The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-12-01
DESCRIPTION
OF GOLDF|[LO
Pen Picture of the Carp
Which /. Now Attracting
Much Attention

The Silver State finds the following
clear description of the southern gold
fields of Nevada in a mining journal:
Goldleld district, as developed IT, date,
may be best described as lying In the
form of a horseshoe. or arc of a circle.
a possible cause being that tn g mineral
ization may mark the rim of an ancient
crater. This zone Is little more than q
mi.e wide and has diameter OF about
three miles. with the open side to tho
east. the northern point beg ms at Dia-
mondfeid with the Black butte. which Is
what its name sig..fies. The zone savings
fl ON here westward. ma ked by such
FRO. e. ties IS the QIartz te. v rnai,
Daisy, Pala,e. Great Bend. Coded
Tonopah. Tonopah Club and Adams to
the Sandstorm. thence sou h to Colum-
bia mountain. and the January. Com
bination. Jumbo, Florence. st. Ives. Vel.
vet and hundreds of lesser note, ard
easterly TO The Blue Bull, Lone Star and
Tin HON with many her properties
beng pros.ec;ed Almost anywhrs
with this magic circle surface values
can be found and the great puzzle Is TO
determine where to sink-no small con-
! sideraiion in large territory Of erup.cJ
eoun ry, where a few feet may miss the
ledge.
Inside the circle are vind.cator and
| Banner mountains. Every square foot
or country on every side is located and
! surface indications are almost equany
good throughout the dis rict being even
less promising on some of the phenom-
enally rich str kes than at her places
The country rock in general Is rhyo.ite.
There is a general silicifcation OF vein
matter with much assuring and faulting,
which continued. has brought about a
secondary silic. c.ficat.on with deposition of
values. The ore is unique for Nevada,
being almost entirely gold bearing. while
Toropah and Nevada in general produce
mostly silver.
Gcldield i,self has sprung from a camp
of few tents to town of 1000 or 7.vv0
peop.e within the year. with Columbia
as thriving suburb. and smaller centers
at D-amondEe.d. Jumbo and Mi iltown.
ever possible the impi ov emenis have been
or sLbstant- a: na.uie: in some cases
stone and adobe being utilizeu. Aim.s,
every Class OF business is well represent.
ed. and. considering ITS islat.oa. lvi r
Is faiily good ard ra.es not exc. bitanl.
The town water. supplied by springs near
town, and few wells in town. is very
good. The e Is comparative little sick
Less as Yet outside of an epidemic OF
Gods. The outbreak or an cpd. m
would work g.eat han dship. as there
would be scant accommodations for the
sick. Also. there is the ever-pr esent dan.
ger of fiIe, with which there Is no water
TO combat. and no insurance protection
can he had.
Therefore. the winter at Goldfield re-
solves it, elf largely in o matter of luck
There is no work for the Gro ds that are
now there, and there will prcbaby be
even less as the leases expire. The pro-
duction is Liable To fall very low during
the first months of the year.
VIII proper ecu'pTent the country
sou offers Il great field for the pros
pecor. but too much stress cannot be
laid on its dangers and difficulties with
the return of hot weather.
The miner al Gold ed receives 81 per
day as al q 4 es the laborer when work
can be oh aimed
An e'ec,ric light plant is being In
stal'ed: also a brewery Is bsing built
and some good room'rg and apar ment
houses. but at present Accommodation
are rot good There are few rooms 70
b" Ind and these are wcr h 3, 80 por dav
There ave many tent Lodging houses.
serne hHv'rg cn'y cornmo- room som.
rartitioned off. rentirg for rs cents TO 81
rer d"y. owirg to the scarcity OF ium-
hcr this stat" Of 'hi-rs cauno. no ~er,-
eded atege' her his w'nte- with a
othe~ year of nrosperity Goidaeld will
be the r'etronols Of this Nevada desert,
osnocinilv shcrld he nropcse. ran~ao~,
be bui't-ore. the eSten ion from Tnno-
pah. the o'her me brnn~h from Ro-a.e
s'v'een rnfe- from Daggett. through
Bulifrog to Goldfeid and Tonopah