The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-26
A BUSY CAMP.
Things About Coldfield Region
Everybody Wants to Know.

Goldfeld is a city OF buildings, tents
and electric lights, of freighting outfits
and automobiles, OF prospectors and
mine promoters, all jumbled together.
The entire population OF the town is
busy all the time, and stages, autos and
private rigs are constantly going and
coming to and from this place and Bull
frog, kawich and Ida. Merchandise
comes in from Tpnopah, is unloaded on
the sidewalk, in the streets or N old
place, and is sold, reloaded and started
on it, way to outlying camps.
tioldtield and Columbia, which are
practically II town, are the greatest
Quitting camps IN the west, and an inn
mense business Is transacted. Although
conditions are much better, yet it still
takes a long time to get merchandise,
lumber, and machinery in over the
Tonopah railroad, and considerable stuff
one via Austin, a two weeks trip
overland. AS result, mine operations
are greatly retarded. The Tonopah
road is being br~oadgauged to that town
and is being extended to Goldfeld, but
ii will be several months ere it reaches
this place.
The postotfice, telegraph and tele-
phone offices are crowded all day long.
The mail arrives by stage about3 o'clock
in tho nfrynAn a,l thn a., -,
mediatelv closed and frequently a notice
Is posted
Heavy mail today. Once closed
until $50 tomorrow morning"
By q O'Clock the people begin to form
i'll a double line, and by the time the
delivery windows are opened the line
generally extends half a block from the
building During this rush it is next
to impossible for business men to reach
their boxes.
At the telegraph office it is little
better. There is but one wire over
which to handle the business, and the
brokers, who have the first call fol-
service, well nigh monopolize it. Out
side the Office is IA bulletin, on which are
written the names of persons for whom
messages ave been received if they are
not called for. Messenger boys go to
the principal hotels and saloons and cry
out the m OF persons for whom
they have dispatches, and in that way
generally find them.
AWhen Wells, Fargo Il Cos expires.
stage arrives a large crowd always con
gregates. The six-horse Concord comes
in with a lash reminiscent OF old times
ana unload, on the sidewalk packages
OF all sorts and between the stage anG
The crowds around it is almost imposs.
ibIe TO pass along the walk
There are excellent stone Iuarrles
near town, and some substantial anC
handsome business blocks are going up
Stone walls are built around frame
structures, and when the work is fin.
lshed the wooden part Of The building is
removed, business being continued
without interruption.
One OF the principal coraers on Main
street was sold recently Tor SIC, 500. II
could have been bought ten months ago
for $3.50. The owners are erecting a
tireproof stone building to cost $50, 900.
These men came to Tonopah three yeare
ago with considerably less than the
amount they paid for this one lot. and
are now worth more than 81 900 900.
Mine HOSTS and machinery are slowly
coming IN, and the mines will soon be
in shape TO ship a regular tonnage.
There are still many good properties in
the vicinity awaiting purchasers, but
Bullirog and Ida are attracting the at
tention OF mining men, and the auto
mobile lines run through 20 both camps.