The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-07
BUL[FROG HAS HER
HUSTL|NG TOGS ON
Editor Earle r. Clemens of
Rhyolite Talks of the
Rich Camp.
MINING TOWN IS TAKING
ON METROPOLITAN AIRS
1t Is Up to Zion Wholesalers to
Get Busy Down That
Way.

we are expecting ap eAceptlonal
boom In Bullfrog this fall and winter, J"
said Earle R. Clemens, one of the pub
fishers of the Rhyolite (Nev) Herald,
who is at the Wilson for brief stay.
"The indications are that the initial
boom will be far eclipsed, and that the
| district will be overfiowing with sub
stantial improvements this winter. The
completion Of the Las Vegas & Tono
pah railway will be accomplished at an
opportune time, just when the cool
weather will be coming on, and this can
not fail to bring permanency and pros
perity in its wake.
"During the summer months all of
the big corporations have continued de"
been made. The principal feature of
the summer g work, however, has been
the blocking out Of immense ore bodies
in the proven properties and the going
down of the ore in the working mines
is being demonstrated with every de-
gree of success.
"The Bullfrog district has command
ed the attention of most of the big
mining men of the country. Charles
Farrell, w V. Rice, John W. Brock,
Senator ". A. Clark and other men
prominent in the mining world have big
interests there, and have outlined and
commenced extensive developments.
Financially, the district is in good
hands, and its destiny will be wrought
out by the men who have made millions
out Of mineral and who should know
the good things. Up to date there is
nothing but encouragement in the de-
velopment Of the mines, and capital has
not been slow In appreciatlng the stu
alton.
Water In Abundance.
'From some source, the impression
has been given that the Bullfrog dis
trict has no water. II is q fact, how
ever, that the district has developed
more water than Tonopah and Goldfeld
combined. and that the Amargosa river
bed, which penetrates the heart of the
camp, contains an lnexhaustlble supply
Of water, with enough in sight to
operate thousands Of stamps and supply
thousands of people for domestic pur
poses The town Of Rhyolite has three
separate water systems, furnishing
good spring water for domestic use and
fire protection. Several mills are prom
ised as soon as the railroad is COM
pleted With plenty Of ore, which is
the first consideration, plenty Of water
and good transportation facilities, and
with the backing of some of America g
biggest operators, the Bul}frog district
is sure to come rapidly to the front as
producing camp.
"The town Of Rhyolite has been TAX
past few months Large frame and
stone buildings have been built, and
the business interests have evidenced
confidence in marked degree.
Herald Is Expanding.
"The Herald's hand press, for ex-
ample, has been discarded, and large
cylinder press installed, with the doub
ling Of the size Of the paper, which is
now eight pages, and this is just in
keeping with the universal progress that
is being made in the embryonic city.
Rhyolite his literally swallowed up the
town Of Bullfrog, from which nearly
every business house has been hauled
bodily to the metropolis. The Rhyo-
lite and Bullfrog postoffices are only
one mile apart, and the two towns
struggled for supremacy for some
months, but today they are united in
one good town that seems destined to
become the leading mining community
Of the commonwealth of Nevada.
"The neighborIng camps, tributary
to Rhyollte, are also coming into prom
inence. The Wild Rose district, or
Emlgrant Springs section, which is
reached from Rhyolite via Death Val
ley, is slated for its first big boom this
fall. Schwab and others have secured
the principal strikes and are making
preparations for extensive work. Green
water. Lees, Funeral Range, Transvaal
and Gold Mountain are all in line for
great advances during the winter sea-
SON
Zion Should Get Busy.
"1t is up to Salt Lakers to do some
fine business down our way conclud-
ed Mr.. Clemens. HThe wholesalers
here don { seem to be alive to the real
condition down there, and could be
turning n lot of trade this way with
little effort, The Las Vegas G Tono-
pah railway should make Salt Lake the
principal supply point for the southern
Nevada camps, and the opportunities
will be big. When the Tonopah & Tide
water is finished from the south, and
the Bullfrog- -Goldfeld railway gets into
Rhyolite from the north, Salt Lake will
have all the coast towns in competi-
ton. These roads are also building into
Rhyoite. and it will be but few