Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
LOCAL OPERATORS
At SEARCHL|GHT
PLANNING TO ACQUIRE MINING
AND TOWNSHIP PROPERTY
Los Angeles and San Pedro Men In-
erested-Four Hundred Men Em-
ployed and Monthly Pay
roll s Large

searchlight, Nevada, which has been
designated THE camp without a fail
ure,' is receiving much attention re-
Gently at the hands of Los Angeles In
vestors. Doubtless much of this activ-
ity Is due to the rapidity with which
the Santa Fe is building a branch line
from Barnwell to the camp, a distance
of twenty-seven miles Dirt is flying
on this coming railroad connection and
the latest report is that 500 men are
employed.
A. T. Jergins, the we'll known real
estate operator; II. II. McCord, a large
owner of. San Pedro property; H.
Shannon and j. Donnan Ravis of the
Pacific Coast Mines Bureau comprised
the personnel of party of Los An
gelenos that visited the camp last
week. This coterie of business men
went to the camp for the purpose of
looking over number of valuable
mining properties and parcels of real
estate with a view of purchasing same.
They were accompanied from Nipton
to the camp and back by August Han
stadt, the owner of the townsite of
Nipton and a mining man of wide ex-
perience.
The party travelled as far as Nipton
on the Salt Lake route, which is at
present the quickest line, and the trip
from Nipton into the camp and back
was made in good time in a private
conveyance.
Conditions at Searchieht
Mr. Reavis, one of the members Of
the party, in speaking of the trip,
said There is a parallel between the
conditions now existing at Searchlight
and those that did exist in Tonopah
before the railroad was built in the
later camp. The mines of Searchlight,
like those of Tonopah, have already
been proven to be of great magnitude.
The ore has been developed in the
Quartette mine to depth of nearly
1000 feet, and the lowest workings in
the Duplex, Cyrus Noble and Search
light NJ. & NJ. Co. are in better ore
than was encountered on any of the
levels. Fortunately for the camp, wa
ter has been found in the lower levels
In sufficient quantities to supply all
purposes. In fact, the supply of water
in the Pompeii mine is so great that
there is sufficient water for the entire
town as we'll as for all the nearby min
ing properties. So large is the flow
of water in this mine that a pump of
| 500, 900 gallons every twenty-four hours
will be installed to keep the workings
free of water.
ma turally the permanency of the
mines has given intrinsic value to the
real estate in the town and the prices
asked today for business lots as COM
pared with six months ago are similar
to the raises that have occurred within
the same period of time in Los Ange-
les business property. To own a lot
on the main street in Searchlight
means that a storekeeper Is assured
of plenty of business, for this street
in the camp is really a miniature
Broadway.
Nearly 400 men are now employed
in the mines and the payroll is said
to run up to $4,000 month. Many of
the thriftier miners are building homes
on the townsite and large sums of
money have recently been spent for
residence and business buildings.
After careful resume of things as
l saw them / think l am safe in pre-
dieting that Searchlight is going to
equal or surpass the growth that has
been experienced by Goldfeld, Tono
pah and Manhattan"