The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04
STORIES ABOUT THE
G0LDFlELD REGION

Many stories are told Of the vicissi-
tudes Of the early rush TO Goldfeld.
One old prOspeCt0r declares ne went
into a tent restaurant and the girl
back OF the counter said:
VIII YOU nave some SOUP
The old prospector answered NO"
After a while the girl again ap-
preached him and said in a persuasive
tone:
Won't you have some soup"
Il said No - replied the old pros
pector in an injured tone
We'll. dinner is over then rejOined
the girl calmly.
Not much variety i'm them days"
said the old prospector.
Today. however, a person can get
an excellent dinner at GoldfieId if he
picks his place and spens money free
~. Some things are high in value, for
example: Hay. SO TO $50 per ton;
bananas so cents per dozen or 10 cents
each at the restaurants: kerosene, 20
I cents per gallon; milk, 10 cents per
glass.
persuaded a colored professor to
beat and brush my coat on my arrival
| in GOldfeld. He said -Four bits" and
L gave up without a murmur.
"Goldheld is a great country" said A
resident in a restaurant one day Just
then the waiter said in Il rumbling
mOnOtOne
Roast beef. mutton. lamb. cold ham.
roast duck roast
Hold on, said an old-time miner,
/ did you say duck2'
Yes" said the waiter
Tame or wild2" inquired the old
/ timer wasting no time in unnecessary
words.
Wild" replied the waiter
I We'll" said the oid-timer. give me
/ beef Darned if I'll eat any fool bird
/ that had wings to ny out OF this coUn-
/ try and stayed here to be shot This
/ with a crushing glance at the oId-timer
/ across the table
Camp Quiet Up to Date.
GoIdGeld up TO date has been a quiet
/ and peaceful camp. There have been
/ few gun plays so far i believe. how
ever. that il Will be we'll 10 keep near
the lighted main street IN the evening
this winter. There are too many men
on the street in the daytime, and in
! the saloons at night, who are unem-
( plOyed. and who are likely, with the
advent Of cold weather, 10 try 10 get
the price of their food or lodging by
I little strong-arm work. or sandbag
/ methods, or. worst of all by poking a
five-inch fOrty-five under a mans nose
a railroad detective recently identified
during a two or three days stop i'm
1 camp. siXty-fOuT eX-convicts. That
( statement may sound bad for the
I camp to the reader who is not used
/ 10 mining camps. But it should be
rememb ered that life in new camp
/ possesses all the features that most
attract men of that stamp. Golddeld
is no different from the other bonanza
camps Of bygone days in that re-
sDect
II a man is in Tonopah or Goldfield
when the fire bell rings, he should be
on hand. for here is one of the thrilling
sights Of the camp. After two or three
strokes of the bell the doors OF ali
the restaurants. saloons. stores and
dwelling houses swing open and mob
of men comes tearing down the mid
die of the street. sometimes hatlcss and
cOatless, and always excited for there
is practically no insurance on property
there and nearly everybody has some
property at stake.
Last summer GOldheId was very
smelly and very fun of flies In August
last "A person had 10 wave his meat
in thu air With 4 fvs& and then get
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