The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-01-19

p,ch discoveries in 0oIdfieId Mines Starts Mining Revival
All Over the State
wing 3. Allen in Mining RecOrd.)

is referred 10 rs n TcNAsai anu somc
t;mes as an excitement" Both are
ant terms. The present great mining
revival is a constant excitement. In
the minds of mining men, however, the
two terms convey different meanings.
Wherever mineralized rock is discov-
cred which it will pay to mine there is
a mining "revival." Excitement"
follows when free milling gold ore -
found, and if the glorious, dull yellow
metal can be seen in the rock by the
naked eye, excitement grows in pro-
norton to the amount visible.
There probably never was a time
when so many rich specimens of gold
bearing rock were uncovered as dur
ing the past year in Goldfeld. Seeing
Il makes the mouth water; the hope of
owning some of it, incites all the pas
sions of the human race.
Tonopah is now five years old, Gold
field is two years old and Bullfrog is
one year old. There are a dozen other
camps of Importance in Nevada, but
the three named hold the greater
amount Of popular public interest.
"Popoular public interest," could make
a mining camp on the lava beds of
Idaho if it wanted to do SO. 1t is the
mainstay of the mining industry. Half
the miners would starve were it not
for the public-the investing public
which loves to invest in popular camps.
Goldfeld has not only been the most
popular camp in the public's estima-
ton, but it has been the high grade
camp and the poor man's camp, each
feature adding to its opportunities.
The Nevada Excitement
How many people joined the Ne
vada excitement is unknown, but the
number was estimated at 10000 last
spring and that figure is considered ap-
proximately correct, The census of
1900 gave the state a population of q
little over 10000. 1t had over 10000
in 1880. The next census will doubt
less show a population of 10000, at
least, but as that enumeration will not
be made for five years there is no tell
ing how large the figure may be. For
the boom has but just commenced, in
the Judgment of many men. Enough
silver and gold has been at
Tonopah alone to occupy the sole at
~tention of every workman in the state
for an indefinitely long period of time.
Twelve great principal veins OF ore
have beer discovered there an in Il
number Of instances have been Traced
for one ME N length, whit. ther
doubtless 90 dowL into the d. ,tis of
the earth A. far as it will ever be r2s'
sible to mine them. 1t is claimed that
all the ore so far taken out has aver
aged $50 to the ton. This beats the
Comstock. The fabulous riches x
tracted by Flood, Mackay, Fair and
their associates only averaged $3.50
per ton.
The Mizpah mine of the Tonopan
Mining company is the show place of
that camp. Down in the depths of
that mine they have ore enough block
ed out to keep the fnanciers guessing
for years to come. Every day visitors
are shown through. The sight would
make old Solomon take heed. Imagine,
if you can, long galleries with every
few feet a doorway leading into treas
ure rooms. Already enough money has
been taken out of this one mine to
build two railroads and to make a hun
bred men rich. There are half a dozen
other mines in Tonopah and in all LOCO
men find employment and the lowest
wages are 81 per day. But Tonopah IS
not the popular camp. Goldfeld is the
place people dream about. There are
several causes contributing to this stu
alton. In the first place, heavy capt.
talists got hold of Tonopah mines an !
small investors had little show. Sec
ondly and thirdly, the ore is, for the
most part, low grade, and required real
money to pay for mining; and, lastly,
GOldfield advertised.
Headed for Nevada
INVESTORS, fortune seekers, capital
lists, soldiers of fortune and adventuf-
ers, are headed for Nevada and have
been going into Nevada for the past
five wears. They leave the main over
land highway 800 miles on the north
and the first mining camp they strike
Is Tonopah. They have merely heard
Of it as the place where Buffers mule
got in his best days work. The free
and easy-going boosters of the camp,
all Of whom have had money handed
to them, as it were, are very polite AMI
accommodating about showing the
sights. They show the spot where the
mule found nav dirt and dilate on the