The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-20

Rather Quiet at Present But Future
Looks Good.

Beatty, Bullfrog Mining District,
New, Oct. Fittings are not espe.
eially lively in this section at present,
but it is safe to sag that there is not
a spot on the entire earth at this mo-
ment that has such a bright future be-
fore it, and that too, in the immediate
present, as has this region. The reason
for this is that capital is coming in,
not capital of a half dozen or dozen
rich men. but the capital represented
by the fnanciers of the nation, the
railroad builders of the land. And
there is not one road coming but three.
This fact is assured. A narrow gauge
from Goldfeld will likely be first in
the field, but following quickly on its
heels will be the iron horses of Clark s.
road from Las Vegas and the big mo-
guls of the Santa Fe from Ivanpah or
a station near that point on the system.
The men who furnish the money for
the building of railroads have had
many experts in the field and they
have universally reported that vast
bodies of mineral of a commercial
grade is stored away in the hills of the
Bullfrog district. The experts from
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Goldfeld and the result is that Presi-
dent Ripley has resolved to have his
share of the mineral from the richest
gold mining camp in the world. Bull
frog does not lay claim to especially
high values, but it does lay claim to
enormous bodies and with low rates to
market its tonnage will soon be the
marvel of the age for people who keep
track of freight. In view Of this
bright prospect people who are inform
ed, and there are only a few so far, are
coming in and investing.
But of present development. Men.
ton must first, and likely always, be
made of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. De-
velopment only adds to the wealth of
the bonanza. The deeper the shaft
the more ore there is in sight, while the
rich streak in the vein holds as the
shaft gains depth. The mine seems to
be perfectly managed. In inspecting
what has been done one fails to find a
lot of foolish work on the ground and
it is to be regretted that this cannot
be said of other good properties of the
camp. On account of the injunction
restraining the shipment Of ore from
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as little
mineral of a smelling grade is broken
as possible, but at that Superintendent
Hovick is piling up sacks almost noun
tain high.
That section of country lying to the
right and left up the Amargosa river
from Beatty is now receiving consid-
cradle attention. In the last two
weeks 20 claims have changed hands
around Crystal Springs, w. H. Wood
ing having disposed Of Is of the mum
Der, all being his own locations. The
ground is now owned by three different
outfits representing eastern friends
and it is the intention to develop the
claims Immediately. The region men
toned carries strong dykes through
which %stringers of quartz occur that
shows free gold. Many experts con-
tend that enormou bodies of rock con.
tiguous to the river can be mined at a
profit and unquestionably some of it
can be. Development in that section
will be watched with more than usual
interest. The sale of the claims men
toned by Mr.. Wooding should encour-
age others who think that the entire
district is "taken up The gentle
man came here only a short time ago,
but he has been on the move and it is
energy that counts, after all.
There is only good news to record
from the Original Bullfrog. No espe-
cially rich pockets have recently been
found, but the quantity of milling ore
is now so great that it is really a shame
that immediate effort is not made to
treat it. With a mill to handle the
thousands upon thousands of tons in
sight the Original Bullfrog would be-
come a dividend payer for an indefinite
period of time.
On Ladd and Benson hill there is to
be litigation over title. Attorney
Stewart (ex-U. s. senator) represents
a few people who have put monuments
on ground that was located when the
camp first started. The claim is made
that the location work was not done in
compliance with law, that is, on a vein,
but that a soft spot was sought out
where 240 cubic feet of earth was
thrown out with as little effort as
possible. The "soft spot idea has
been the custom here with not a few
prospectors and they are now working
like beavers to correct any error they
may have made.
William J. Tobin, manager of the
Gold Center Mining company, a cor
poration that owns several groups Of
claims in most desirable localities in
the district, has returned and will start
up work in a number of places although
he is already operating on four diff
ferent locations. He has two tunnels
running into Montgomery mountain
adjoining the Shoshone on the Daisy
and Rampant claims and in each it
would seem that pay ore was almost in
sight. This is also true with work un-
der way on a claim on Bonanza noun
tain owned by the Gold Center that