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without the awful and almost prohib-
tive cost OF shipping them by freight
wagons over hundreds OF miles of des-
ert roads. Is near at hand As stated,
the Las Vegas & Tonopah railroad u
practically finished to the heart of the
district. The Brook road is coming
down from Goldfield at the rate OF a
mile a day and the writer was in
formed the other day by one of the
officials that Il would be safe 10 flgur-
on celebrating the completion OF the
Brook system TO Rhyollte on the 18th
OF January, 1907. 'Borax" Smith Is
half way 10 Bullfrog with his road
from ludlow, on the Santa Fe system,
although II Is not thought that he can
make the remaining 10 miles before
next fall. Developments have been
rapid and remarkable In the Funeral
range since the latter road was start
ed, and 1t Is presumed that Smith will
do little branching out" that was
not originally contemplated when ha
projected his road TO Bullfrog. II IL IN
this range that Greenwater, Lees and
the Keane Springs camps are located,
and il Is likely that feeders viii be run
to these regions OF recognized mineral
merit.
BULLFRoG ON THE BANK.
To the Bullfrog OH the bank. the race
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were also Russ Sutherland and Hector
Mckenzie, two young Colorado miners,
and all are said 10 belong to the Bull
frog Millionaires' club. Milton NJ
Betch, Of Goldheld, 10 whom Shorty"
Harris sold his interest in the original
location. for 81 600, was offered few
months later $685. 900 for the same. Mllt,
though having walked into Goldheld
and though at the time not suffering
from too much chinck, refused the Of
fer. This showed grit, didn't &c? II
also showed confidence in the young
Bullfrog. The Busch brothers Frank.
Pete and Ed are more poor Colorado
boys that have become wealthy. John
i. Overbury and Len +. McGarry are
two young, energetic young fellows
that with ordinary business sagscity,
viii not need to want for the balance
Of their days.
The number OF prospectors who came
TO this part of the desert ION a shoe
string" and who have amassed for
tunes, also includes Tom Kilker. Tom
Murphy. Tom Williams and others too
numerous TO mention who were among
the carly pioneers of the camp.
The list Of mining men who have
made big winnings later on In Bulfrog
mines and stocks is even longer
FRANK p. MANNIX.
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I in Beaver county, Utah" said Mr.
| Cross, about fifteen years ago also
did some prospecting there on my own
account and was one of the ocators
OF the Copper Mountain mine in the
Beaver Lake district, At that time
copper was not worth very much and
things went pretty slow with me. |
finally became discouraged, for every
thing | undertook seemed to go against
me, so ! pulled out for California and
landed at Randsburg / remained there
and In other parts Of Inyo county, I'M
I'll about the time the Goldheld ex-
element came on. | then moved my
family over to Bishop, gave my wife
practically all the money | had, and
struck out. feeling satisfied IN my own
mind that | would win out somewhere
shorty and | left Inyo county on
July and crossed Death Valley when
the thermometer registered 100 degrees
We had a good outfit and good sup
ply of water, so we pulled through to
Nevada all right and arrived In what
Is now the Bullfrog district, about 20
days later. We were on the ground
several days before we found the Orig
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between the railroads for Bullfrog bust.
ness Is certainly an Interesting one
The reptile has been out on this des-
ert without a railroad so long that no
Views with glee the approach OF the
iron horse, and doesn't care how many
horses there are In the herd, or how
much they sport or steam. In fact,
the more the merrier. We have plenty
OF desert rlghts-of-w and plenty OF
ore to keep them busy. Besides, the
more they fight among themselves the
less lighting the Bullfrog will have to
do with either Of them. We are playing
no fayorites. but OF course the road
that gives the best rates and service
and makes the best time Is the one that
viii do the hest business and have the
most friends.
DIVIDEND ERA COMING.
With the completion OF the railroads
and the building OF mills that may he
termed the era OF prospectors' stakes
ends and that OF the investors divi-
bonds begins. From now on it will not
be the sale Of the ella Monster group
OF claims, located by old Bill Rattle
snake or John Burrowman, which were
sold 70 Schwab or Nevhouse or Aldrich
for a "big stake" but the Bulfrog
news OF absorbing interest in the future
will be as to the dividends declared BY
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mining companies doing business In the
Bullfrog district.
Speaking OF stakes" however, / am
reminded that the Bullfrog has prob.
ably made more poor prospectors rich
than any other mining camp In the
world. That Shorty" Harris is not
now a millionaire Is more his fault
thin II IS that Of the mine which he
located, and which gave the name OF
"Bullirog to the district.
THE POOR PRosPEcToRs.
But l started to say something about
the poor prospectors that this camp has
smiled upon Bob Montgomery, who
sold the famous Shoshone to schwab
for what Is said 10 be $1,000 600, was
grub-staked to this country two years
ago. Nick Darcy, who was one OF the
locatOrs Of the Denver. Victor, Tramp
ana other big ones on Bonanza noun
tam, which made him ana his partners
rich was less than three years ago
oobbing shoes In n small shop in Vie
tor. Colo; and no one begrudges Nick
and his estimable wife their riches for
they are the same now to their neigh
hors and old friends az they were when
they were struggling. Judge Ray, who
has just been elected to the Nevada
legislature, was D'Arcys partner, as
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lier pace would have been set had the
district enjoyed the rail facilities a
year ago that II does today. Rhyolite
IL prosperous place Of close 10 1000 in
inhabitants and large majority Of the
buildings were put up when lumber cost
from 500 to $3.50 per thousand; oct, I
last II sold at $s5, but when the raii-
road reached Beatty 1t dropped to &c.,
Carpenters commanded high wages and
anyone that understands how TO Weld a
saw and hammer is paid 81 per hour,
or IS for a working day Everything
else has been IA proportion. But the
big mining companies put off installing
large equipment until the railroad came
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l6 or II months and that the greater
part OF the work has been done dur
ing the past six months, the showing is
none other than remarkable. The deep
est shaft in the district does not ex-
coed 325 feet and there are two OF them
--one in the Denver the other In the
Montgomery Shoshone; the latter has
begun the sinking Of large triple
compartment shaft, over which an ina
mense steel hosting plant is to be erect
ed. The Gibralter. Pittsburg and Rush
mines are operated 10 over 200 feet
depth the National Bank, Gold Bar
and Homestake are down 250 feet, willis
many others are from $50 to 200 feet
WHEN LUMBER WAS HIGH
Some people have been heard TO re-
mark and perhaps complain that the
camps of the Bullfrog district have not
progressed more rapidly In view of the
fact that there are millions OF
dollars worth of ore blocked out.
But when one stops to con-
slider for a moment It Is easy to
see that things have not been moving
so slow. 1t Is probably true that a live
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GOOD WATER sYsTEM.

Beatty, Gold Center and Rhyoli3 have
been provided with water systems: the
latter being supplied by three; the In
dian Springs system gets its supply
from springs located five miles from
town. while the Patrick and Bullfrog
systems bring water down the Amar-
gosa valley a distance Of from IA 10
l6 miles. People get meter measure and
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are charged at the rate OF cent per
gallon for the water used I'm the camp.
PROGRESSIVE RHYOLITE.
The citizens of the twin camps are
progressive, and this statement APP
plies particularly to those whose in
terests are conferred In Rhyolite. Here
a board OF trade is maintained 20 pro-
mote the general welfare OF the town
and district, and this fact was solen-
didly shown on the occasion OF the late
railroad day celebration at Beatty.
when the Rhyoite people joined with
their neighbor to make the affair
success. Another commendable thing
they did was the placing on exhibition
of an attractive assortment Of ore
from each of the principal mines of
the district, and placing men and teams
at the disposal OF visitors that they
might be permitted to see the mines
from which the ore had come.
TOWNS ARE UNITED.
For some time after the discovery
of mineral In the Bulfrog district.
there was considerable rivalry between
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

Mr.. Cross has made n comfortable
fortune out OF his Bullfrog mining
ventures and investments IN real es-
tate, and Is now one OF Rhyolite's most
esteemed citizens lie was one OF the
first 10 get into the Grceuwater, Cali
fornla. copper district. and expects to
come out Of there With a big clean
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How Nevada's Next Secretary of State Sees Bufrog.

At no time has the Bulfrog looked
better, felt stronger or enjoyed brighter
prospects than now.
The clark railroad has been for sew
eral weeks hauling freight and passen-
gers as far az Beatty,the beautiful little
harbor city on the banks Of the rip,
roaring, rustling Amargosa. The pio-
neer railroad builders are now pushing
construction into Rhyollte ana expect
to have the line finished into the
metropolis ere these few lines appeas
In print.
More investors are coming into the
camr now than ever before. And they
are Investing largely. They are anxious
10 get hold of anything within the rec
oguized mineral-bearing zone OF Bull
frog.
There Is no question but that the
certainty OF railroad facilities In the
near future has given an impetus TO
mining development work throughout
the camp, for on every hand the forces
Of workmen In and about the mines
have been augmented, and operators
are improving the time before tho adj
vent OF the railroads In blocking out
ore and getting ready to mako ship
mcnts at as early date as possible.
other mining camps have been
crowding onto the stage of action with
In the last few months. ANA naturally
men and money have been diverted to
these younger bellies from such camps
as Tonopah, Goldheld and BullfrOg.
Many of the newer camps-notabiy
Manhattan. Falrvlew and Wonder, to
the north; and Emigrant, Lee and
Greenwater, to the south-give splendid
promise OF making good. They have
real merit and are attracting a great
many people and much capital,
GOT EN- ALL COIN"
But" to use the words OF big in
weston who is just back from visit
to most OF these camps, "the Bullfrog
has them all skinned mile"
Bullfrog occupies position that -
unique. IL II n young camp, the first
discovery having been made by
shorty" Harris on the 18th day OF
July. 1904, yet It has long since passed
the experimental stage. only five COM
paratively small shipments have been
made from the camp, yet 1t has at
tracted some OF the biggest and best
mining men In the world.
Bullfrog stocks are firm and In de-
mand by those who are acquainted with
the securities. These stocks have stood
the test of the great San Francisco DIS
aster, as well as Of many hear attacks.
and prices have gradually gone sky
ward.
The camp Is also unique In that II mas
never had what Is usually regarded as
a ''boom." although II looks Just now
ms though a "boom." which Is dlspar-
aged by some and desired by others,
could not be headed of.
TIME FOR ACTION.
The time for getting action" on
some OF the mammoth bodies OF Bull
frog ores through mills and shelters,
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the towns Of Bullfrog and Rhyolite.
But this rivalry has died out Nearly
all the business houses of Bullfrog. the
town have moved up into the BUSH
ness portion of Rhyollte, but the
growth Of the latter has been so rapid
that the two places are Joined.
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DISCOVERED BY uTAH NAN.

II Is not generally known that one OF
the men who discovered ore and made
the Original Bullfrog location was
formerly a resident of Utah. His name
Is Ed l.. Cross, ana II was he who sug-
gested "Bullirog" TO his partner,
shorty" Harris as a good name for
the camp which they discovered In the
latter part Of July, 1904.
Mr.. Cross was seen by a representa-
tive of the Deseret News In Rhyolite
at the time OF the Beatty ceNbra-
ton, and was asked to give the cor
rect version of the events leading
up to the discovery which Is now re-
corded as one Of the principal events
Of Nevada history.
81 worked IN the Horn Silver mine
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HOW "Br1LFRod" WAS NAMED.

"But how aid YOU happen to select
'Bullfrog' as name for tho camp"
was asked
"Well. on the way IN, shorty Hnrris
ond were attracted by the great num-
hers OF horned to0de IN the country
tr0vcrsed by u.s. ana when IL cana TO
choosing a name FOR the camp. the
presence Of the numberlcss toads sug-
Rested 'Bullfrog. shorty and
were agreed that some short catchy
name was tho right thing. 90 we hit on
the title the camp now bears. | have
read good many different stories as
10 how the camp received It's name,
but what ! have told you is the truth
nbout N "
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TIME FOR ACTION.

The time for getting action" on
some OF the mammoth bodies OF Bull
frog ores through mills and shelters,
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g as Nevada Mining n,,d Railroad Center.

NAL We had no assay outfit along.
nut the ore looked mighty good to as.
ana after gathering lot OF samples
We pulled out Tor Goldgeld to have
ON assayed. on finding that
rock went az high as 500 10 the
We lost no time In getting back to
mn, when we located three claims.
ah afterwards became the property
ne Original Bullfrog company.
soon became aware" continued
Cross, that we made one serious
AXE that we should have located
ground. The news soon leaked
tho rush started. and the people
ioldilold and "0nopah learned that
new camp had been discovered. they
asted no time IN getting into It. Sew
cral shipments hnyo been made from
the Original Rullfrug mine, and be-
tween 500 and $500 was realized from
The FIRST lot the next one brought $500
Put the bulk OF the Original ore ia low
grade, and we fgure 70 WIN have TO
undergo mill treatment The company
IL IN good shape hnnnclaly, and r. ono
OF the several that WIN provide facil-
itles Tor treatment " ia ores IN tho
near future.
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d 'NNuEs HAVE BEEN RApIp.

Va the as Is taken into consideration
tsllct do development of the BuIifrog
W. A'' extend over u period OF
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TIE VEIN SYSTEM.

N ths p' bearing veins characteristic
tnd n, 'ul'lIog camps usually have
hrs ~. little east OF north and
h1sd M. oi south and certain Quartz
lsh WIN tale between rhyolite and
lsa ,onI ~ many Instances they have
{ ne M or. 70 pc vide. The veins opened
" IS f ea, somery Shoshone In places
Rhh No NJ y IN tho Tramp, 100 feet;
v Feet c .yet' Original Bunfrog, over
Nj ana I i BAR and Homestake, 200
Ma fSas other mines Il Is cor mon
N sIj,S'S anywhere from Is 10 30 feet
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-31
DowIE's FIGHT
NOT OVER
PROPHET WILL MAKE. soMR
SORT OF AN APPEAL FROM
JUDGE LANDis' DECISION.

John Alexander Dowie's lght for
control In the Christian Catholic
church OF Zion Is not ended. accord.
ing to Emil @, wettcn. his counsel.
who said az Chicago yesterday that
plans for some sort OF appeal from
Judge Landis' decision might he an
nounced early this week Receiver
John Craig Hately. accompanied by
his counsel. went out to Zion City
yesterday To look over the proper
ties and investigate the financial and
industrial situation. Their aim will
he to conserve the estate so far MS
possible, and II found practicable to
run the industries with a view to
making returns tn the investors I'm
Zion, who otherwise would have to
be content with n small percentage.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-31
COMING TO BLUEFIELD

Mr. f. B. Walters. who is favorab-
ly known to all our people as the
former manager of the Walters Prin-
Ting and Manufacturing Company. IL
coming 10 Bluefleld TO make IL his
permanent home. He accepts n place
ON the Daily Leader and will throw
his energies and experience toward
the building OF the business OF the
concern with view Of becoming In
terested permanently ia the city OF
Bluefeld. While he will give some
attention to the newspaper. he will
devote most OF his time to the Job
printing department and viii lend
his experience aud labor toward
turning ont the very best work Hay-
Ing the very best machinery OF every
kind. Mr.. Walters will be better pre-
pared than ever 10 pleas" his old Gus
toners and friends. with his aid we
shall be able 10 push the printing
business IN this region with more
satisfactory results than ever before.
and We feel much clated that We nave
procured his valuable services.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-31
FRIENDLY FEELING
FOR WHITE.
ONLY THAT SAID TO BE SHOWN
BY LETTERS WRITTEN BY
THAW'S WIFE BEFORE
HER MARRIAGE.

number of letters written by
Evelyn Nesbit TO Stanford White be-
fore her marriage to Harry X Thaw
and the reports Of detectives employ
Cd by White were given into the GUS
tody OF District Attorney Jerome at
New York yesterday by Delaney
NicOll counsel for the family Of
Stanford White. Miss Nesbits let
tiers are said 10 show only o friendly
feeling for White. The detectives
we're employed By White after he
suspected that he was being watched
by men employed by Thaw II was
lcarend yesterday that Rev. John a.
Wade. the Tombs chaplain. who
sailed yesterday for Europe. carried
with him number OF letters 10 he
countess of Yarmouth. the prisoners
sister when Mrs Thaw was sing
the Tombs. after visiting be- nus
band yesterday, she was questioned
about the letters 10 the countess or
Yarmouth She replied 81 don't
wish TO talk about them" Roger
OMara of Pittsburg. again visited
Thaw yesterday
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-31
HOW ASSASSINS
WERE FOILED.

The anarchist plot 10 assasslnate
King victor OF italy by placing
bombs on the railway line at AncOna
was frustrated in q remarkable man
ner. One day last week we'll known
English mining engineer. who had
several engagements in Spain. was
riding on n motor omnibus down the
TOttcnham Court road Two foreign
ers ascended and INDUCED in heat
Cd conversation in the Catalan dia-
lect OF Spanish a dialect The English
engineer spoke perfectly. owing TO
his long residence Zoo Catalonia. lie
overheard the whole details OF q plot
TO blow up the King of ltaly's train
near AncOna Realizing the gravity
Of the situation. he alighted and took
cab 10 Scotland yard where he
told his story At frat the officials
were inclined TO cough. but his grav-
ity and credentials at length con-
yinced them that there might be
something in his statement Eventu-
ally the italian police were telegraph
cd to. the bombs we're discovered and
the perpetration Of terrible outrage
prevented.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-31
WILL THE PRESIDENT
"STAND PAT"

According To the reports from Oy-
ster Bay the President has taken
charge of the Republican Congress
ional campaign and is quite optimis-
tic about the result The committee
has hintcd that it must have money
or disaster will follow. and the pres
ident viii no doubt attend to this
necessary part OF republican polltic8.
From whom can Mr.. Roosevelt collect
funds To elect u republican congress-?
IL would be useless Co call on tho
Life Insurance companies, as I'm the
last campaign. for tho policyholders
are watching the management OF
those institutions much closer than
in 1904 The president has evidently
collected by the Bureau of Corpora
lions against many trusts. that IL fol
lowed mp by the Department of JUS
tice, would convict those corpora
ilons. VIII they come down" to
prevent publicity? ?
The natural resource for rcpubli-
can campaign funds Is the protected
interests and mouopolists that are
sheltered by the tarin. But they
would undoubtedly require prom
ise OF mo meddllng with the tariff"
win Prcsiednt Roosevelt ngrcc to
stand pat? That IS the question
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-31
BRYAN ENTERTAINED
BY THE IRISH CLUB.
TOLD WHAT SONS or ERIN HAVE
DONE HERE.

LONDON, JULY 80.-Mr and Mrs.
William ]. BRYAN were the guests at
a reception given by the Irish Club
here. They were Welcomed In behalf
of the members by +. p. o'Connor.
Mr., Bryan replied briefly. thanking
the members of the club. and dwell
Ing on the important part played by
the Irish in building mp the United
States
MIR. and Mrs. Bryan accompanied
by Col. Wetmore left later for Hol-
land. They will visit Amsterdam and
the Hague on Sunday. and go to
Cologne Monday, where MIR. aud Mrs
Bryan will join their daughter and
then go on up the Rhine. through
Switzerland and TO Venice. Florence.
and Naples. successfully. making
short stops and reaching Paris be-
tween August 10 and 10. They will
then go To Madrid. Granada and Gil
bralter. whence they Will sail for
home on August 20.
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PUBLIC OWNERHIP
THE RULE

When Japan buys its railroads,
England and the United States Will
be the only Rrst-class powers not
looking To government ownership.
Even In England. by law (act of
lSi4), the railroads can be bought
on three-months' notice for % times
their average "divisible pronts" for
three years before. with arbitration
as To future profits.
If our railroads were bought on
this plan. drawn mp by William H.
Gladstone. the shareholders would
be bought out now for $1,025, 900
900. The par OF the shares Is So
f7.015.700. This makes no account
Of bonds which would remain like
moragage when Il man buys a
horse Philadelphia Press.
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BIG FEE FOR
MEDICAL SERVICE.

DIR. Frank Billings nled In the
probate court at Chicago sworn
claim for $4,000 against the Mar
shall Field estate. The bin IL for
seven days professional attendance
on Mr.. Field In New York hotel
when he was suffering the attack ot
pneumonia that caused his death
The fec ls believed To be- one OF the
largest ever charged by u physician I'm
the United states for services that
did not include the performance of a
surgical operation. II has been an
nounced that there Is no intention on
the part OF the trustees OF the estate
to contest the claim OF Or. billings.
They readily accepted the service of
the papers In the ease