The daily sentinel., 1905-02-10
Truth About
GOIdfieId

The following letter was received
today by The Sneinel from ]. w.
Stevens, an old-time and well known
citizen of Grand Junction. who has
for several months been located in
the Goldfeld mining district of Ne
vada. The letter gives some most in
teresting information regarding the
existing conditions and the future of
that wonderful section and will be
read with pleasure by the many
friends of Mr.. Stevens in Grand
Junction:
Amargosa, New, Feb. /, 1905.
Editor Sentinel-Thinking per-
haps the people of Grand Junction
are more or less interested in the
outlook of the Nevada gold fields,
venture to write few lines which
YOU may publish or not at your pleas
ure.
Goldfeld is the center of business
activity at present, but there are sew
sral new camps springing up all of
the time, and we are at one of them
-Amargosa, which lies about 20
miles south of Goldfeld and only a
dozen miles from the California line.
There are several good mines here
with ore running from several hun
lred to several thousand dollars a
on. and the prospects which show
gold in smaller quantities are in
Vulnerable.
This may be termed a poor mans
country; that is, the values are
found from the surface of the
ground; but, as there is no timber
lere, the low valleys are covered to
iuite an extent with surface wash,
so that the lodges are covered up
over n large part of the district.
There will be more mines found
in the future than there have been
n the past. Another drawback is
The fact that water is extremely
scarce over some sections, so that
it becomes necessary to carry all
he water for yourself and animals
with you.
A number of people are under the
Impression that spring and summer
are the best times to come here, but
he contrary is the case. Up until
low the snowfall has not exceeded
wo or three inches. and it melts
within few hours, while there have
only been a few nights cold enough
o freeze ice; while the heat here
the summer is something terri
,le the old-timers say. The winter
by far the best time to prospect
n this desert country.
Provisions her are very high, as
,verything has to be freighted in
aither from Tonopah to the north or
Vegas on the new Clark road from
he south. and either place is over
one hundred miles from here.
There is quite a rivalry between
the different townsites here, but Am
argosa appears to have a slight ad-
vantage. The telephone line runs
there and they are preparing to pipe
water from the Amargosa river.
distance of ten or twelve miles. Wa
ter now sells for $3.50 per barrel;
potatoes, SC per pound; flour. 1Oc
per pound. and everything else in
proportion.
Burros are the best means of trav-
Ell. as they will live on very little wa
ter and the scant vegetation which
grows here. while hay for horse feed
is worth from $50 per ton up. Peo-
pie should outfit on the outside, as
it is impossible to buy everything
here.
We have made quite a number of
locations, but do not know whether
we are millionaires yet or not.
There are a number of Colorado
boys here, and they seem to have
their share of the mines. G. H.
Whitelaw of Delta purchased some
claims on Tadd mountain and has
gone east to float company He
has secured some very good loca-
tions.
There will be a number of worth
elss companies organized, and invest
ors should find out all about them
before buying.
Respectfully yours,
J. w. STEVENS.