The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-26
v A THE WONDER



The following interesting article is
from a late issue of the Denver Mining
Record, which is doing good work in
giving publicity to developments at
.Goldfield and Tonopah:
"When one pauses to contemplate the
events that have occurred in the pre-
cious metal mining industry of Nevada
during the past two years or more, he
cannot help standing in W of the APP
parently limitless possibilities of the
mineral producing West. The Creator
has so ordained the secrets of the rocks
that humanity with its restricted means
Of discovering them can only await their
revelation with patience, hope and cour-
age. No one knows and no one dares to
predict where each successive apoca-
lypse of wealth will appear to the know
ledge of men. When the Nevada pros
pectors found their cue in the desert,
the world looked on in surprise. But
why? Perhaps it was the mission of
the desert to suppress its story until an
appointed time. If it had not been a
desert, what a change might have been
made in the history of Nevada.
"History tells us that the far-famed
Comstock lode made Nevada a sovereign
State of the great American Republic.
The silver and gold of Virginia City, as
well as of the other pioneer districts of
that region, brought in the population
that made Nevada eligible to have lis
star placed in the blue OF the flag. His
tory tells us, also, that the decline in
the price of silver and the working out OF
some of the richest deposits of the old
time mines caused a reaction that re-
duced the census figures of the State to
such a point that. politicians wondered
why Nevada was a State at all. Let the
politicians look again, and they may
gather wisdom from the secrets of the
desert.
"Yhe Comstock lode is by no means a
thing of the. past, for modern metallurgy
and improved machinery have chosen
TO retain it as an important factor in the
metal production of the West. But two
other giants have arisen, and the world
is just beginning to haye an understand
ing of the wonderful revival that has set
in in this famous old State. Within two
years Tonopah has assumed a command
ing position among mining men and in
v~estors, and in less than a year the new
camp of Goldfield has sprung into no.
tice as a mining district equally remark
able. The phenomenal values that have
been taken from the mines since the
first of January and the large number of
shippers that have been developed tell
their own story. The Facts speak so
plainly that there is no ground for
doubling the enthusiastic stories that
visiting mining men bring from the
camp. Tonopah has secured a railroad
and Goldfeld is sure to be similarly ia
vored in the neal future. With ample
transportation facilities, the necessary
machinery, fuel, water and all these
natural accommodations, Nye and Els
meralda counties, in Nevada, will, soon
be making an impression upon the pre-
cious metal, statistics Of the country that
will admit of nc installing.
"The friends of Goldfeld are. hailing
it as a second Cripple Greek. 1t has a
large area and a large portion OF it has
been proven to be rich. The indications
are very favorable to the confirmation
of this enthusiastic prophecy. Tono-
pah has already proven itself,
"Who will say that Nevada is a dead
one?
"And whose will be. the next lucky
pick?"