The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-02-09
BERTCH
VISITING CAMP

Judge George w. Bartch.. chief JUS
tice of the Utah supreme court, and Tor
the past 20 years a prominent member
of the judiciary of that state. was in
Goldfeld a few days this week upon
what he termed "a vacation trip"
Unlike many of his colleagues on the
bench Judge Bartch takes every possible
opportunity when relieved of the stress
of his official duties to a~cquaint himself
with mines and mining-the subject of
the bulk of the business which is passed
up to his court for review. For a num-
Der of years Judge Bartch has made ex-
cursions to the mining sections of the
country. This is his second visit to
Goldfeld, the occasion of his former
trip being a year ago, when he made a
tour of the Bullfrog country and South
ern Nevada. He takes a keen interest
in the geological formation of the west.
1t is a study with him, his investiga-
tons being confined to no particular
section, but widely scattered.
Electric lights, water, sewers. a rail-
road and fine buildings. That's pretty
good for a camp but little more than
two years DID," said Judge Bartch. ex-
pressing himself to The News. "Of
course when / was here a year ago you
were making a start. but I scarcely ex-
pected to find the improvements which
are now apparent on every a Today
many of the mining properties that were
but prospects then have good ore and
are making shipments.
and want to pay just a word of
compliment to the men of Goldfield.
Nowhere. gathered together In a western
mining camp will you find a more in
dustrious, enterprising or energetic col
lection of people thar are to be found
right here. The Goldfeld men are
hustlers. Their work is reflected in the
remarkable progress which has been
made in the development of all of the
mines. as well as in the transformation
of a tent town into a city of substantial
proportions.
From a geological view point Ne
vada is a most fascinating state. 1 be-
lieve the mineral zone extends from
Virginia City to Bullfrog and Search
light, and thence to the Colorado river.
Nowhere in the world do mining camps
spring up as they do in Nevada What
today is a barren waste, is tomorrow the
scene of aggressive human ~endeavors.
To my mind there is nothing in the
United States which equals the mineral
belt of this state. 1t is probably the
most remarkable formation in the world.
and presents the greatest possibilities
for development found anywhere, where
men delve into the earth for precious
metals. l believe tina within a few
-. NT1.,ol. ILL alxo-4N . - %L1 G,~%
column as a mineral producing state.
The state has but fairly started, but it
can be said in all conservatism that it's
start is truly a good one. There is
positively no limit to the possibilities
for future development of the mineral
deposits.
This field is a most inviting one for
capital. And it will prove more so in
the future. The successes of the past
will interest e~nterprising men with
money. The west is always attractive
to the east. and where investments offer
good returns, ample capital is always
forthcoming.
cat Manhattan / found the town
growing with m-ushroom-like %rapidity.
New buildings are going up everywhere
and ore is being shipped from a num-
Der of properties. The assures of the
camp are pronounced, running east and
west with a net work of cross veins.
The ore seems to be the richest at the
junctures. The deposits contain lots of
iron oxides as in Goldfeld inc just east
of Manhattan is a great granite dyke.
The country is highly mineralized and
the camp, in my opinion. has wonder
full possibilities"