mines yield a gr eater annual product than those of any other country, Mexico excepted. But little had been done towards developing the mineral wealth of Nevada until the discovery of the "Comstock lode," before referred to, which memorable event took place in the spring of 1860. No description of this mine can give any adequate idea of its wonderful wealth of silver . Thus far experience has shown that the. de~per the mine is worked the richer and wider the vem 19. Suf· fice it that all developments thus far made _ju~ti~y the supposition that thtl wealth of the Comsto.ck 1s hm1t less. This famous lode has been traced for a distance of two |