The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-12-06
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Bullfrog Distrlot-Ear.y poss oiiiti1s o
Goldfeld have now passed Largely inc
permanent nanos. It's story IS al4eass
ancient his ,oIy. and lie Laser come $ a
rushirg through it with scarcely .
glance aside. TIE name to ~conjure VII
row is Bull freq. N body knows u
rather hazy glory has more power OF at
trac ion than a moe definite knowledge
would exert. This state of affairs IS
reelection of The meteoric rise of Gold
field, ard is carefully fosteIed by zeal e
ta,e dc. le1s, who already have plottee
four towns ON the shifting sands OF n
Amai gosa desert and are bo~mirg choice
coIrer lots with as much gusto as /
they were loca cd in the heart CT Los
Angeles or San Francisco.
1t is needless 10 de.y that tkey have :
speculative value, or, also. that he di-
tr.ct has G. eat prosQe- We va ue. Gco1
mines undoub eddy will be distov rec
and de, e.opod, bu- the desert is not ye
entirely robbed of its %terrors, and t.
prospect 1t thoroughly requires fore
thought, preparation and plen y of mo-
ey. The pIospector who goes in with q
rush Is | kelly o come cut he same way.
On the eastern slope Of Death vdle
rises a chin on which more or less work
IL be rg done. God Hill, a few NILE
south Of Tonopah, Is receiving ~oas-Ce
able al, en.iCn aso.
Liberty Distlict-This is zeve@t CT
miles north of Tono.ah ard has seYe a
excellent proper les. Among mem h
Tonopah Utica NJ nirg Com amy owroe
b. Sat Lake parties, $ now berg u
vsyed and paten ed, ard some develop
n-ent work IS be rg do.e. There is .
S5-foot shaft on the property ard cor
siderable cross-cuttirg on he su fac,
fer leads $ berg dof e.
The Tonopah Liberty Company, u de
sup-rin endcnt w. C. wynkcop. is d,i. g
some work. 1t is owned by Camp q
Sen of Philadelphia. Ab-ut so. % has
been spent in developing the properly on
VIII CHI there is a shaft AS feet deep ami
a carload of ore was sh PIP d ne try
500 per ,on. Tie ledge is SIX feet TO
eight feet wide. pay streak forty e ght
inches wide. Ore cares god ard silver
and averages so to $50 ger ten.
Ciark's Salt Lax road at Ivanpoh +
within fifty miles of Bullffog. and that
Is probably the best way IL. bu the
crowds POUR ng into G liheld are con
tinuirg sou. Inward 20 It. SO p ng only
long enough to buy an outfit. An Their
way In is by way of Mojave and Keller.
but this is the most undesirable Of the
three.
From Go'd'eld it is eighteen miles to
the tanks. where wa er may be h q
Just byord this the 70 d for ks o.e
branch continuing south : o Coyote Holes
twenty-five miles. and TWEEN y-three miles
farther or it again conrec.s with the
other fork, which has mode a detour to
the west to Thorp g quartz nil tbs
detour is six miles longer than the d.
rect road. but the wa'er at Thorpe's IL
better than at tire Holes. Continuing o
short dis ance Is Indian Camp. from
which 1t is only two miles to Howell's
farm. four MI s 20 Davis farm. tn &c
miles to Reatty's farm. three miles to
Gold Center-a TOWNSHIP laid out on the
Amargosa river-fve miles TO ma gosa
towns'te ard two miles to Built og a
total distance of So or 81 miles. depending
on the route taken. Recon ly a new
route has been o~ene,i directly to Bull
frog. Leaving the main road ju7t after
tie two forks come together the Gu Off
bears TO the right. reaohrg Rullf og
within twerty mes. This s sa.d 10 lie
a shorter and easier route.
Among the important mat ers for the
Congress OF the Uri:ed Sta es to con
slider at this session IL whether the sal
airy of the President shall be increased