Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-03
Southern Nevada Field
Rich in Gold
RUSH COMMENCES
TO CRESCENT CAMP
Country Fully Described and
Outlined for Guidance
of Miners

TO many there may be q lack OA
knowledge of locating the new mining
camp of Crescent, New, in order to dis
tinguish from the old one of number
Of years ago. The boom, which has
recently inflated itself, is near to Cross
mans springs, famous watering
place for the stock which have ranged
the Mccullough mountains for many
years Combining or uniting the two.
districts, the former being on the east
side and the new district on the west
side Of Crescent peak of the McCul-
Tough range, large area of a miner
allied section is enclosed.
The Crescent district proper, as now
bounded, is in the very heart Of one OF
the best mineralized sections of south
ern Nevada and eastern California, as
the dividing line of the two states
passes through a portion of 1t. The
following mining districts may be said
to radiate from Crossman's springs
and Crescent peak: Eldorado, thirty
miles northeast; Searchlight, seventeen
miles east; Vanderbilt, seventeen mileS
south; Mineral Hill, twenty miles
southwest; Ivanpah and Copper World,
twenty-five miles west, and Good
Springs, thirty miles northwest. Some
of the districts have been famous for
the past thirty years and the yield In
gold silver copper and lead amounting
to millions. Prospecting in this section
has been carried on during the years Of
1882 1889. 1892 and 1893. In 1893 five
stamp mill was erected at Crossman's
springs and was kept running in a
desultory way until 1898, when 1t was
removed and the camp received black
eye.
1t was in 1896 that George Simmons,
in prospecting on the slope of Sugar
Loaf mountain, three miles east of the
springs. found a peculiarly stained
piece of quartz, which many pronounced
copper, and that later proved to he
turquoise.
For a district which was so well
known previous to 1900, it seems i'm
probable that another Goldfeld and
Tonapah is going to be thrown open
to the public, without more or greater
discoveries than have lately been found.
Such men as D. HI. Moffatt, Ed Smith,
Dennis Sullivan and Charlie Mater of
Colorado invested in properties in this
section. several years. agos that they
neglected to develop. Assays OF ore
from these properties at that time gave
values of s12 ste$ $70sin gold and silver
and 40 per cent lead. 1t is true that
in those days days the cost of hauling
ore to the railroad was IS to $14, rail-
road Transportation to reduction works
50 more and treatment charge Sill a
ton, making a total of $35 ton before
any profit insured to the shipper.
The incoming into the northern edge
of the district of the Salt Lake rail-
road permits the comprehending of the
possibilities of what Is In store for
those who develop the mineral re-
sources of a district comprising an
area of twenty miles square at least.
1t is a down hill pull of only six miles
to the new and fast growing town of
Nippino, Cal. Crescent camp has been
plated into town lots 25x10O feet with
streets sixty feet in width. Water. is
abundant for all purposes, as a large
supplyais obtained from the Crossman
wells. The town corporation is COM
posed OF NJ. A. Kuhn of Las Vegas,
o. F. BREWER and N. H. Mcclure.
Two free milling claims are included in
the townsite.
Big Mining Deal
The Smithson and Whitfield group of
claims located about five miles to the
east OF Nippino, New, and mile and
half west of Crescent in the range
OF mountains was recently bonded to
]. L. Banks, late of Goldfed, and e. S.
Arnett of Las Vegas. This group has
been prospected more or less for the
last five years, and owing to lack of
transportation facilities have never
been placed upon the market. The
country rock or general formation In
that section is granite gness and
porphyry.
From prospecting work the mineral
portion is a ribbon quartz in three or
four different lodges. The ore is an
and lead and in some portions good
percentage of copper. No extensive
development has ever been performed,
and the values ranging from 81 to $242
taken from less than ten feet from the
surface. The width of the lodges has
not been ascertained, but from all por-
tions and also from float rock paintings
show good values in gold. The pres
ence of the iron, lead and copper in
dicates a smelling proposition and in
dications are that with depth, or below
the iron Gaping, heavy bodies of cop
per with gold values may be encoun-
tered. A first payment on the $25, 900
bond has been made and IL is the in
tention of Burks and Arnett to begin
development and prospecting soon after
July /. They also propose to organize
company with capital of $150.OOO.
with $4,000 shares of par value of $50,
thereby making 1t a close corporation.
Examinations OF experts contain re-
ports that this group promises to be