Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-30
MINES AND MINING
IN THREE BIG STATES
BOOM IS NOW ON AT SEARCHLIGHT
Pen Picture of the Town That Attracts Capital
Strikes in Northern Nevada-Group of Mines
Sold for ,OOOOOO-ScOtty in the Desert.

The famous searchight mining dis
trict in Nevada is under the limelight.
Facts about Searchlight follow;
SearchIight has a population Of 1900
Inhabitants; 700 men employed in the
mines: an altitude of $500 fet; a good
climate, permitting work the year
round: a cheap and abundant water
supply; good ice plant; excellent no.
tells; an electric light and power plant
within a few weeks of completion;
railroad within few miles and coming
nearer every day; over forty active
mines, of which the following are
equipped with stamp mills: Quartette
Mining company, 20 stamps adding
2O); Cyrus Noble Mining company, 10
stamps: Duplex Mining company, 10
stamps; Searchlght M. and NJ. COM
pany, 10 stamps; Southern Nevada
Mining company, 10 stamps; New Era
Mining company 10 stamps; Black
Hawk Mining company, 10 stamps;
Techaticup Mining company, 10 stamps;
Chiquita Consolidated Mining COM
pany. . stamps.
searchlight has produced over
5000, 900.
Booming at Searchiight
The Herald was first to print the
news of the purchase in Searchlight of
the Duplex Extension group of four
claims at Searchlight, adjoining the
rich Duplex mine bought by John
Brockmar and Count James Portals
six months ago for $250,000. The pur-
chase of Duplex Extension by the "a
cific Coast Mines Bureau of Los An
geles from Allison & White was
transfer involving $4,000.
Another big transaction in Search
light during the past week is the pur-
chase of the townsite of Searchl1ght
by a syndicate of Los Angeles capital
lists headed by H. H. McCord. Capital
lists from Los Angeles are doing much
investing in Searchlight and are ahead
of the boom which is promised when
the railroad now building from Barn
well reaches the camp.
Contractors are pushing grading on
the road and have completed the work
nine miles out of Marvel. Rails have
been shipped and track laying will be-
gin this week. The exact site of the
terminal and station in Searchlight
have not been announced, but the
townsite is clearly defined and the
improvements are so substantial that
the railroad must come to the town
rather than the town move to the rail-
road. with electric power installed
a trolley line will soon be running. A
local office of the Townsite company
will be erected on Main street. The
Pacific Coast Mines Bureau has al
ready purchased a lot to erect a Dulld-
ing for its purposes.
The Barnwell G. Searchlight railroad
has established shipping station nine
miles from Barnwell and about twelve
miles from Searchlight. The hardest
part of the grading has been accom-
plished, and as the level prairie be-
tween the nine-mile point and Search
light will offer practically no obsta-
cles to construction, the ticket stamp
will soon be working in Searchlight.
SmeIter at Good Springs
A wonderful impetus has been given
to the Mob Hill district of Ell Dorado
canyon by reason of the proposed erec-
tion of the smelter at Good Springs,
twenty-four miles from the summit
The matter of erecting smelter has
been in contemplation for some time
past and engineers have been in the
canyon recently and sampled many OF
the mines to ascertain what tonnage
was available for smelling purposes.
$4,ooo,ooo Mining Deal
Montana station, fifteen miles from
Gold Mountain and half way between
GolL-eld and Bullfrog, is the center of
the present time, and a mining deal
of great magnitude has lately been
transacted which entails the eXpend-
iture of over $4,000,0O0 and comprises
the purchase OF the entire control of
the Bonnie Clare property of the Bon
ME Clare-Bullfrog Mining and Milling
company.
A syndicate of men, each of whom
can sign his check for millions, has
been formed and has had miner in
its employ for some time in the work.
ings of the property. His report to the
syndicate disclosed the fact that the
Bonnie Glare property is a veritable
catacomb of wealth as a result of the
past fourteen years. work which has
been done. Tons of $40 and $50 ore have
been uncovered; $142, 900 has already
been realized as a result of ore shipped
from the ordinary process of develop
ment without Stopping, or in any way
seeking to touch the ore beds that
were passed through by the develop
ing tunnels.
An option has already been taken
on the control of the stock as held
by Mr.. Forester of Los Angeles, and
another party is also endeavoring to
obtain this control. Should the deal
go through, 100-stamp mill will be
erected at once in place of the 15-stamp
mill now on the property, and the pro-
duction of the mine will be increased
until it reaches a tremendous sum.
1t is stated that the progress of the
railroad toward Bullfrog was what
originally led the investing syndicate
to turn its attention to the Bonnie
Clare Willis George Emerson of Los
Angeles recently sold his complete in
terest and it is stated he netted a sum
close to $4,000 for a very small part of
the property. The news is hailed
throughout Nevada as one more step
In the great progress that this wonder
full state is making in the mineral line.
scotty in the Desert
Since the abandonment of his dram
attic career Walter Scott the "Scotty"
of Death valley fame, has again ap-
peared In his old title role as operator
of a mysterious mine, hidden some
where in the perilous region of death.
Charles Thompson and Bert Miller of
Bullfrog, who were out prospecting in
the country round about Furnace
creek reported having seen and trav-
eled with "Scotty" five or six days ago.
They met him first at Benefits well
one morning where he had camped the
night before. He had with him ''Slim,"
his famous saddle mule, and two other
portly Missouri mules loaded heavily