Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17
MINERS RUSH
TO RHYOL|TE
PRECIOUS METALS FOUND IN
ABUNDANCE
PoSTOFFICE SERVES 1000
Thorpe's Wells Scene Of Great Activ-
lty-NeW Railroad Will Be
Great Aid in Mining
PoST0FFICE SERVES 4o0C
Ore

habited, bleak sun-dried canyon and
mountain peaks; the inhabitants were
principally the American eagle, the
jack rabbit and an occasional elk or
deer. Today 1t is the mecca of the
financial hopes directly and indirectly
of more than million people. This Is
Rhyolite and the surrounding country
A year ago it was not known that the
precious metal of gold for which earth's
bravest have sweat, bled and died in
their Unsuitable greed to possess, had
it's treasure valuts in the Shoshone
mountain and the hills and peaks and
thirsty canyons surrounding.
The Shoshone mountain rises over
5000 feet above the flight of sea gulls
and at its base nestles this town of
Rhyolite. Normally it has over a thou
sand people who call Rhyolite their
home, but over 1000 people get their
mail at the postoffice. These strangers
from Colorado, California and almost
every other state in the Union are
securing mountain and canyon and
sending down shafts into the golden
lodges staked out by the prospector
while a half hundred mountain sides
between here and the Bonnie Glare
mine at Tule canyon are reverberating
with the sturdy miners determined
cannonade. Machinery is being hauled
in along it's slow and labored way over
the rough road from Goldfield on the
north and Las Vegas on the south,
while the up-to-date automobile vief
with the old fashioned Concord stage
drawn by galloping horses, that daily
make their advent into Rhyolite and
other mining camps and deposit their
human cargoes.
Rushing to Nevada
The multitude who but a few years
ago swept headlong to the Klondike
country in far-away Alaska filled with
dreams of fabulous wealth, are today
resting their anchor among the foot
hills of Shoshone mountain, and in the
surrounding Bullfrog country in south
west Nevada.
Perhaps the greatest activity is a
few miles north of this place and less
than half way from this point to Gold
field. Thorpe's Wells has long been
the trysting place for the dusty travel
Valley, only a few miles away to the
westward.
Thorpe's Wells belongs to The Bon
ME Clare Bullfrog Mining and Milling
company. Here is the five-stamp mill
through which Louis Chiatovich for the
last eleven years has converted his
ore from the "Rattlesnake" group of
claims, Hard Luck group of claims
and the "Courbet" group of claims
into bullion, and has been counted
a king among men in this, at this time,
partially settled community. But Louis
Chiatovich knew what he was doing;
he knew he was driving his tunnels
on some of the greatest gold ore
the world knew nothing about 1t. 1t
was 1862 miles from Candaleras, the
nearest railroad station, twelve years
ago. Tonopah was not heard of in
those days.
Hauled Ore 1862 Miles
Chiatovich went to Silver Peak eighty
miles away from the Rattle
snake" mine, and hired teams, brought
them to his mine, loaded them up with
sacked ore and started them to Can
6aleras, 162 miles away. People said
he was crazy; they did not believe the
ere possessed any value to speak Of
In those days, this locality was too
far away from an assay office to dem
onstrate and prove values, but Louis
Chiatovich hauled out f1fty-flve tons
of ore shipped it from Candaleras to
Salt Lake City. paid $110 per ton for
the wagon haul and in addition to that
paid railroad freight charges, and at
Salt Lake City treatment charges, and
after all these expenses had been paid.
he found he had net profit Of $154.5O
per ton In return on the ore he had
thus sent out to civilization.
With this money he built his mill at
ThOrpeS WellS ELEVEN years dSo' II
was an old and dilapidated mill at that
time but Chiatovich is not only min
ing and a mill man but machinist as
we'll. and he doctored it UP and kept 1t
going and ever since it was built it has
been Chiatovich's bank.
Today Mr. Chiatovich is president of
The Bonnie Clare Bullfrog Mining and
Milling company, and to this company
he has decided not only Thorpe's Wells,
but all of his valuable mining claims
consisting of over 265 acres of surface
Ready for Shipping
A few days ago Mr.. Chiatovich ar
rived at the mine from Los Angeles
where he had been visiting. He was
accompanied by Fred H. Vahrenkamp,
the consulting engineer of the Bonnie
Clare company. He has instructed his
employees to commence stopping down
and sacking ore and in few days sew
eral fourteen-mule teams will come
5o,,,, fro,,, C0Iddald and load I'm this