Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31
Mines and Mining
THE STRENUOUS GOLD HUNTER.
Incidents in His Busy Hestlsas Life
Fortune Hunters.

Special Coffespondence Of The Star.
GOLDFIELD. New. August 10. 1905.
Golddeld the wonderful! Wonderful be-
cause today Sunday there is = denser
crowd on Main street than may be seen
on Broadway or 9th avenue. and that In q
little city Of approximately 10000 inhab-
itants and less than two years old. What
unrest! What hunger for riches! Men who
have millions In sight. who are working
sixteen to twenty hours a day looking after
those interests. find time to 30 hiking over
hills and desert looking at new camps
where strikes are reported
D. Mackenzie. . prosperous broker. mine
owner and lease worker here, returned last
night from an auto trip to various new
camps. And how came her In a gray
business suit and light tan shoes which he
happened to have on two weeks ago when
some fellow shouted to him through his
ofice window to Join an auto prospecting
party. How unlike 6cotchman to be
supercharged with enthusiasm-to be buoy
ed beyond the nervous pitch OF French
man. Mackenzie tells Of riches that sur
prise even the mining men here.
A lithe-limbed. muscular individual with
noyish face, dressed In the prevailing
yesterdaS WSo q hs, ss.nd ean the
oilers. 'Oh, that's Chafey-E. 8. Chafey.
Hes the fellow that walked into Tonopah
IN January Of 1905. He got a Job unloading
u
walked on to Goldield. From Goldaeld he
walked to Bullfrog-eighty-four miles-car-
Tying his prospector's supplies on his back.
he finally landed in Beatty. in the Bullfrog
district. with $40 in his pocket. Things
looked good there, so he went out and
spent the $40 for drinks and cigars During
the day he did odd jobs for wages; at night
he slept in the sage brush that grows on
the hills. A good-hearted storekeeper cred
the hills IL
First he located water rights on the Ar
magosa river. These he bonded and got
$50 down. Afterward he took a partner
named Probasco. and together they. cx-
plored the Transvaal (Nevada) mountains.
They didn't mind the little walk Of eight
miles twice each day to their prospect
holes The claims they located looked good
to them and also to ;. c. Mccormick Of
Goldfield and to R. w. Corral of San
third interest in the Transvaal and Congo
properties. Later T. L. Oddie paid $4,000
for half interest in two adjoining claims.
No Chafey rides In big auto controls
Emigrant Springs. Cal. is I'm big on the
towns of Dyke and Copperopilis and in
Humboldt county has a copper camp named
after him. He Is shipping 1900 ore. and
has news of $500 ore from Transvaal. Yes,
he's made it. 49, ''"--
Chafey looks like a hard working team
ster. and Is just about as modest and re-
served. He writes his name like school
ma am would, and then Invites everybody
to have drink. Ask him about his hard
ships and he don't understand. These men
out here eat hardships and obstacles. 1t
is singular to hear them talk They have
prospected and mined in Alaska. in Call
fcrnia, in Australia. in Cripple Creek. in
Mexico. and one old grizzied scout said the
other day that he hopes there is gold in
hell" A hard lot? No kinder hearted.
better disposed class Of men live than
these typical tent dwellers. ;5-s- r.
Around Goldfield activity continues. The
ctr nvNho Ia iFef yexa
daily-one at night.
Morton & Cox. two boy Brokers. have
just leased parcel Of ground on the
Combination fraction More sudden riches
to be spent in New York in years to come
January Jones came III today from his
lease ON the Cornishman with some un-
usual ore resembling composition Of tale.
and quartz It is identical In appearance
with the good stuff taken out Of the
Jumbo. It looks like another $500 strike
from the paintings.