The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-12-29

The story of the Nevada mining
camps is a chain of constant surprises,
in that fulfllment surpasses what was
at utterance regarded az widest pro-
phecy. Here the prophet has come to
be not without honor in his own coun-
try. So often has his inspiration ma
terialized into solid fact that the most
conservative is now ready to heed his
utterance. From the time Jim Butler
awoke to find his burros had strayed
during the night, and was led by them
to discover the great Mizpah ledge IT
Tonopah, there has scarcely been a day
that has not added appreciably to the
mineral wealth of Southern Nevada. If
summer heat or lack of adequate trans
p~ortation facilities has produced at any
time a temporary suspension of work,
it has been in effect nothing more than
the breathing spell for a renewed and
greater activity in all lines. No sooner
has one camp been reduced to a stable
COuultAOA thoA ahothCA nCdi ny ndb
been opened to invite the overflow ami
give new fields for adventure, specult-
ton and enterprise.
About two years after the discovery
of gold at Tonopah a few adventurefs
rambled out into what is now the Gold
field district, where by a mere scratch
ing Of the ground they uncovered
bodies of ore Of unheard of richness
and extent. There in ages past vol
sanic action had placed the ore near
.he surface in the form of lodges, ore
ihoots and assure veins. Thither
locked multitudes of prospectors,
raiders, spectators, mining operators
nd all the other elements that 60 to
lake up that wonderful aggregation #
mining population, until today the
pwn of Goldfield is the largest in the
sate, with a population Of over 10000.
iom it as a business center radiate
sage lines in every direction like the
sokes from a hub, to the numerous
cmps that have sprung up wherever
gid is located. 1t is safe to say that
hndreds of millions in ore are to be
fund within this district, and already
bfore it had passed the prospecting
stge and in it's first year it produced
fly four millions in gold bullion. And
ye the mineral wealth Of this section
ha barely been scratched.
Why is the interest in the Nevada
caps greater today than ever beforef
Wy are there more eager readers Of
itsmarket quotations and literature
desing with its fabulous wealth than
in g earlier daysf Because man never
tire of the alluring story of gold. The
Spit of gambling or the desire to OBJ
taiIsomething for nothing is universal;
ming best satisfies that hauman trait.
He Who reads of fortunes made in a
few months seldom rests content until
he to has firted with the tickle god
dess, and here she coduettes with all
comes and goers, with chances for all
and social favors for many. For here
shipping ore is roughly estimated at
one Kindred dollars per ton, while un-
der tht value it is regarded as milling
ore. is no uncommon thing for the
ore inthese camps to run into the
thousads, and even one hundred thou
sand dllar rock is found. Among the
produces of this high grade ore may
be menioned the Florence, the Quartz
lite at I~amondfeld, the Sandstone, the
Combination, the Jumbo, the Montgom-
~ery-Shoaone at Bullfrog, and many
others i1the various camps.
One var ago the Bullfrog district
at the etrance of Death valley was
barely kown. Within less than Six
months il became one of the richest
districts n the southern part OF the
state. and its ore runs into the thou