The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-12-02
TaE GOLDEN LURE.
Goldfeli rs Seen Through the Ewes
OF E Literary Ran.

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This gold-luSt Is IL fierce passi, II. 1t
witheiS UP the conscience and consumes
the heart. bat il has this ~compensating
effect-it tcmpcrs and sharpens the
brain like n keen blade Of steel. Life in
this newest and most wonderful camp
of Goldtield is a battle nj brains. Il
struggle for financial supremacy, in Il
WORD the survival of the fittcst. The
conflict Is Il glorious one, and tends to
bring forward the elemental qualities 81
human nature.
To properly draw Il word picture 81
this camp one must 20 beneath the sur
face of appearances and analyzc the psy-
Geological motives that v%italizc the cur
rents Of life in THIS community. Gold
is the magnet. Cold is power-power
to control the material necessities OF life
and the refining influences of c~iviliza-
ton.
Self-pfescrvation is the handspring
that has made the workings of Go!Ifield
possible.
have hecn in many mining camps
before | struck this one a couple of
weeks ago.. was in Victor, iaiprHdo,
Mhen that camp was rev, long heiort i.
became Il crimson abattQig for military
butchers, md :. blot IN the bright Is
'utcheon of civil government and con
sti'utiona' frcedo",, and I can oopscicr.
%tiously say !hat ,;o,dield shows GREATER
indications Of refulahanry ard stability.
It's freedom from the restrictions " con-
ventionalit,, il, spirit Of individual scr
reliance and its closencSa to tbt. etd Nal
thrCh3 81 nature. mighty nctrt. lends
to develop ones character aione broad
AID hold lines. y n,.n''s mind becomes
p broad ~ the sweep of the horizon,
and the eternal s%ilences OF the surround
ing mountains fill him with Il sense OF
| rerose and power. He can express an
original idea without being "rucifcd for
! it on the cross OF crystalizcd convention
ality.
The silk hat, the kid gloves, and the
creased trousers are obsolete here. The
du~st-stained boots, the khaki, the cor
ercign emblems of the dignity OF human
toll. | have been studying the bearded
and sunbrowned faces OF the throng
that surge and hustle up and down
Main street and there is nothing cffemi-
nate or degenerate there. The men are
argonauts that blaze the path, and
Goldtield is ii veritable frontier of
American civilization. These are ele-
mental men with all the crude virtues
and vices of primitive human nature.
They drink whiskey in the saloons, as
They play faro, roulette, stud poker and
twenty-one-the city magnatc CANDLES
and bets on the necessities OF life in the
various exchanges.
Will the teacher OF ethics draw the
line? | cannot. The miner has the
advantage, however; he exchanges his
toll for the gold that nature gives. His
dollars are clean and are not stained by
the tears and blood of his fellow-men.
My first impression Of Goldield, after
a stage journey across the desert, was
dust and nothing but dust. and the ho-
tel proved to be an oasis. Goldfield is
a larger place than ] expected TO find.
Instead OF IA couple of dozen tents, |
find a city of canvas and wood in en-
bryo. The hum of industry was every
where and the music OF the hammer and
the -nw played N anthem to American
energy ana enterprise. Goldfeld now,
| understand, has a population OF over
5000, and if the present rate Of increase
continues there ought to be 3 600 pee
pie here by next spring.
1t does not require a great stretch OF
the imagination to see the sister towns
of Columbia, Diamondfeld and Gold
field, shortly knit together into a happy
and prosperous community.
The miners and workers OF the vari-
Gus leases are at present the foundation
of the camps prosperity. As popula-
ton increases. real estate values are
bound to increase, and with the advent
OF the proposed railroad and better facil-
tiles for shipping ore, mining securities
will also rise in value. The camp is
new vet. but when things become bet
ter adjusted and more settled, predict
that Goidfield will be the greatest min
inc camp in the world. vt present it is
a camp Of strange contrasts. The prlml-
tive candle furnishes light, but the up
to-date automobile furnishes transpor-
tation Adobe houses are lit by modern
electricity. The gradual appearance OF
the eternal woman is lending Il certain
amount Of refining influence to the
rough and ready life Of the community.
There is a rough chivalry among the
men that is far superior to the veneer
that we find among the masculine dcni-
zens OF the cities. The dust is not con
ducsive to elegant toilettes or dainty