The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-20
GOLD HUNTERS IN
THE NEVADA / N 1 Mines N \ I; !.
Oddly Assorted Lots and Speci-
mems Of Humanity Brought
Together.
Ex-pREAcAER cor RICH
"a Story From Go1dfield That IS
Intensely Interesting
in It's Way.
Ex-pREAcHER GOT RICH

ElB A letter from 1GCldnelu, New SAYS
The search for gold brings mankind
together In oddly assorted lots. II you
don't believe 1T come to this mining
camp In the heart OF the Nevada desert.
twenty -seven miles from the nearest
railroad. There are 5000 people here
now, ard the only notable abscntecs are
the Chinese and Japanese. They are not
here because they cant get In THIS
camp has an exclusion act that works
ia perfection. Long before q Monaghan
gets near the outskirts Of tho camp teie-
phone or telegraph has announced ms
coming a reception committees, or, 70
be more exact Il departure cominltt &C.
awaits him, and away nc goes 4 i licrc .
no yellow peril here.
4 one cannot take half o dozen Steps
through the main street Of the Camp camp
without meeting some one OF me n.y. ~
,,reds who have come here WITHIN VIZ
II 4 Two Years without q penny and can
row write their checks In four, i've "
six figures. Not the least notnnie VI
them IS a woman. Mrs. Addlc " Wilma iil1a. 10.
when gold was discovered hete ~
wears ago she was one OF the ~ ~
,r,,n,ng camps, and It WAS her plan 70
Mt I'M A big lodging tent for the new.
), ~, y, il Il nut when she reached Ionopt'n
hn,g f,,nda we're exhausted. She helo w
| 10 arat nrosperous looking man she n.y.
~, ~, M, lin point blank that abe needeu
5000 and wanted It a once. f II. tu ..
have a chance to get IN "o l'l ~ =,
monstrance. Without stopping 70 ~, -.
brea til. she showed him what a goou =.
vestmcnt II would be, how sure Nc 49,, ~"
/ IL get his money bntk, convinced mn.
that she was woman to pe tr 'us''' CIV CIV,
| wound up by getting the cash.
| THE lodging tent WAS winner from
the start rho price was 81 a night LOT
4 & cot-tl,at is, for the regulars--putt stne
belated wayfarer had to pay sometimes
as high ms SIS IL night Mrs. Williams VS.
not content to stop at that, but spent
her days III locating properties LOT NJ ~,
self mining claims and additlons ~ 70 8tlc
town site OF Goldhed. Two years ~
Goldned have brought this cnergetlc W. ~,
man q { least 500 600 In cash and sectir1- i
atIe. !, nd nronerties worth at least 5000, 900
more.
Another cha racter OF the camp Is ~. W..
| Knickerbocker, a former Methodist cler-
| gyman, who resigned his charge IN Los
| Angeles and came here. There hnd lone
| been some doubt In his mind as TO some
| OF the teachings of the Bible, On SUNDAY
morning he broke down in the middle OF
his sermon and left the pulpit. TO % the IN
vestrymen Of his church he said
..Y OH will have to get another minister.
| / cannot believe tina III am preaching.
| i have made up my mind. Z Will never
| go Into pulpit gain as long as !. h lse
| tcmber 10, 1903, that the dominic Fea ched
IfGoldheld He was as nnt.Droke ms
man could possibly be, but he 3oorro we.
money from time to time, and at last TOOK .,
al lob in the Red TOP mine, working the
| surface When he had worked n mohth
| OF thirty days at 81 day ne TOOK < ~ rs
500 and decided there were better tie'us
for his endcavor. M n 4, I9 ~
/ Knickerbocker had located several claims.
with nothing more than hazy idea that
/ BY chance they might prove valua PIC,
i ment work demanded by law for the full
establishment OF his claims. He made
little sale Of one s Of these ana t uni
| to-day he Is worth about $3.50 900.
4. r. i. Colburn is another, man on Wh9M
fortune has smiled since his arrival. ~ re
ca ME here at the same time as the Rev.
i MIR. Knick booker and they have been
1 One cannot leave Colburn without q
/ word about Charlie TAYLOR one OF Inc
me n whom GoldAeld has made rich THIS
| is Colburn's version Of their first meet
II was out on Lone Mountain looking
| after a piece Of property LOT people y,
Salt Lake City We had camped, and
while there two men came up md want, d
to pitch their hunks with us. We had no
room in the tent but told them they could
put their bed at the side to 81 shelter them e,,
/ from the wind, They were Charlie Tay-
lor and George McClelland, row the own
| crs of the Jumbo mine.
I "Some time later, while coming In from
that section with a mule team. over.
took man ploddlng along the dusty road
with pack on his back II g had been TO
Clovcrdalc and on his return trip ms
horse had broken down. TO save h,s
own life he had started TO walk In. It
was Taylor again, and helped him lnt9
camp When + next met him, ne said
he '''1 was going to prospect out in the
Grandpa district, and said: All need ss,d
| Is $50 to buy grub. II YOU VII lgt. M me
| have it, will give you half Of all ! get
As matter Of fact, didn't have the
money. Ec managed TO get Il else
where. II had been able TO stake MN
then, would have had an Interest IN the
| Jumbo to-day" 49,