The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-07

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and tits white mans country from
the word go. We reached Goldfield as
| the shades of night were falling fast
and to say we topped the hill looking
over the camp it was a supreme revel-
alton. The city is in a bit of a hollow
On the west is a fiat lava, copper mica
In the east are a lot of dissolute look
ing mountains which look as if dame
Nature had been on a jag so democrat
lied do they look. But are the rich
mines such as Redtop, Jumbo, etc.
/ scores of them, with hundreds of thou
for the railroad which will be there in
a few weeks.
| Good Ore.
| the ore is free gold and ricn beyond
conception. AS far as we could see
the tents and houses cover the ground
Electric lights make the main streets
as light as day. Stone buildings are
being erected as fast as labor will build
| them. Gambling goes on night and day
Magnificent saloons that would be con-
sidered beautiful in any city abound
! and-"tell it not in Gath"-the bar
tenders dress in evening costumes with
immaculate shirt bosOms, with dia-
monds of course. Drinks, per. Wnis-
ky is not drank as in more northern
camps. Mineral water and lemonade
or beer is the proper caper.
Washington Represented.
met many men from our state and
Oregon and they all seem doing pretty
we'll. Kanki is the universal wear
among the citizens generally but there
are as many well dressed men as you
would find anywhere. The miners and
prospectors all look tough and healthy,
lean and alert. Unlike so many greasy
prospectors in other places who look
as though their prospecting had been
done with a frying pan or bean pot
not grease spot on them. They all
look as brown as a lot of dagos but
helatn and vitality exudes from every
look and motion.
From Goldfield to Bullfrog was our
next stretch and 1 had got to enjoy
the life so much that my captivity with
Jack as guide philosopher, mentor and
friend was happiness. We left Gold
field for our 80 mile trip in a buggy
with two splendid horses. Had supper
at dusk about % miles out. They were
digging a we'll there, down about $50
feet without a sign so they haul water
about II miles and charge so cents each
for watering horses and deserve it too
Diamondfield Jack Davis came to this
country a little over a year ago with
$3.50 in his pocket He can now clean
up 100000 easily and mas the control1-
ing interest in several big shipping
mines. He has been owner here of the
principal stage lines, and has lots of
teams freighting. He is a business
man, we'll educated and l have yet to
hear the first rough, vulgar or nasty
word issue from his mouth. He is a
clean man in all the word implies. So
these deserts will ever be remembered
There are no trees here except a few
Yuccas which look gnastly enough in
the night. We were pretty tired when
we arrived at Thorpes mill where
there is good spring. Watered and fed
team and turned into our hunks until
a. M, then breakfast and off again.
Bill for the night $3.50. The day was
pleasant, very little dust. About p
m. we struck Bullfrog and had some
Of the rich ore given me. 1 was intro
duced to Mr.. Clark, the discoverer and
asked him why on earth ne named the
country Bullfrog. for it had been asso-
ciated in my mind with purling streams,
shady trees and tall rank grass and
came near bringing my fishing tackle
along. He laughed and said there was
a big rock near which looked some
thing like bullfrog and so he named
it.
About BuIIfrog.
Bullfrog and Rhyolite are on a level
fiat and where one ends and the other
begins is hard to tell for tents are all