The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-11-17

Oaaos 49,
ure beds is not a bit like prospecting
in the Klondike. Take the Southern
Pacific to Reno; change to the Nevada
branch and go down to Tonopah June-
ton. where you switch off for Tono-
pah. The Southern Pacific company, in
order to handle properly the tide of
travel that has been setting in from
the east as well as the west toward
that alluring region, has just built q
cutoff line from Hazen, 40 miles east of
Reno, to Churchill, on the old Carson
L. Colorado road, a distance of 2s miles.
This was open for BUSINESS August 81.
and through tickets to the new goll
country are now sold by all the eastern
connections. 1t is just as easy and
costs no more to reach Tonopah than
Sacramento or San Francisco. Tue
Carson g. Colorado line, including the
new road, will hereafter be known as
the Nevada & California railway, an I
forms a direct connection for all points
on the Carson & Colorado, including
Inyo county and the fertile Owens
river valley and Death valley, as well
as the rich and extensive mining dis
tricts of Tonopah, Goldfeld and that
vicinity. An extension of % miles
from Tonopah to Goldfeld was opened
for business on September Is.
George s. Nixon, the successor of
William M. Stewart in the United
States senate from Nevada, has just
returned from the Goldfeld country,
and gives a very fattering account of
conditions there.
elm Tonopah there has been opened
up at the present time an area over a
mile long and half a mile wide" said
Mr.. Nixon, "with m parallel
lodges of large size and good values.
The values will run from $25 up into
the thousands. Extensive work is be-
ing carried on by the owners of many
other properties surrounding the ones
| rave mentioned, and it does not seem
unreasonable to predict that many of
them will be as fortunate as those now
paying dividends.
"About 500 men are now employed
in the various mines at Tonopah. The
place is a thriving little city of about
5000 people, with three banks, one
daily and two weekly papers and sew
eral hotels. Two elegant three-story,
white stone buildings have just been
completed, three others are in the
course of erection, and others will be
started in the near future. The broad
gauging of the Carson & Colorado rail-
way and the Tonopah railroad will give
the camp what it has long needed, ade-
quate transportation facilities-and it
is conservative to say that in a short
time not less than 1000 tons of ore per
day will be shipped out of Tonopah.
A sewerage system is nearing comp,e-
tion, and, while a local electric light
plant has been furnishing light to the
camp during the past year or two, a
strong eastern company, in which local
capitalists are also interested, is put
ting in a light and power line to run
from Bishop Creek, Cal, so miles away.
By the first of September this company
will be ready to furnish the camp with
all the necessary power and an electric
light service second to none on the
Pacific coast.
"Goldfeld was discovered about :.
year and a half ago. continued Mr..
Nixon, "and today has a population OF
from 5000 to 1000. Since it's discov-
cry it has had In output of about
$3,000,000 net, and with thousands OF
tons of valuable ore awaiting shipment
on the dumps of the greater number II
mines. Goldfeld, like Tonopah, was
opened under the leasing system, and
many of the properties are still being
operated in that way. The leases on
some of the older ones expired on the
first of the year, and since that time
the mining companies themselves have
taken the properties in hand, and in a
systematic manner are opening them
up and erecting the necessary hosting
works and mills to work the lower
grade ores. On account of the incom-
plete transportation facilities it has
been almost impossible to ship out any
large quantities of ore during the past
six months, and it has been slow wock
getting in machinery and building ma
terial.
"About three miles from Goldfeld is
located the town of Diamondfeld ami
the famous Quartzite mine, which is
included in the properties of the Dia-
mondfeld Mining company.
"The town of Goldfeld, like Ton1-
nah has a local e~leetrie lioht comnany