Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-14
EXPECT A BIG RUSH
TO NEVADA FIELDS

the Kingston and Potosi ranges.
The Funeral range is attracting the
greatest attention and hundreds of
prospectors have remained there all
during the hot weather. From a cur
sorry examination Mr.. Root is Of the
firm belief that Beatty, Rhyolite and
BulIfrog will, during the coming fall
and winter, witness as great on influx
of population as Goldheld or Tonopah
ever saw. Development must prove
great mines are there.
Thomas e. Edwards Of Bullfrog, Me-
vada, declared in a recent Interview
while in San Francisco, that in his
opinion the mineral wealth Of the
newly discovered mineral regions of
Nevada has only been guessed at as
yet. For more than thlrty-hve miles
from Tonopah, he said, the formation
that has been discovered to carry gold
in such large quantities at Tonopah,
Goldheld, Bullfrog and adjacent camps
has been traced on the surface. There
is no reason, in Mr.. Edwards view Of
It, why the same formation shall not be
found to exist in a very large area.
Countless millions in the glowing ex-
pectation Of Mr.. Edwards, remain to
ton of country In the next few years.
II have been in mining camps. all
my life," said Mr.. Edwards yesterday.
"Since was boy have not been out
of mining camps more than six months
at any one time. Naturally have be-
come familiar with mining and with
mineral Indications. I may say that I
grub staked Montgomery, who discov-
cred the Montgomery-S -Shoshone mine at
Bullfrog. The discovery of the deposit
all the discoveries of the precious metal
in that section of Nevada may be said
to have been accidental. But now we
know the country and Judge reasonably
from all the surface indications and the
general lay of the land that vast treas
ures remain to be unearthed in the near
future"
Mr.. Edwards says that Bullfrog, not
yet a year old, has already a good
water system, and another pipe line to
bring in water will soon be constructed.
In Bullfrog and the camps about it
there are 5000 people. This population
has all come in in less than a year.
Edwards is the typical miner, tall,
athletic, sun-browned, good-natured,
but with the look of quiet determine
tion in his eyes that is common to men
who pioneer in new mining country.
Activity In Mexico
Some idea. of the activity in mining
in Mexico at present may be gained
from the following:
The Tocolotes company of Santa Bar
bara Is reported to have made an APP
preparation of 100000 for new mill.
The Cerro Blanco mine, near Imuris,
Sonora, operated by the Providence
Mining company. is planning the erec-
tion of smelling and concentrating
plants in the near future. A concern in
Cleveland is constructing the machin-
cry for the 200-ton smelter which Col.
w. C. Greene will erect near Dedrick,
CulHudHud. LuS OdH ftdIdel OOppeT
Mining company has been organized
with capital of $1,5OO0OO to operate a
group of mines near Hermosillo, and
plan to erect at once two reverbatory
furnaces at San Rafael. A branch rail-
road is also to be constructed from the
Sonora railroad, distance of twelve
miles.
The company's principal office will be
located at Tuscon, Ariz, In order to
provide plenty of ore for the new
smelter to be erected at Chihuhua, the
American Smelling and Refining COM
pany will spend $1.000,0OO in developing
and blocking out ore in its mines in
the Santa Eulalia district The COM
pany is now preparing to push the
matter Of acquiring the lands for the
site of the smelter at Tabalaopa, three
miles south of chihuahua. The syn
dicate that recently acquired the iron
deposits of Vale de Puntales, near
Santa Marie La Grande, Guerrero, has
ordered from the United States large
quantity of machinery to exploit the
property on a large SCALE The syndl-
cate now owning the property, it is
stated, will invest about $500, 200 gold
on preliminary work,