Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-07-07

tricts. The Funeral Range lies to the
south and 1t is the equal OF any dis.
trict In the state II is here where
Patsy Clark made his wonderful cop
per discovery and where Jim Harvey
Is moulding for future generations .
second Butte. both correspondingiy
rich in the realms of advancement
and in point of production.
Butte is yet in the very height of
its prosperity. Butte has not had its
day But when Butte begins to de-
cline. another will step forward to the
footlights and preserve to posterity
the enormous amount of copper nee
essary to supply the world. and the
copper country that will answer to the
demand will be where Patsy Clark has
commenced to brush the trail
There are railroads here, there and
everywhere. The Senator Clark sys-
tenn and the Tonopah & Goldfield
road running from Sodaville to Gold
field, are both striving for advantages
one over the other. 1t Is the con-
sensus of opinion among close OBJ
servers that the Hartman system,
that of the Las Vegas & Tonopah and
the Southern Pacific branch leading
out of Reno to Sodaville, win either
buy the Goldfield & Tonopah or paral-
lei their line. driving them from the
field of usefulness. They may But
then, here comes the Borax Smith
road toward Rhyolite as fast as
money and men can do the work, lay
ing down the gage OF battle Borax
Smith is building from Ludlow. sta
ton on the Santa Fe. He is far on
the way toward Gold Center, which
destination he promises to reach by
September. Smith has the Santa Fe
for an outlet, while the Goldfield IL
Tonopah can hope for an outlet by the
Borax Smith. or the Tonopah & Tide
water on the south and by the West
ern Pacific on the north; that is,
when that road is In readiness to do
business.
At present fight is on. The Clark
road is paralleling the Goldfield & To-
nopah and the Goldfield & Tonopah is
doing the same by the Clark system.
The value and the permanency of the
mines have been positively determined
and the respective roads are strain
ing everything known to 'the trick in
the trade" advantageous to their re-
spectfve- corporations. The Goldfield
& Tonopah are working on this end.
They have graded a few miles in the
vicinity of Gold Center They have
also graded for their yard. and they,
too, are coming on from Goldfield.
while the Clark system to even up
conditions have corps of civil en-
gineers laying out the road south to
connect with the branch of the Harri-
man system at Sodayille. There Is
mountains upon mountains of ore to
move The ore is not In one mine, but
1t is scattered over sixteen square
miles of country, and there is tonnage
for more than the Anaconda Hill In
Butte. and that is why both railroads
are striving for advantage one with
the other.
All of the towns now are but a sea
of tents. They are scattered about
everywhere. used for every kind of
business and habitation. Lots bring
fabulous prices in Rhyolite, running
high up into the four and Ave figures.
Real estate is in demand and lots like
stock always have their bids and
asked price. No installments with
which to deal. but "jawbone music.
by way of preliminary. a trade and
money on the spot. They do pretty
business. both in Gold Center and in
Rhyolite. Nothing in the world that
betters It,
Here in Bullfrog. the district. the
Tiger has a home in paradise. Money
is plentiful and the license. high as is
extorted by Nevada laws. is paid with
out a murmur. and the Tiger purrs
in placid contentment. There are no
'pikers" here; or. at least. it has not
been our pleasure to have found them.
They play the limit and sometimes
the dealer throws the game wide open
when the boys pile It on away up TO
the ceiling. Fortunes are won and lost
in single night with no care or
thought OF the loved ones far away in
distant homes. No care for even
himself upon the desert Money with
many has no value. They earn and
spend. but for thought OF home or
fireside. II is a dream long since for
gOttan