Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-12-31
TONOPAH BONANZA
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1904
Conditions of Rich District Told
by f. l.. Cross.

He writes as follows: :
"Bullfrog, one Of Nevada's newest :
and most promising mining districts, !,
is situated about seven miles east OF !
the California and Nevada line at a
point about eighty miles due east Of
Mt. Whitney and about sixty-hve +,
miles south OF Goldfeld, Nevada, on
the western slope OF the Grapevine
Mt. range down to and across the
the headwaters of the Amargosa, at
the point known to old-timers as
Oasis. 1t lies about fifteen miles
north of Chloride Cliff, at an eleva-
ton OF about 1900 feet in the low
p%orphyritic foothills. The country is
well watered to the west by numer-
Gus small springs, and the we'll
timbered summit of Grapevine range
makes the future fuel question Of the
new camp a simple one. In the bed
of the Amargosa only a few miles
away to the east, large springs fur
nishing water at the present time to
irrigate a number of small ranches,
makes the water problem for reduc-
ton works an easy one to solve. One
spring in particular, near the Davis
ranch, is a hot one-just hot enough
for a bath.
The first discovery of gold was
made last August by Frank Harris
and E. L. Cross, and was christened
the Bullfrog mine and later when
other parties came in to prospect a
district was organized and called the
Bullfrog district. Since then num-
erous other discoveries have been
made, until now it is generally be-
lieved by competent mining men who
have examined the mineral re.
sources OF the district that there
are at least ten or twelve cropping
that are sure to make As many i'm
mems mines, and dozens of goo'
looking prospects that are yer,
promising. Mining men are invest
ing money in the district and severe
companies are sufficiently finance
already to lay u their plans for fl
ture developments and to equip thei
mines with reduction works as 500
as they can determine exactly wha
is needed to most economically tret
the ore and find the easiest route
transportation Of supplies into ii
m and also for the transport
tion of high grade ores. The mo
likely route is over the Santa ]
from Los Angeles. While the d
lance of wagon haul is greater TIL
from Tonopah, the cost is much les
and besides, the G. d 9. Is utter
unable to handle even the freight I
Tonopah aud Goldfeld, let alone
camp like Bullfrog promises to |
Even now over 300 tons of freig
for the new camp is wanted and Y
be ordered as soon as the most {
sirable route is chosen.
Already some work is going abe
under the conditions of being han
capped with high freight rates IL
make lumber over one hundred
lars per thousand feet and hay
hundred dollars per ton, and eve
thing else in proportion, and SO
the supplies are very limited Il
a he got at even these prices.
While the conditions are agai
the district, four or five new toy
have sprung up and there are SIEVE
miners supply stores, restauraI
and about seven or eight saloc
which the saloon men seem to u
are the one real thing that is nee
to build a mining camp up. Pet
are pouring into the camp every {
but today every one that could g
horse, wagon or burro. and man
them on foot, stampeded for d
fogle Tanks, about twenty-five
thirty miles south Of this place
the scene OF the new strike, supp
to be the lost Breyfogle mine. 5
linens Of rock brought in by the
coverer show gold very plenti
sprinkled through the rock W
will undoubtedly run up into
thousands. So In consequence ev