The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-09-16
COLDFIELD AND VICINITY.

| lug an duultlOn 10 tHelr slCTS Nituiu
few days.
A handsome cabinet has been placed
in W. =. Ellid.ts sdloon ami already
contains a large collection of rich ore
specimens aud curios.
A. X. Wheeler of Seattle, Wash, was
an arrival this week. He represents
capitalists who are seeking mining iu
vestments in This district.
! w. J.. Stoneham of the Tonopah
Bonanza, was in town Tuerday on
business trip. Mr.. Stoneham has min
ing interests in the district.
Jas. Donahue, well known newspaper
man of Cripple Creek, was an arrival
Monday and thinks so well of the camp
that hc will probably stay.
4 II. Clay Herrick arrived this week from
| Douglass, Arizona. He believes this
camp is promising field and is going
into the real estate business.
The dance given by the Ladies' Aid
Society Wednesday night, was great
success, and the society takes this means
of thanking all who 50 kindly assisted to
make it so.
W. H. Tins of the Miners Union Wis
iting committee, says that all the men,
bers who are sick are progressing to-
i ward recovery. No new cases were re-
ported this week.
J. s. Pearson, superintendent and gen
eral manager of the J. S. Phelps Stokes
mining properties at Austin and Berlin.
was here this week looking over the
camp with the view of investing.
/ Maynard Bixbee of Salt Like, a
well known mining expert, is staying at
the Merchants hotel in Columbia He
4 is looking for mining property in the
\ interest of Eastern capitalists.
i Sayres, Greene and Thomas have pur-
d chased a lot on Crook avenue, Just off
of Main street, and will erect a stone
building Immediately, which will be
occupei by them as safety deposit and
assay office.
4 Kind Bros. will commence building in
"a few days on the lot next to f.. Marks
& Co.'s clothing store, and when the
structure is completed they will stock 1t
with a line of cigars, tobacco, stationery
and notions.
Charles l.. Hayes of Bridgeport, Cal,
is here to locate and practice his pro-
fession of the law, his card appearing in
this issue. Mr.. Hayes was District At
tornev and Assessor of Mono county for
several terms.
Proprietor Bolan of the Miners store
has erected fine stone cellar in the rear
of his place of business on Main street.
The cellar has walls lS inches thick and
has a stone and iron roof, rendering it
absolutely fire proof.
4 Work will be commenced next week
on n new building next to Marks Il Cos
clothing store on Nam street. When
completed it will be occupied by George
4 f. Bakeslee as a jewellery store and by
Prouty Il Curly as drug store.
j p. r Cuddigan, an old time prospec-
tor of this section, left for the southern
county this week to try and find another
Goldfeld. He prospected over tie hills
. hereabouts three years ago but was rot
lucky enough to strike anything.
Harry Hedrick is here representing
, the San Francisco Examiner, Reno
Gazette and other papers and will furn-
ish them with special articles on the
camp. He is recently from Boise,
Idaho, where he was city editor OF the
Statesman.
, GoldHeld was visited by big con-
tinpent of drummers this week, the first
that had been in the camp since the
blockade commenced a month ago.
They found stocks running low and
, some large orders were placed by the
. merchants. Goldfield will be the drum
mers' Mecca hereafter.
J H. w. Knickerbocker, Who went to
J Virginia City to deliver an address on
Labor Day and afterwards visited San
; Francisco on business, returned We'd
J nesday. He says the old Comstock is
taking on new life and that San Fran
cisco is beginning to awaken to the fact
that Goldfield is the coming great gold
) mining camp of the world.
Among the recent arrivals in the camp
are George A. and Hugh w. Nelson, who
have opened an assay, surveying and
mining brokerage office. They are well
) and favorably known to all old-time Ne
vada men. Hugh w. Nelson having been
a for number of years superintendent OF
the Copper Mountain properties near
Bodie, and for the past year has had
. charge Of the Pamlico mine at taw-
thorne. They are much impressed with
! what they have seen in this section and
3 have shown their confidence by purchas-
3 ing some town property.
l Street Prize Fight.
To settle dispute arising from game
of cards two young men adjourned to
a