The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-05


Nevada is again the cynosure Of the
eyes of the mining world. For more
than a quarter 81 a century it has been
lying 'perdu,~ afraid to lay claim to un-
developed mining fields, fearing ridicule.
When the Bonanza" four cleaned up
the Comstock and retired from il with
their millions, the generally accepted
belief was that there was nothing left in
| Nevada-except sagebrush. As the years
went by without new discoveries that
belief took deeper root, so that it was
| nothing unusual to hear Nevada spoken
| of as a state that had moe senators
in the United states congress than it
had representatives, it having no popu-
lation to represent.
Then came Tonopah; II was a revela-
ton. The old ''white-metal" state took
on new lease Of life, yet there were those
who were of the opinion that the lease
would be of short duration. These
doubts have been gradually dissipated.
Tonopah has all the appearance of a
camp that has come to stay for many a
day, and although. so far AZ yet known,
/ its mineraiiDsl area may he circum-
scribed vet its ere bodies i'm the proven
mines are So extensive and high in value
that Tonopah is now regarded as one OF
! the permanent mining sasaps Of the
. Pacific Coast.
Since the discovery # Tnopah, only
some three years ago, Nevada has sprung
another surprise upon the mining world,
and this, ats latest one, gives promise of
proving to be the most important one
yet made in that state, not excepting the
great Comstock lode. This new surprise
is Goldfeld. The Los Angeles Mining
( Review has received dnring the last
| three months-as other mining papers
have no doubt received-numerOus re-
ports of Goldfied's ore bodies, telling Of
| their extent and enormous richness, but
/ just because of the big figures contained
in these reports we we've disposed toview
I them as %fanciful tales; they were ''too
good" But the mining world is now
inclined to admit the big figures-rea-
sonable deduction teing made were
| about right, and that Goldfield bids fair
to be one Of the very richest gold mining
camps the world has known.
We have been, in a measure, forced to
| this conclusion through recent reports
4 .o..:..l t,-,, I,llE.Il 80, l,1 f,o,x, =,
! long conversation we have had with an
! experienced mining man who recently
visited that camp, and who, through his
letters of introduction, was permitted to
go down into all the opened mines in
the camp. Our authority on this matter
is, we believe, absolutely unprecedented
! he has not as yet acquired any interests
in Goldtield; he is competent to judge of
the possibilities of its partially-developed
properties. We are, thereforsslis. 5seu
to accept as well-found d. the statement
he made to US, and which was: Cold
field will be half a dozen times bigger
than Tonopah eve can be-
In a conversation that occupied more
than one hours duration he detailed the
grounds upon which his conclusion was
based, and it is because II our belief in
his judgment that w are printing what
he said.
Goldfield is as yet a "tent city" 1t is
twenty-five miles from Tonopah, and
could be reached by a branch from the
Tonopah railroad, now approaching COM
p%letion. There can be no doubt about
this branch being built.
Sine writing this article we have re-
ceived from GOldfield a letter written by
by Mr.. +. b. Lightburn, Of Long Beach,
California, who is now at Goldtield, look
ing over the ground. His letter will he
found on another page in this number.
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