Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-03-31
HE CALLED
THE TURN
Writer in Salt Lake Tribune
in 1894 Predicted Great Fu-
ture for Nevada.

One Of the best things ever in print,
was the following in the Salt Lake
Tribune in July, 1894, by a special cor
respondent from Virginia City:
Although Nevada is generally looked
upon as a region of silver mines, there
are in reality in the State a great num-
Der of rich and extensive belts of gold
bearing quartz. 1t is only recently that
our people have seriously set to work
to prospect these gold belts. The work
done has resulted in attracting the
attention of mining men of great
wealth, long experience and widespread
reputation as experts, and several Of
these have invested in newly discovered
mines in this State. Were some of u
mines in Colorado, Idaho or Montana,
there would be a great excitement
about them; a hundred trumpets would
be sounding their fame. But being in
Nevada, no.one cares to hear about the
new finds. Give a dog a bad name,
and he is about the same as a deaddog-
all will be ready to STAY him. Speak of
good gold mines in Nevada, and the
listener turns away with a look of I'M
belief which says: Can there be any
good thing come out of Nazareth,
"But with Captain De Lamar and a
strong syndicate of Eastern capitalists
as heavy purchasers Of Nevada gold
properties, the tide which has hereto.
fore set against Nevada through no
fault of her own but because Of Eastern
goldbug's sneers and abuse-is likely
soon to turn in her favor.
"Any moment this section of Nevada
is tapped by a railroad will be seen In
it the greatest boom that has beer
known on the Pacific Coast in years
There will be a grand rush to it, large
towns will spring up, and about then
will soon be seen many iourishinl
agricultural settlements.
''In many places on the Pacific coast
great fuss is made about gold quart
that yields from SIS to $40 to the ton
Here but little is thought of such pros
poets. In regard to some of the golC
belts of Nevada, l find the following
notices in the local papers for the pas
three days;
'"Three and half tons of ore from thu
Pamlico mine near Hawthorne WELDED
1850 in gold.
"These paragraphs are in reference t.
only a few districts or sections of tn,
many gold belts. In the Kennedy dis
trict-irst discovered in July, 1S91-ar
the Cricket, Imperial and many othe
mines as rich as the one mentione'
above. Indeed, it is a region full o
rich veins of gold-bearing quartz, AM
finds are still being made almost ever.
week. No place in Nevada is NOR
worthy the attention of the capitals
or prospector.
IA railroad down through Nevada-a
one that would connect Salt Lake Cit
with Los Angeles-would open up man
good gold camps. The entire route woul
be through a region full of mines of tn
precious metals. Down toward Deaf
Valley lies Montgomery district, a goo
gold camp, but one that Is almost out
the world as regards transportation.
t'Also down lear Death Valley,
Tule Canyon, some rich gold mine
should be opened up. On this canyo
rich dry diggings were discovered SON
fifteen years ago. In 1880 a few me
were at work there. They had no m;
chimes for dry washing and didnot eve
winnow the dirt by tossing it up in tt
wind, Mexican fashion. They simpl
dug we the ground with picks, collec
ing such pieces of gold as they hal
pened to see. In this way they mac
good wages in ground from two to for
feet deep"