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Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
NEvADA'S NEW BONANZAS
Romantic Story Of the Fortunes That
Are Found in the Once
Barren Desert

From the windswept sands of South
ern Nevada, where a little more than
a year ago the only signs of life were
the vultures summing themselves on the
gray lava crags, has sprung Goldfield,
destined, it is believed, to be the great
est gold camp in the world.
Discovered by a man who had thrice
stood within the fateful shadow of the
gallows, it has given the boon of riches
to hundreds, as it has to the solitary
discoverer, whose bold spirit, broken
by the routine of prison life and the
threat of DEATH preferred the desola-
tion and the deadly silence of the
desert to the companionship of his fell
low men.
"Diamondfeld jack Davis, known
from the Rio Grande to Nome as a
"gun" man, and convicted of murder,
walked out of the Idaho State Peniten
tiary two years ago a free man, after
having been sentenced to death on the
gallows three different times. His
freedom was due to the fact that an
other man had confessed to the deed,
and that the man who had drawn his
death warrant and who toiled early
and late as a special prosecutor had
become convinced of his innocence and
toiled even harder to obtain his pardon.
When "Diamondfield Jack" Davis
walked out of the prison gateway ana
saw the blue sky above him once more
he wasted no time, but came straight
to Salt Lake City. Here he found
Judge o. w. Powers, who had APP
peared as special prosecutor against
him, and who, at the request of the
trial judge, had drawn up his death
warrant, and who had striven to pro-
cure his pardon on learning of his il
nocence.
Judge" said the rough plainsman,
his SCARED face working with emotion,
you are a white man. You did what
you thought was right in the first
place, and what you knew was right
in the second. I'll never forget what
you've done for me, and some time,
may be, can pay you back in a small
way. 1 came all the way from the
Idaho penitentiary to tell you 'Dia-
mondfied" never forgets friend
Judge Powers, knowing the man must
be practically penniless after his long
sojourn in prison, asked him if he
could help him finacially.
Judge" responded "Diamondfield, -
'if you could see your way to grub
stake me, l reckon I'll take walk
along with a burro into the desert
Maybe I'll strike something, and may
be l won't, but anyway, l reckon that
a spell out there in the lonesomeness,
with only a burro and the buZzards
for company, may help me to feel a lit
tie better toward the human race.
sure have some bitterness against it
now
The attorney gave the man sufficient
funds and dismissed him with a few
words of advice, little thinking that It
would ever result in any financial bene-
fit to himself.
"Diamondfield Jack" proceeded to
Tonopah, then n new camp in it's
zenith. He stayed there for a time and
then one day announced that there
were too many men there for him. He
loaded up a burro with his prospector's
outfit and the last the citizens of Tonu-
pah saw of him for some time was the
morning he started southwark into the
desert,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
Wealth in Land
and Water
Ouest Of Fortune and Its Romantic
Results in Western America,
south Africa and Cuba

with a new railroad completed across
the state of Nevada, tapping impor-
tant mineral belts and bringing the
rather fabulous regions of Tonopah and
Goldfeld into closer proximity with
"civilization;" with diamonds being
discovered in South Africa that COM
mand an insurance policy of half
million dollars, and with the announce
ment that processes have at last been
discovered for the successful extrac-
tion of gold from sea water, the max
ing of wealth by other means than
mercantile trade and commerce or by
manufacturing industry comes again
into a prominence which IL has not
had since the sensational days of the
Klondike.
Nevada has been q dreary state for
a very long time, and, until the new
bonanzas at Tonopah and Goldfeld
were located, it was the foolhardy
man indeed who would plan to spend
his own or someone else's money in
railroads or i'm anything that savored
of industry. Now. however, the face
of things is changed. and the good old
times such as hourished in the later
seventies, when Comstock and Con-
soidated Virginia were in everybodys
thought, are once more to the front.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

IN marked contrast to Cripple Creek
and other great gold camps the pro-
ducing mines are all on different veins,
hundreds Of which appear on the sur
face of the long slope where the dis
coveries have been made.
Another feature of the Goldfeld
properties Is that the mines from which
the big shipments have been made
were pay ore from the grass roots
This fact, more than anything else, has
accounted for the astounding produc-
ton Of the camp for the first year Of
its history. The first years shipments
from Cripple Creek amounted to $780,,
000 Goldheld has already shipped ore
valued at SS,000000 and double this
amount is stacked up at the different
mines awaiting better transportation
facilities.
The first ore was shipped from Gold
field last winter by the Combination
Mine. This property has had ore from
the surface to its present depth Of
three hundred and thirty feet, and the
ore has averaged $500 a ton. The mine
has shipped S500,000 worth and has
ore valued at another half million
packed i'm sacks on the dump ready for
This sum represents only
the development work, for no exploit
alton of the great ore veins to ascer-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

around the camps to appropriate the
fruits of another mans fortune or
work In Goldfeld this necessity Is not
apparent
In the first days Of the camp the
old heads, who had suffered in times
past, got together and formed a pro-
tective association This was Joined by
all the claim holders and lessees, and
when claim jumpers" appeared and
the question of ownership of any cer-
tain property came up the committee
went into session and heard the evi-
dence. Where it was shown that one
of the parties to the suit was a pro-
fessional claim jumper" or had a
budding inclination in that direction,
he was gently requested to leave, and
the members of the committee saw
that he went.
The last offender was man who
boldly Jumped" a claim in broad day
light. The committee met at night and
the next morning the Jumpers" tent
was empty and his blankets were gone.
Transfers driving in from Tonopeh
told a tale of horid faced man,
loaded like a burro, with a large as
sortment of camp fixtures who an
swered the salutations of the teamsters
with an oath as he worked his way
through the waste to Tonopah.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

The advent Of Goldfeld on the man
has sent hundreds Of prospectors into
the field and new camps are con-
stantly heard from. Prospectors dot
the Ralston Desert and are busy
through all Of Southern Nevada. Death
Valley. with its record of bleaching
skeletons Of prospectors gone before,
has no terrors for them. The building
of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and
Salt Lake road has opened vast area
of country similar to that in which
Goldheld is located and rich strikes
are daily reported from 1t.
Goldfeld district is the one In all
the world perhaps which has not been
berated by one class while another has
sung its praises. No one whose word
commands consideration has been
found to say anything against the dis
trict Mining engineers have heralded
its worth and prophesied great things
for the camp.
"Diamondheld Jack" and his burro
made real the mirage of city In the
desert, and the gray ash heaps OF
Hades," as the hills of this barren
country were called by the early pill
grims to the coast, now cast a golden
hue across the sllvery desert sands. :
Salt Lake Correspondence of New YORK
Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
Came Back Wealthy

When "Diamondfield" returned to
civilization again he brought with him
rich specimens of ore, which set the
men of Tonopah wild with curiosity.
He announced that he had discovered
a new gold camp and that he had
taken up several claims.
"The rest of ye can have chance
now" he said. I've got all l want"
The exodus started that day, and in
a week Goldfeld, city of tents, sprang
into being.
In what he believed to be the richest
part of the district the discoverer had
staked out several claims which he
called the "Diamondfield group" With
the development of the camp came that
of "Diamondfield," and now the mining
company of that name controls some
of the richest properties in the dis
trict.
"Diamondfeld Jack" did not forget
his promise TO Judge Powers The lat
ter was a Democratic candidate for
Congress at the last election in Utah.
and went down to defeat with his
party. Two days after the election he
received letter in which was an
order for shares of stock i'm the Dia-
mondheld Mining company, worth at
the present time $4,000, but which may
ultimately make their owner a million-
aire.
A dispatch from Goldfeld announced
the next day that on the Quartzit.
claim, owned by the Diamondfield COM
pany, had been made a strike beside
which the others almost paled into in
significance.
"Thirty-six feet of ore. running in
value from $500 TO 100000 a ton. and
the full extent of the ore body not
known. Greater than the jumbo read
the dispatch.
The last named property is one which
during the year since its discovery has
brought in more than S1,O00,OOO TO its
owners in cash and has millions i'm
sight.
"Diamondheld Jack" Davis is a law
less cowboy and prospector no more.
NOW he Is John Davis owner of mines
and leader OF the conservative. law
abiding element In the camp.
SO from the desire OF one man. em-
bittered by sorrow, to reward his bere-
factor has sprung Goldheld, the white
city, from the mines of which the gold
mas been flowing for year in an ever
increasing stream
There was not a house i'm all the
region one year ago. Today, although
houses are still few. a city of tent
houses, population of six thousand
persons. Here are gathered men from
every walk Of life ana from every sec
u0n OF the country. The toiler from
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

the smoky factories Of the East, the
farm boy from the corn lands of the
Middle West. the cowboy from the
Texas Panhandle the capitalist and
the professional man all have their
part In Goldield.
ITS day all day in the daytime,
But there is no night in Creede,"
applies to Goldheld. All day the min
ers come and go through the tent
walled streets. The stage from Tono-
pah. the nearest railroad point, ap-
pears with the flourish Of the old days,
and the alkali covered travellers hasten
into the tent saloons to cut the acrid
dust with fiery potations. An auto
mobile line gives modern aid to the
place. Heavily laden wagons, drawn
by six and eight mule teams, drag their
way into the camp with supplies
through a cloud of heavy dust in
which the language of their tired driv-
ers appears I'm sulphurous flashes.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
Statement from the Southwestern
Securities Co.

January clients offered
opportunity floor basis the
rich Godfd and to assist in putting
basis We the announcement in this
paper rushed office
swamped with letters kilograms and telephone mes
sages calling
ground price over-sub
further allotment times that price
subscribed We compelled to refuse great many subscrp
today
o disposed there
Sufficient cash raised for
full the development of
believe that in the history of Los Angeles such
quick work has been done before where the stock was offered
o general public
We give you clients and friends another
to develop the Godfed properes
ane any to-day month or
undeT S % the % sws the Territory the ~ be-
fully paid non-assessabe will million
hundred %n @ % @ ] % 1 wae an % Im % that a
will be fully paid for and that the expended
will be spent in actual Development of the that there @
made regularly all that able board of
Only limited amount of money is necessary to develop the the
price for the stock and raise deal money We are not
% bo % { of money in deveopmen WE are mpy
expert the direction of capable business
m For this reason we ] eann0 permit % any one S person % to G subscribe be
share Everybody the pricehere lower
you
n s yin WHY HY buy par ssys
subscription the their
fast There is only limited
be placed at this price
These claims adioin the Hercules Group of
ttOenty claims in uOhich Mr.. Charles NJ JchUab
is heoOiLy interested They three miles north.
tDeSt of GoLdfeid, and the ledge ShoWS each
claim. The claims the WdShoe, Stranger
and Tucson
Fin out the coupon g herewith and mail it, to usyd with your
it today-o avoid disappointment
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
had" Men Held in Check

In the mining camps of an earlier
day II was often necessary for the
owner of claim to arm himself with
a rifle and six shooter and keep watch
and ward over his property, to protect
it from ambitious persons who hung
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
Capital Stock 100000 Shares

opportunity offered clients with
formation the HERALD MIN
COMPANY the first allotment of stock overub
crbed allotment three times the original price
quickly subscribed Today have stock this for sale
sum- treasury containing sufficient develop the property
proving proposition and the absolute confidence
clients have in any offering backed by
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
Luck Of Three Young 1eh

Three young men in search of oppor-
tunity arrived in Goldfeld together six
months ago. They had no capital but
their hands, and knew nothing Of min
ing. They took up a claim where there
seemed to be plenty of rock, although
they knew nothing about its value.
Now these young men own the Tono-
pah Club mine, accounted one of the
richest in the district. The ore in
sight is valued at S100O,00O, and no
one knows the extent of the great veins
on the property
other mines of the district are the
Florence, which is producing at the
rate of S150000 a month; the Velvet,
the Vernal Fraction, the Daisy and the
Cimarron Fraction, on all of which
properties discoveries of such a nature
have been made as TO insure their
permanency and richness of production
for a long time.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
Shares ~
Par Value 81 Each
Fully Paid and N0n-Assessable

We organizing the GOLDFIELDGLADIATOR MINING
COMPANY and YOU invited join with of the
charter members This has purchased group Of Godhed
claims These claims located within the tract of the rich
district and have every indication becoming among
the Goldfeld bonanzas.
The 2c price holds good only until the night March 9th.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
:. GOLDFlELD ..

ing camp on earth. Nearly $40OO000
have been taken out of an area of
territory less than five miles square
in the first twelve months.
Fortunes have been picked up there,
but fabulous fortunes remain In the
earth, waiting for lucky investors.
GOLD PRODUCTION WILL BE
GREATER THAN ANY OTHER
CAMP ON EARTH
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

600 worth on hand ready for shipping
The mine now has one foot Of ore
worth $500 a ton, five feet worth $500
ton and thirty feet Of milling ore, the
entire vein being thirty-eight feet be-
tween walls and the workings only 200
foot depp
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
Money Goes to Improvement of
the Property

stock for sale direct to buy
the fact that the received
stock of into the
benefit of the stock
should enterprise with many OF those
much higher price share we are
meeting will be in position to pay
dividends.
paid worcestershire carrying no ind
vdua liability articles of incorporation
company indebtedness extensive
development before the mines dividends
operations of the in
arrivals in Godfied who
district, of the
of directly interested in its
trench the surface and up the gold
place the
the of actively working the
putting it dvidend-payng OASIS limited
o will be sold.
stock $10O share full pald nom
assessable bearing individual liability the holder
of active development
great putting the mines in shape for big
earnings profits, which should coming
from the shipments OF the ore nearest the
will company Oh
figuring twice or three
if necessary, for that purpose:
given in the Introductory of this
short, concise and true as we
mines and prospects at Gode
which nlost we
promising the best
of the treasury stock will
develop the property for the best OF
companys property the Godfed
to inquiries from the office OF the
Soat Securities Company
standing the onlcers
knowledge mining by practical expert
west guarantee OF sound
conservative management
the stockholders to keep
them posted what being done at the cnpays properties
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

Goldfield, the great new camp in
Nevada, will soon be elbow to elbow
with the Greatest Gold Camp on
Earth Doubt about the permanency
of Goldfield has been removed by PEN
etration of a sulphide or deep zone
much richer than the oxdized or sur
face ore from which the first fortunes
in the camp were extracted. Sulphide
is the invariable accompaniment of
permanency extending to unknown
depths The Comstock mines at Vir-
ginia City, nearby, are opened to
depth of more than 5000 feet and have
produced $425, 600. The official gov
ernment report on the new camp, writ
ten by j. E. Spur of the United States
Geological Survey has this to say on
that subject
"As the water level at Goldfeld is
unusually high for this desert country
(water having been encountered in
several shafts at from $50 to 200 feeD,
it is plain that this oxidiZed ore is only
a temporary supply.
"In the Combination and the Flor
ence suphide ores of very high grade
have been found below the oxidzed.'
THIS UTTERANCE SETS THE SEAL
OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERN.
MENT UPON THE PERMANENCY
AND CONTINUED RICHNESS OF
THE GoLDFIELD ORE BODIES.
AnOtner extract from VT. Spul1
report:
THE ORES ARE VERY HIGH GRADE
"The ores are often of very high
grade. AS an extreme example may
be noted shipment of 14A tons from
the Sandstone (Kendall claim which
when worked in a stamp mill yielded
$45,7S3 net while the tailngs still con-
tanned about $1,000 to the ton" From
. the McKane Bowes lease on the
months from a space of 100 feet hori-
zontally and 200 feet vertically on the
shoot
One small shipment of 917 pounds
of ore from this lease gave gross re-
turns of $4766.
GoLDFIELD THE MOST AMAZING
MINING CAMP ON EARTH
Goldfield is the most amazing min
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
Ledees and Veins

amazing gold earth 1t is not
lien million dollars These Illustrations are
that Goldfied the
investment 1t is not grass-root
mines developed from the
simply of it's
the veins penetrate the earth to
great Goldfeld To-
Gated formation has been found to depth of
eet with dminution of values
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

First years production at Goldfield,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

Total ..'.......''.'.'''' 'Nio''"i'e3o
CRIPPLE CREEKS PUBLIC CON-
PANIES HAVE DISTRIBUTED TO
DATE DIVIDENDS ToTALING OVER
$3o,ooo,ooo.
To this must be added the profits of
individual private owners, the close
corporations and the vast fortunes
made by lessees.
Total for first three years at Grip
pie Creek, $2,600,000.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-29
Electric Massng Trsa msnt

The Principal Barber Shop has SC cured the great Carpenter Vibrator, and is prepared to give the best cleo tric massage lrsatTSnt that ever has been devised. They are an absolute cure for headache, rheumatism and other disorders, improve the circula- tion aud give nervous strength. We have private rooms for ladies. Princi- pal Rorber Shop.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-29
ANNUAL MEETING
 TOMORROW NIGHT

Preparations are being made by the Presbyterians for their annual congre- gstional meeting, which has been set for Thursday evening, March 30. The people will gather in the church at s o'clock to listen to a varied program, including reports from all the organiz- Ations connected with the church's work, interspersed with musical selec- tions.
 The year has been a very successful one and much interest is felt in hear ing the final reports.
 At the close of the program, trustees will be elected for the ensuing year, aud the ladies will serve refreshments.
 The members of the various organiz- tions and all attendants upon the Sun day services have been invited to par tlcipate ia this yearly gathering.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-29

Baths 25 cents. Fine porcelain tubs at the Portl nd Tod ying House. Rooms 25c, soc, 75c and ST. Fifth avenue, op- nosite Canadian Bank of Commerce..
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-29

Department Of the Interior Washington, D. C., February n, 1905. Sealed proposals tin du- plic8tel for the construction Of frame buildings 10 be used as school houses and teachCrs' res ilences at the following points in A'aSEu, to- wit: Carmel Bristol Bay); Seldoyia Cook It. leD; Wood Island (near kOdisk); also at Yak utst, HaineS, KillinOO, Wrangel and IaCsS'u, in Southeastern Alaska, will be received at the dc partment until two o'clock p. m Saturday, April l5, l9O5. and will be opened immeiiatel! thereafter, in the presence Of such bidders as may desire to attend The right is reserved to reject any and all bids received. Blank forms of iprOpOsal embracing specifications, may be obtained on application Co the department, or to the Commissioner of Education, where drawings showing details may be inspected. Plans and specifications may also be seen and obtained from Prof. William 4. Kelly, Ut Sitkn, Alaska; at Juneau aud Douglas, from Living ston F. Jones' of Juneau; and from the U. $ Commissioners at kclIhlEau. Mrangell Skag way, Seward, and Valdez, Alaska, F.. A. Hitch cock, Secretary.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-29
IT LEADS
Commercial Hotel of White.
 horse Best h North

The Commercial hotel, of Whitehorse, Peter Richen, proprietor, has taken the lead among the hostelries of the north. It has been recently enlarged and refurnished throughout. There are 20 large, first class rooms, entirely detached from the bar. They are sit uated so as to be quiet and are especial ly desirable for families.
 The office is comfortable and nicely located.
 There are fine large sample rooms for commercial men.
 A splendid dining room is corrected with the hotel.
 There is no better place in the north.
 The Commercial Hotel,
 Whitehorse, Y. T.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-29
Every Man Should Wear An O . = 9d 3oio, Comfort
 SUSPENSIORY
For safety, health and comfort.
Notice of DissIutiOn of PaFtnsrship

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the partnership lately subsiSting between w. W. BOughton, and Joseph G. smith, proprietors of the business known as the Idaho Saloon, in the Town of Skag- way, Alaska, Is dissolved by mutual consent All debts owing to the said part pership are to be received b. the said Joseph G. Smith, and all demands n the said partnership a'e 10 be presen- ted to him for payment, be alone being responsible 10 settle all eblS due 10 ard toy the firm. Dated at Skagway Alaska, th s 4th day of November, 1904.
 JOE c. SMITH
 ". w. B UGHrON
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-29
Call For City COnvsnti n

A mass convention of the voters of Skagway is hereby called to take place at the Firemen's Hall Wednesday, March 29, l9O5, at 8 p. m, for thep purpose of placing in nomination seven persons.to be voted for for city councilmen at the election to be held in this city Tues day, April I, 1905; and, if the conven- tion shall so decide, to place in nomina- tion one person for school director, one person for school treasurer and one person for school clerk; to be voted for at said time and for the consideration oI such other matters as may come before said convention.
 John w. Troy, Chairman.
 J. J. Daily,
 R. D. Pinneo,
 Oscar Gard,
 M B. Clemenger,
 Committee. SEagwav, Alaska, March 27, 1905.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-29
Champion LinImsut For Rhsumatism

Chs Drake, mail carrier at Chap iuvtI{e Co' n.. syvS: ''ChsmDcr'aln'S Pain Bslu IS he yhaWpion Of all lnt- meuts The pas, yrar I was troubled a great deal vi rheumatism in my shoulder. Alter trying several cures The s,Orvkesger here tecoalmeud,d this r.me Ig au1 it complete y cured me. 70 There i, TO rs' oi srvOsu sutfeIrrg rom this painful Li.mvu, Wh,u rhls liuIment can be .ht ,Iurd fu a small sum. One application gives LrOmyt reliei aul its continued use foi short time will pro- du,e s ueruIa"eut cure. For sale by Kelly Drug 60.