Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1888-05-02
THE REMARKABL4E DISTRICT.
Tias Way the Reports of hawthorne
| District are Con adhered by 0utsiders.

pectofS VINO are becoming e0nNln0cd
that Hawthorne District 10 a suitable
place in which to spend their valuable
time in looking for riches is rapidly
increasing. There are now at least
between sixty and seventy anxious and
ambitious miners at work in that
section. Many are working by the
day and receiving good wages from
different companies and mine owners,
while an equal number are prospect.
ing for themselves, and it Is evident
that the majority of them are reaping
rich rewards for the honest and ad.
venturous toll. Scarcely day passes
that new discoveries and rich strikes
are not reported, and the mineral
wealth of Hawthorne District no
longer appears fabulous to the older
settlers'uf Esmeraida, but is an estab-
lished reality, and every effort is being
made to develop the claims and loca-
tions wherein the precious metsls are
known to abound. New locations are
continually being made aud the Dis
trict will in very short time be one
of fame and importance, not to Esme.
ralda county alone, but to the outside
world that now takes but little interest
in this country.
| There is no other place in the State
| where the persistent prospectors are
| entitled to more credit or deserve
| greater success, as the majority of
tn. IN have not the necessary means
with which to develop their claims or
take out ore 10 any very great adyant-
| age, and yet they work away with
dauntless courage, at the same time
being deprived of many necessities,
and never thinking of luxuries. but
| knowing full we'll that in in time they
| will be justly rewarded for their hard
labor. 1t would be impossible tor a
| mining district as rich in minerals us
| this one to forever remain in obscurity
rs Hawthorne District now is. Com
paratively speaking, this district is in
otal obscurity, that is, its yalae is no''
Known outside of Esmeralda county,
and that fact alone is enough to justify
one IN saying that uone Of The smaller.
mi ''''""s are ever head of
The local paper is doing its utmost
to attract the attention Of capital.
lists TO the different districts, espec
tally to Hawthorne Distr q, d. il is
an undeniable fact that more outside
capital is needed to develop the mines
of these districts. But the unceasing
efforts of the paper appareily have no
effect, and this can undoubtedly be
III ,,ou,ed Ia Tue tact tina, ,ne rop i
i the W onderful output of rich or
ON these districts are taken as tx
rerat,ons. and pub ishcd for IL
'rpose of creating an excitement an
.awing crowds of people 10 this Vi
unity. If the reports convey ar
lch ideas to he readers, they receiv.
Unjust credit Although trne, suci
ports as the recent one of Pamlic
nine have the appearance of bein.
realty exaggerated, but $l1,700 were
eceived from seven sacks of ore, and
surely the gold is proper evidenc.
and sufficient to prove the truth of the
reports.
1t seems strange that none of these
published reports are ever copied by
the larger papers and those of greater
circulation especially when they are
known to he correct. 1t is seldom
that any of these are ever seen ID any
of the influential papers, but let thtr
be report of an indication of gold
being found in some remote and near.
ly inaccessible region, the large dailies
invariably give columns of space in
publishing the full particulars of the
discovery, and often do so with no
proof other than unreliable heursay
Thousands of people read them and
! are at once overcome by an uncontrol-
liable desire to go TO the new discover
les. Every year hundreds of people
madly rush to such places and re
turn disappointed and discouraged.
How many prospectors can tell of
similar experiences which they have
had, and in places which did not pos
sess one.tenth OF the merits for min.
ing country that Hawthorne District
has.
The reports of our different mines
| and districts are not unreliable, they
are not exaggerated accounts but are
facts, facts that can be relied upon,
apd OWN told opJ ,>ptI;ah,.d a. -.