Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-09-23
~"shorty" in Frisco.
sank Harris, The BuiIfrog Ex-
,Iorer Visits Metropolis.

,aIOrpr KISiNS NASG OtDAAFs
charity Harris, who is a character
'" ortbwestern Nevada and who
mnsd fame by discovering the
Ggsiginal Bullfrog mine, was in San
SSrrancisco last week, as evidenced by
ma following from the San Francisco
a"'Shorty" Harris, the man who
Favored the original mine in the
g p0Ilirop countryin southern Nevada,
l"d who is one o! the most ex-
a ,nyienced and interesting pros
ppoctors. as well as one Of the most
.piotnresoue characters Of that
ppoaion. has arrived in San francisco
~ sbis first visit since 1892.
shorty has wandered since 1878
,bronubout the mining states of the
eastern half of the United States
and has made many rich STRIKES
ram which other men have generally
.oaned the benefit, as in the case Of
M Bullfrog mine. Now he has
nund a mine which he says is better
Than anything he has struck yet and
he is going to hold on to it and live
tbe last part Of his life in comfort.
The mine is ON the western slope
n The Panamint range in lnyo county
directly across Death valley from
Bulfrog, and five years ago Shorty"
saw the rock and marked it in his
mind as a spot to return to some
5ay when he was prepared. Last
June he was grnbstaked by William
0Brlen and William Corcoran Of
Rhyolite, the principal town Of the
Bullfrog group, and started out
across the valley. In a few days he
found the place, collected samples Of
rock and took it in to be a%ssayed,
The assay showed it to be Of such
richness that 1900 claims have since
been located in that vicinity, This
proun Is known as the cashier. =
Shorty" is called the death Valley
Terrapin" because he can find water
in that arid region when no else
can. 1--WE been in aud out OF Death
valley, " be said, ''tor thirteen years
and I've never suffered for water yet.
know every waterhole and spring
from one end to the other but The
principal thing is not to get ratified
when the water supply begins to gel
low. Keep your head and you are
dead safe This summer forty peo
Die persisted Of thirst aud heat in th,
valley, but they didn't keep theil
heads nor take enough water 10 The
6rst place. Prospecting is easy
now for those who know anything
as It is so easy TO get supplies. il
oden times il was 100 miles to Dag
get TO get a sack Of -four but nov
there are towns every where.
will give up prospecting il this strikI
turns out as well as | expect; tina
is. ] think | will. | guess no matte
how much | have, I'll have to 60 b9cI
to the valley about once u year or s.
to take a run through il, just for eX
ercise, am going back now to fin.
another mine. | know where they
is a good one about twenty hy
miles south Of this mine I've got an
it is goiag TO be just as rich.
"Sborty" was 80 years old last Jul
and was born in Providence, K.
He has named his new mine Il
Providence and feels that Il
name has proved . lucky charm
His real name is Frank Harris bt
Shorty is the name he has gone
for many years. and he merits it, b
ing decidedly under the ayeral
height. He is tanned and weathe
beaten but does not look his age |
many years, and it is said that |
can display endurance far bcyor
that ot men Of bali his age. !
knows "Scotty" well and has Il
greatest faith ia the man and in b
mine "Scotty has struck it alrigh.
he says, ''aud M one need worl
about his falling short Of money
shorty will leave the city tonig
TO cross the valley again before Ed