The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-12-31
The Randsburg Boom,

Inc Randsburg region has already
gwen abundant evidence of being one
OF the most promising mining districts
known in the world. says the S. F.
Call. Were it situated anywhere else
than IN waterless desert the district
would have by this time population
OF from $4,000 to $4,000, but, as it is.
there are not over 1900 people in the
town and immediate vicinity,
The great draw back to the devotion.
ment OF the mines and consequent
growth of the town is lack of water
Every effort has been made to find a
supply III the neighborhood, but so far
, IN vain; every drop used has to be
brought from the COW wells at Garlock.
near the base of Black Mountain. some
tweve miles to the west on the road
to Molave, and as may be readily
imagined it is both poor and dear. cost.
ing Tor drinking purposes some SO. so
per barrel. and for other purnoses
from $3.50 to 50. The wells at Gar.
lock do not have an over.abundant
supply, and any unusual demand per-
ceptibly diminishes it and up goes the
price. The men engaged in supplying
the Randsburg camps with water are
making more money at the business
than those who are taking out gold.
Inc permanent character of the
mines 50 far developed and the abso.
lutte need of sufficient suppy of water
and the certain return on money in.
vested IN an enterprise looking to fill
ing this need, has attracted the atten
tlon OF capitalists both in San Fran.
CISCO and Los Angeles, and there is but
little question that before many months
roll by Randsburg will have as much
water as it can consume with ten times
Its present population and some tn
spare for other places near by.
Once line of the proper size is laid
the question of its paying we'll is set.
tied. The charge for water can be
made at just what figure under the
present prices the owners choose to fix
Inc consumption, too, will not be con.
nned to Randsburg, the line will be
taxed at various points along the route
Tor Goler Gulch and other camps and
towns that are sure to spring up as the
country north of Randsburg is pros.
pected and developed.
The cyanide works in Bodie have
closed down for the winter. Miners
coming IN from there a few days ago
say the thermometer had got down to
~ degrees below zero before thew left,
The Placerville Nugget says thew
are running two Huntington mills
right along on the Salisbury with salts.
factory results to the owners. The
same paper is authority for the report
that on the Griffith Consolidated the
property recently acquired by Mr.
Stent, they've struck bonanza on the
115-foot level.
Thomas Wells, banking man. has
succeeded in making one of the biz
sales OF the season. The property in
question is the Black Oak, situated
near Soulsbyvillo. and the figure for
winch 1t was purchased by Leopold
Meyers borders close on to half a mil.
non dollars, with cash payment down.
April.
silver Peak and Ida Valley, an
'ut-of'the-way mineral district in Inyo
county, is rivaling the Randsburg sec.
,ion Tor rich rock stories. The Inyo
register says that parties in Lida VAL
icy recently got net return of 81 600
rom shipment of seven sacks of silver
're. While there he was shown ore
lssaylng 1900 ounces of silver per ton.
NO ore is shipped unless it runs at least
lOo ounces. There is great deal of
lo-ounce ore. and small lodges are the
'eneral rule. A railroad through that
ection would develop hundreds of pay.
ng claims.