The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-11-17

ord issued March % last, there has
been a steady progress of exciting
events in Souther Nevada, but the
typical boom period has passed. There
Is surely a Gloom" on now. but il is
different from that initial period when
men from the four quarters of the
globe packed their outfits into the new
camps over brand new trails.
The route from the great Southern
Pacific highway on the north was then
covered in part by what were popu.
larry known as the "three dinkey little
railroads. and a large distance was
Travelled by stage or automobile or ON
foot. Now there is a through, stand
ard, broad-gauged express train running
daily between San Francisco and Salt
Lake City and Goldfeld. These trains
carry diners and s~leepers, and there i,
no more hardship in the travel than
between great eastern cities. The rail-
roads which formerly covered part Of
the distance of 800 miles down the
desert state were narrow-gauged, but
the track is now br~oad-gauged all the
way. The rapidity with which this i'm
mense work was accomplished is one of
the marvels among many which have
gone into the history of a history-mak-
ing state. Independent capital backed
both the Tonopah and the Goldfeld
roads, and it is said that it is adj
mitted now by Mr.. Hartman of the
Southern Pacific that he made a mis-
take in not %grasping the opportun.
ity, which was Originally his, of con-
structing the roads himself. The sue
cess of these desert railroads NAV be
Judged from the statement attributed to
president Brock of the two companies
controlling them. He has admitted that
the first road paid in earnings during
the first seven months of it's existence
an amount equal to the total cost of
construction. If it did that at the
start when it had imperfect connections
and equipment and worked under stu
pendous difficulties, there is no telling
what it will do this year when every
department of the system appears to be
in perfect running order. No wonder
projects are materializing for a con-
%tinuation of the railroad building from
Goldfeld to Bullfrog and beyond Bull
frog to Las Vegas, the gateway from
Senator Clark s road on the south! 1t
is not too much to predict, in the light
of what has been accomplished, that
within another six months, or a year 1T
most, the whole southern part of the
state will not only be crossed by steel
rails, but that other routes will be
opened to the Pacific coast and another
line connect with the Mormon valley in
Utah.
The great rush to Southern Nevada
occurred last winter and what was
mentioned as the typical boom period
occurred then. Men by the thousands
left their homes to seek fortunes in the
desert. There has existed an impress
sion that the large majority came alone,
resolved to make some money and then
return to the outer world. This i'm
preston is being gradually dispelled,
for it can be seen now that a very con-
siderable number have brought their
families with them and are in the state
to live and make their homes. 1t is con-
servatively estimated that 10000 pep
pie established themselves in the vari-
Gus camps before the spring was well
under way. This summer the number
has gradually increased, but nothing in
proportion to the first rush.
Cities have been built and are being
built. Tonopah, especially, is taking
on airs of conservatism and is as SUBJ
stantial and permanent as many an
older eastern or Rocky mountain city.
Goldfeld has more inhabitants, and has
attained it's ambition in becoming the
business center of the Southern Nevada
district, but is really second to Tonopah
in the matter of buildings and public
improvements. In the Bullfrog district
there are three camps striving for
recognition as business and residence
centers, but they are, after all, just
camps as yet and appear to stand an
equal show in the race.
Shipments of ore have been ade
from the grounds of IA companies IN
the Goldfeld district. This means
more thar IA mines, because in eases
like the Jumbo, counted as one in the
IA there were five different blocks Of
ground upon which the ore was found