Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-16
GREAT RICHES OF
GOLDF|ELD, NEv.
PHENOMENAL RUSH EXPECTED
IN EARLY SPRING
Actual Conditions as They Today
Exist in the Greatest of All
Gold Camps Hitherto
Discovered
Special Correspondence of The Herald

Special Correspondence of The Herald.
GOLDFIELD, New, March 1O.-Six-
teen months ago the gold mining dis
trict now known as Goldfeld was dis
covered in the southwestern part of
Nevada. Today it's base of supplies is
booming town of 5000 souls, with al
of the necessaries and most of the con-
veniences of life at hand, and over its
area are scattered scores of mushroom
, towns and hundreds of working camps
One hundred miles south and half a:
many east, rich strikes have been made
at Bullfrog and Gold Crater and al
the way between, and in the triangle
formed thousands of claims are staked
out and thousands of acres are en-
closed Diligent prospectors are now
working persistently to extend the area
of discovered value and daily come
reports, more or less authentic. of sue
cess.
Gre attest Rush on Record
Without doubt the greatest in-rush
of fortune hunters that has ever been
known in this country will begin within
the next few days, if. indeed, it has
not already begun. Word comes from
New York that a $50 rate is to be
made by the railroads to this district
and 5000 persons are already booked for
passage. Oregon has no less than 5000
men promised and from California
there are fully as many that have al
l,y -
Salt Lake, Denver and Butte have
hundreds here and many more are
coming. 1t is probably safe to say
that of the 5000 in Goldfield every man
knows of three others that will be here
within a few weeks.
From the amount of building going
on here and from the advancing price
of realty it is also safe to presume
that every man in Goldfield appreciates
what this in-rush is going to mean.
FabuIousIy Rich Ore
To those who are planning to make
the trip a statement of the actual con-
ditions here is of first Importance. In
brief, the conditions are based on the
following facts:
The ore in this district is not, al
present, treated here, and must be
shipped. Owing to the high prices
maintained by the only railroad sys-
tenn communicating with the outside
world practically no ore is being
shipped now, but the small amount that
does go out is of fabulous value and in
the main is expressed in the care OF
heavily armed messengers. However
only comparatively little is being ac-
tually produced by this immense. field
today. That is the first premise.
BY Whom the Claims Are Owned
Now, in all this great district, which
shows every indication of being full OF
gold, and which is approximately 15C
miles long and 80 miles wide, there are
thousands of claims owned by -four
different classes of owners.
First, close corporations with nothing
to SELL most of whom are pushing de-
velopment work as rapidly as they car
get into shape,
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market, some developing, but more
getting ready to do so, and selling
stock on their anticipations.
Third individuals who are Just wait,
ing or who may be doing development
work on very small scale; and fourth
owners who have no intention of devel,
oping, but who are hoping and en-
deavoring to sell.
or those that are developing but one
or two are really shipping in any
quantity, most of them developing first
to find out what they have. and sec
ond. to get ore on the dump in ordel
10 be ready TO begin the production Of
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