The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-01-06

received clippings from many papers
which take the Scripps' service, the
reader, of course, inquiring anxiously if
the reports are true. That those of our
readers who live here and know the re-
ports to be made out of whole cloth
may get an idea of the righteousness Of
the author we reproduce the articles in
full below:
RENO, New, Dec. 27.-Frightful con-
ditions prevail at Goldfeld, the new
mining camp in the southern part of
this State
An epidemic of diphtheria, smallpox
and black pneumonia is raging and it is
impossible to get medicines, food, water,
building material and other necessaries
into camp on account of a 60-day en-
barge on freight at Reno, due to conges-
ton.
Pneumonia is taking men off in a
night and no effort is being made to is
olate smallpox patients.
The supply Of coffins is wholly insult
ficient and cOrpses are therefore per-
mitted to remain above ground for days
at time.
Hundreds are now sleeping in thin
tents, but the rush into camp continues
and unless building material is brought
in soon the conditions will become still
more appalling.
Hold-ups are now of nightly occur
renee and a veritable reign of terror is
expected by the first of the year, when
a large number of leases will expire,
forcing operations to shut down for lack
of equipment.
The lease-holders openly threaten to
Jump valuable claims and the owners
are preparing to defend their properties
with their lives.
| Efforts have been made to keep the
true condition of affairs from the public
to prevent possible shrinkage in the
value of stocks.
1t was worth the correspondent life
to send the story over the wires or even
to be suspected of giving information by
other means.
The saloons and gambling halls are
practically deserted, some having been
closed by the death of bartenders or
dealers.
There is absolutely no sanitary sys-
TEN. For time when it was impossi-
BILE to secure even rough lumber with
which to make coffins the proposition
to bury corpses in quicklime was con-
sidered.
Men who are literally one mass of
smallpox sores work side by side with
men in the first stages OF dipththeria
and pneumonia, and others who are as
yet untouched by disease.
Smallpox patients are permitted to
mingle with the crowds around the sa-
1 . .v,<A hn
temperature falling as low as 10 degrees
below zero.
The suffering is made more acute by
sharp winds from the desert.
The next day the following dispatch,
dated San Francisco, was published in
the Scripps newspapers:
| SAN Francisco, Dec. 2S.-The publi-
cation of the story OF the terrible condl-
tons at Goldtield, New, created SEN
sation in the brokers offices and they
are being besieged by investors and rel
atiyes of persons located in Goldtield, all
in quest of information regarding the
situation in the camp. A number OF
men arrived here from Goldtield today
and confirmed the story in detail They
say that many contemplated coming out
for the winter and lay particular stress
on the over-crowded condition of the
camp, and declare the conditions were
not exaggerated.
The next day after the appearance OF
the above, the following appeared in the
San Francisco News, one of the papers
taking the Scripps news service:
Fitzgerald Murphy, the playwright,
returned last night from Goldfeld, New.
He confirms the dispatch from Reno
published in the Daily News OF yester-
day telling of the conditions now pre-
vailing in the camp.
| Mr.. Murphy said today that the con-
ditions at Goldfield were frightful. The
weather is bad, there is much sickness
and the camp is Overcrowded. He lays
particular stress upon the fact that lots
are selling from $4,000 to $4,000 each
with no guarantee of ultimate title.
The town is being doomed by the real
estate men who are making fabulous
sums.
81 have no hesitancy in saying that
the camp will eventually be an impor-
| tant one" said Mr.. Murphy, "but from
my severe experiences there 1 believe
that everybody should be warned to
stay away this winter. All freight is
l .:oI ~, of RoDo for from 20 tn 30 dayS