The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-03-24
NEW TOWN OF BULLFROC.

(From the Tonopah Miner.)

Ill. III. clark, president, and hey Pitt
man, secretary of the Bullfrog Townsite,
Water and Ice Company, returned
last Monday evening from a fort
nights visit to the Bullfrog district.
When asked Yesterday to make a state
ment i'm regard to affairs in the south
ern section, Mr.. Pittman said:
"Mr. Clark and I left Goldfield in his
automobile at 8 o'clock on the morning
of the LIST. stopped at Thorp's mills for
lunch. and arrived at Bullfrog at !
O'Clock, making the trip in four hours
and twenty minutes actual running
time, owe a road that no auto had ever
travelled over before.
"The principal object OF our visit was
to investigate the possibilities Of the
Amargosa townsite and the other town
sites in the district. We found the old
town of Bullfrog. situated near the Orig
inal Bullfrog mine, practically deserted.
it having been found impossible to bring
water there. Amargosa, which was sit
tiV hVdl buiiii'S nav a. IpBuideioil u
about 100, but was similarly situated
with reference to water supply. The
owners of this townsite were supplying
residents with water at 81 a barrel. but
it was almost impossible to obtain a
sufficient supply. Rhyolite is advan-
~tageously situated, by reason of being
close to the largest mines. but it is To-
Gated too high up the gul@h to permit of
piping water to its main streets. Other
objections to this townsite are that it
has nc room to expand and is situated
high above the mines. Beatty isl pretty
townsite. and at present offers more
conveniences than any other townsite in
the district. 1t perhaps has the largest
population of any of the settlements in
the district at the present time, by rea-
son of free water ON the Amargosa.
While there will always be a settlement
at this point, it cannot be the town OF
the district, for it is situated on the OPP
posite side of the range from the big
mines and several miles distant. The
old town of Bonanza, while being most
advantageously situated with reference
to the mines and the character of the
ground embraced within the townsite,
was practically deserted. by reason OF
the failure of the owners of the townsite
to supply its residents with water.
eve employed Mr.. Philbrick, the hv-
draulic engineer of the firm OF Philbrick,
Booker & Fenner, to accompany us to
Goss springs, owned by us, for the pur-
pose of measuring the flow of water and
reporting on the feasibility of conduct
ing the water to some point near the
principal mines of the district. Mr..
Philbrick reported to us that the springs
through one channel, were flowing Dps
600 gallons a day and that the flow could
easily be doubled; that a pipe line could
easily be constructed from the springs
to a point near the foot of Ladd noun
tain, Il distance of ten miles, there being
no engineering difficulties to overcome,
and that there would be 325 feet of pres
sure at the outlet of the pipe line.
"With this information. we sought
the mosl advantageous point to establish
the town of the district, without refer
ence to II former interest or any pre-
conceived plans. We concluded that
the Bonanza townsite AMI the adjacent
land to the west offered the greatest adj
vantages. The land referred to extends
from the base OF Ladd mountain about
I 200 feet westerly, past the base OF Be-
nanza mountain thence 1900 feet down
the slope toward the valley affording an
ideal tOwnsite. The land is rolling and
has a gradual slope to the south. The
main street passes within a few hundred
feet oil Ladd mountain and Bonanza
mountain, upon which are situated the
biggest mines of the camp. ANY mills
urallv be below the mines and must be
either on land belonging to this town.
site or in the immediate vicinity of it.
The present wagon roads from Tonopah
and Goldtield, Beatty, Gold Center, and
Las Vegas all unite within the bound
aries OF this townsite.
After securing this land We had it
surveyed and plated on the same plan
as the Amargosa townsite. We then
gave To every lot owner in the former
townsite of Bonanza and the townsite