The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-11-03


yer mining magazine. issued monthly,
has an extensive story on Nevada min
ings camps in it's November issue, Just
at hand. 1t is the feature of the maya
zine for the month.
The introduction OF the article writ
ten by Mr.. Harry J. Newton, the able
and demonstrating editor of Profit and
Loss. is reproduced herewith. by per
mission of the journal.
WHAT THEY SAY
There's going to be a big boom In
Nevada this fall and winter. and you
couldn't head 1t off with machine guns.
1t is going to be the widest Kind OF a
boom; the greatest mining excitement
since the days of Virginia City and the
Comstock.
THE foregoing sentiment. which I
heard the other day. was not expressed
by a pessimist. 1t is unlikely that II
will prove very wide of the mark.
The rush to the frozen placers of the
Yukon, and the boom in C~olorado's Won
derful gold fields of Cripple Greek, are
but recent incidents, fresh in the minds
of all; but so far as the great specula-
tive features are concerned, they do not
begin to compare with the conditions
prevailing when Mackay, and Fair, and
Flood, and O'Brien. were amassing their
prodigious fortunes, and the fluctua-
lions in the stocks of companies operat-
ing on the great lode were making men
rich over night or wiping them out, as
the case might be.
in the new Nevada they perhaps
have not yet developed another Com
1901 AHf fhax- mill tell Won there that
they have in one or more instances
Cripple Creek skinned a mile; and the
number of the new and s%plendidly show
ing mining camps, presents a combfna-
ton of e~xcitements, surely crystalliz-
ing into a new Nevada boom. which
may yet put into the shade that of the
old Nevada-and the forthcoming boom
could not be headed off with machine
guns
"A mineral state has been discovered.
"A rich state having diversified mineral
resources covering a vast mineral area;
a prolific belt of mineral, stretching
from the most ~northerly to the most
southerly confines, and traceable across
the lines into its neighbors. Camp after
camp has been found, each in turn
making good when he necessary work
has been accomplished, and new candi-
dates are ~springing up all the time, vie
ing in richness and proportions, the
showings which have already made the
older camps the marvel of the mining
world.
'eThe perils of the desert are being
conquered; modern facilities are being
introduced; the auto has invaded even
the trs1cherous wastes of Death Valley,
and the railroad magnates of the coun-
try are racing each other in the laying
of steel, bidding for the business con-
sequent to the development of the min
ing camps of the new Nevada.
For the first time in the mining his
tory of America the big capitalist is
trailing closely the heels of the pros
pector; he is investing his money liber-
ally in proving up new finds; and / have
been told that it is easier 10 get none
for Investment, than it is to get prop
critics to exploit. The heavy emand
has enhanced property value even down
to the merest prospect; living is high;
money is plentiful; prosperity reigns on
every hand, but it is nothing COM
pared with the promises of the future,
when the public generally appreciates
liz dCludI 1OilOitiOiiSg nICh e 90
the new Nevada the big boom, which,
could not be headed off with machine
guns
GoLDFIELD CENTER OF STAGE
"Goldheld held the center of the stage
at the time of my visit, On account of
the sensational developments in the Mo-
hawk property-where they are mining
solid gold, and plenty of ii. The great
Mohawk strike came at the height of
the summe dullness, and quickly
brought about a condition which made
people forget the heat and their vaca-
tions, and stimulated a desire for moth
ing other than to share in the assured
profits consequent to such a strike as
this.
The country went wild when there
went out from Cripple Creek the news
of the find of fabulous ore in the Isa-
bella mine; the people generally do not
know, or if they do, they do not believe
that the lessees on the Mohawk at
Goldfeld are mining ore ribboned with
solid gold.
Il will just mention here, as a remin-
der, that in addition, Goldfield has it's
Combination, it's JUMBO, it's January, it's
Florence, its Red Top. it's Black Buttes,
it's Velvet, it's Kendall. it's Daisy, and a
host of others, comprising an aggrega-
ton of mines, some with million-dollar
records, and altogether creditable for
any mining camp in the country.
"Goldfield as a town is enacting the
same parts as Cripple Creek during her
palmy days; there are there the great
est bunch of optimists in the country:
and everyone is optimistic because the
mines are making such splendid rec
ords, producing sensationally, making
many people rich, and making every
one exceptionally prosperous.
"Tonopah, the discovery of Honest
Jim Butler, and the first of the new
Nevada camps, is becoming quite staid.
and proudly boasts that her industry
is settling down to a substantial bust
ness basis. Tonopah has made good,
and has certainly set an enviable lead
for the newer camps. Tonopah is lust
entering upon her period of creates
prosperity.
"A heavy production has been made,
and is being made by the mines of Tono-
pah. Large dividends are being paid
by her companies. Her leading COM
pany has itself financed a railroad, and
this railroad has the reputation of pay
ing for itself every six months. So far
the production of Tonopah mines has
consisted of smelling ore. every pound
of which has been shipped to Salt Lake