The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-03

uttermost every means of transporta-
ton to this region isolated from the
beaten avenues of travel.
Where one year ago there grew
cactus and withered sage brush-the
only vegetation of the desert-there
is now a busting, hustling city of
1000 people. all of them seekers after
gold, soldiers of fortune, the most
of them, and many who have grown
old and gray in pursuit of the tickle
goddess.
From every section of the Union
and from almost every quarter of
the globe they come, these eager
seekers after the yellow metal, and
all with the star of hope shining
brightly before them. There Is not
a pessimist among them. Many of
them have had the gold fever before,
some in the klondike, at Dawson, at
Nome and St Nicholas, others in far
off South Africa, still others in Grip
pie Creek. Telluride, and now and
then there is an argonaut who cross
ed the plains a half century ago when
gold was first discovered in Cali
fornia, and who has won and lost
are "tenderfeet'' from the east who
labor under the belief that Goldheld
was so named by the discoveries be-
cause it is a vast field of gold. ana
that it is only necessary to go out
with sacks and gather up the precious
nuggets as boys and women go forth
at autumn into the forests and
gather nuts. Many of them find, how
ever, that the squirrels have been
here before them and left nothing
but the shells
One Train a Day.
There is only q single train leaV-
ing Reno daily for the south and the
land of gold,' 1t is a mixed train.
1t is made up of so called passenger
coaches, provision cars, freight cars,
loaded TO their capacity with neces-
stiles and luxuries, with machinery,
lumber, provisions, building ma
terials, prospectors' outfits, assay
supplies, gambling layouts and eX-
pressage of all sorts. Accommoda-
tions are at a premium, and lucky is
he who gets a seat. half dozen
trains of the same size and capacity
could no more than handle the traffic
If maintained for months. But they
are not TO be had, at least they are
not placed in service, and blockade
has existed fer months. But human
freight continues to come in by the
hundreds every week Strangely. too,
despite this freight blockade no one
suffers for either food or drink for
necessities or luxuries, although de-
velopment and city building have
been retarded by reason of 1t.
Auto Caravans on the Desert.
At Tonapah the railroad ends, and
the trip from there to Goldheld, a
distance of q miles, must be made
by other modes of conveyance. De-
spite the heavy travel, transportation
from Tonopah on is not diffcult'
Fourteen big touring car automobiles
make the trip daily, some of them
making two trips daily when travel
is especially heavy. They carry any
where from FIVE TO IL passengers
each and cover the distance in one
hour and forty minutes over a road
especially built for their use At al
most any hour of the day from in
the morning until late at night the
eoIdseekers may leave Tonopah, and
I'm less than two hours be landed IL
Galdheld. Besides there are IL foul
and six horse stages which make the
trip every day to say nothing of pri'
vate conveyances which bring IL
those who do not fancy automobiline
on the desert, and many an eager on'
when conveyances were scarce ha:
resorted to Natures own means o.
1ocomotion and walked the distance
BY automobile, which is an up-to-dat'
method of going out prospecting TN
fare from Tonopah Is Sc and by stag
Il is 81 BY private livery the cos
varies according to the number o
those who may club together to COM
by this means
Odd Treighters.
EN- route one passes freighters D,
the score hauling supplies to the new
camp-great caravans drawn by Ia
10 and IS mule teams bring In tn
goods which are required to supper
n population OF 1000 such as Goldfiel
has. Recently the necessity for haul
Ing much freight has increased s