The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-01-19
ATTRACTS WORLD.
WIDE ATTENTION
Southern Nevada Gold Fields
Written Up in Denver Post
of Recent Date

That Nevada Is attracting wide atten-
tion In a mining way is shown by the
write up given the new fields by the Den-
yer Post The Post says:
When Bullfrog mining district was. dis
covered by the route then Travelled 1t
was so miles south of Goldfeld. But the
pioneers. who had to make Goldfield their
base of supplies. soon discovered much
shorter line which reduced the distance
by twenty to twenty-five miles. Two cut
offs were made. one between Goldfie
and Thorpe's well and the other between
the latter point and Bullfrog. whi n on
trely avoid the deep sand of the o.ig-
inal trail. The distance can be Travelled
in two days with the ordinary convey
ance.
The Tonopah A.-ner, taking its data
from returning prospeetors, states that
the district is not similar to either Tono-
pah or Goldheld. inasmuch as there does
not seem 10 be any wen-defired porphry
belt. All the mines that are being opened
are as a rule situated on the mountains,
and no two of them are alike in the char
acter of the ore. However. the country
is well mineralized, and they are making
new discoveries every day. ...e inform
ants say that the Clark. Benson & Ladd
property in that district has all the sur
face indications of making a great mine.
The ore body embraces practically the
whole side of the mountain. being 500
feet wide and about 1900 feet in length,
Its color is white and 1t can be seen for
many miles. This particular ore body
appears to consist of sort OF porphry
[tic quartz. and at various places. sever
ar hundred feet apart tests have been
made which indicate vaIues of several
hundred dollars per ton.
Some discoveries or nigh-grade gold.
silver and lead ore have been made.
About eighteen miles distant from the
town OF Amargosa. In the Funeral range.
prospectors are finding veins tnat are re-
ported to be very rich. Again. on the
east side of the Funeral range. abou
thirty miles south of Bullfrog. near what
is known as the Breyfogle tanks. there Is
a red iron oxide. resembling that in the
famous Breyfogle The country is well
watered by the Amargosa river, three
miles from the Clark. Benson & Ladd
property, which carries considerable
stream at different points where II rises
out of the sand. This will form the basis
of milling operations when the camp
reaches the point OF development where
large mills are required. Colorado people
that implies rapid progress I'm mine open
ing. 1t is among the later discoveries of
last year. therefore the development has
not had time to progress very far One
can readily understand this by its dis
.ance from supply centers and the diffi-
Guilty of hauling things needed over tne
primitive road.
Goldfield will be two years old next
May The credit of the first discovery
of pay ore belongs to Alva ID. Myers. who
II rich i'm the property now known
III the Combination lode. In May, 1908,
and developed into shipping proposition
in September following. The news spread
rapidly. and almost before he knew 1t
Mr.. Myers became the central figure In
mining excitement that has endured
until the present day Although, as sub
sequent proceedings have shown, his
mine was easily worth a million, he sold
1t to Denver man for $4,000, who knows
1t to be worth that much anyhow. and
probably twice as much today.
The mineral belt OF which Goldheld is
portion is said to extend from point
above Reno, New, southwest through
that State to the Colorado river. Some
go as far as to say that the celebrated
ola comstock at Virginia City is a part
OF the belt and that the mining camps
olbulifrog, Tonopah. Gold Crater, Ray.