The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-09

Turing the few weeks that have
~ elapsed since the opening 20 the
public of the Salt Lake route pros
pectors have been fiockin" into tie
( Crescent mining district. just this size
of the California line and five o. six
miles from Nippeno station which is on
+ the California side. While the district
was named twelve years ago it was not
until the middle of last month that
anything occurred to cause excitement
and bring on the rush which is now in
progress.
Then the news went out that great
strike had been made in the Lucky
DUtchman property; that free gold was
found literally scattered through the
rich looking quartz; that the vein was
a large one and that the owners were
on the high road to wealth. The FIRE
had been kindled long previous TO that,
but the remoteness of the camp from
the railroads and the excitement which
had carried people into the IOnOpah.
GoldhelG, Bullfrog and other camps OF
the state of Nevada, had left the
Crescent district without an exponent
other than the prOspector and claim
owner who had planted his tent and
staked his all on the future Of region
that he had learned was full of mineral
and which he knew must sooner or
later command the attention its i'm
pOrtance deserved. The Lucky Dutch
man strike has famed the smouldering
embers into flame and the camp is now
ablaze with excitement.
Town Has Rapid Growth.
Two weeks ago there was no
sem bianCe of a town in the district.
Here and there was to be seen the tent
of the prospector and occasionally the
more pretentious lumber building OF the
mine owners who had been steadily de
veIoping their properties. June % a
townsite had been plated and lots were
placed on sale. Within a day an addi-
lion had been tackled on and by Fri
day noon, June 80, when the accom-
panyIng picture was taken, It was pos
sible to stand off on the hill side and
county seveuty-siX tents, most of them
along the main street of the new town
OF Crescent, the rest in and along the
ravtnes that parallel the higher ground
OF the main portion of the town and
not visible in the photograph. June l.
there were not to exceed twenty meT
camped in the vicinity of the town or
fhe 6rSt of the present month II was
conserva lively estimated that there
were SOC persons in the district. At thu
rate they were piling in at that time
there cannot be less than 500 there now
While prices were high and accOmmO
Cations meagre for the first few day
after the town was started, il is safe q
say that by this time good accommoda
tions can be had and supplies of almOs
any kind purchased at reasonable
the railroad and the policy Of the latte
10 haul hay, grain and other com
mercial commodities at modest rates
makes II certain that such is the case
The splendid naturalization of the dis
trict will hold people when they &
there and the camp is sure to grow an
flourish and become a permanent fix
ture on the map Of Nevada.
Close of the Railroad.
The new camp is on the main roa
from Nippeno to Searchlight. II is 81
miles from the station and. accordin
TO the road taken. il is from fOurtee
10 seventeen miles TO the older CAM
Three automobiles and two or thre
stages were running a week ago. TIL
fare from the railroad to Crescent wa
81 so to $500 and s. to 81 right throug
To SearchIight. The back trip to ii
railroad was cheaper because Of i
being down hill. BY this time the fal
has probably been fixed at 81 betwee
NipDeno and Crescent and at about
to Searchlight, go as you please. eith'
auto or stage. Meals viii not cost mo
than so cents and first class sleepir
accommodation will be obtainable
the same price. while individual room
Will be at the service Of the transfer
at 81 TO 81 a day Being less than ?
miles from the markets of CalifOrn
Fscsh vegetables. fruits etc. will
found cheap and abundant at can
and with the splendid water suppli'
by the Crossman springs, right in Il
edge of town, there is everything
favor growth of the town and to e.
courage the investigation Of the ope
= ator and capitalist You can go dire
TO camp from salt Lake in twenty-five
hours. all but an hour Of the time in
Pullman. the rest in an automobile,
you want to, and over roads not at
bad or dusty.
Days Hot; Nights Cool.
While the weather is warm at 4
present time and the Thermometer rul
m pretty we'll in the middle of Il
dav the nights are cool and refreshin
The elevation or the town is lust abo
the same as Salt Lake, or approximat
Iy 4.3OO feet. The camp is located
the base of a stretch of mountain ran,
that encircles ii much in the form
"A horse shoe or crescent hence Il
name of the district and town. II