The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-12-01
CONDITIONS IN GoLDFIELD

The big storm of the past few days, day. ,s s9 ? saa as sa i "a t with sss Z sm s'S ss
i ine1 am nd everyone is feeling to greater n less des, Ts n s,usay is 81 r. nd doe m Dot do
a dssses I NJ ny sD mean s' to the mnda n heart snding stories ss s being scattered sastsr au SSsc
me s sSs enrichment shTssse Of s9s sh S's space 20 r sS sof1sspenasn,s for assessi ss {. s nss
fs" aasse IN is G n disposition OF the part of the eOldasld News $, . Oo try : to mi IN 9as
the dissomforts n paIs perhaps s. Of st. the sn psssns ss siS. sSss the tn e sases Conditions % ian
he e r eandidliy ya and truthfuny set forth by this paper, which is looked TO- In 0an
Try i reports t' have been spread about that eoldaeld is in a per is4' , situation son rl
,sn sr ts9a M that aa all s sps sss ei sss f III p' apon r community ard IA, m people
arc ayns t ~ sa s o maa clement naas Of truth in such stories is 20 . be denied led but
We protest against The nysts smI s s1s s@ss aasss of the facts as u'h'n'a IN some
d aas sdn IS sa g n issasa soSn me in ' the midst 70 Of the Nevada desert; the terminus nus
Of 4 a a single mna me S ow raI it is anu aggregation gG of tents, shacks, dugout, with a
i e fat sse aa @o of sns surrounding desert distance from Dse Of supplies the
town onat lis m05s n snya ought p ef a %in sa@ !" storm storm. For this reason he storm that
- ssa I aaa the 9s Suffering snf s' hs S s@' considerable osi And + situation mas beer
ssss1 ~sss WHY i ss ssns ss q s Ss nsys 81 s masa to believe Within = : = 4 hours our.
ne Ss threatening in 1% so tie til mp up t h railroads md suspend traffic entirely for the he
tanse D saW init naoG oa H@ana 70 this i ssa as@ dep@abIs fuel famine exists and try as
; oa merchants IN ss IN se e1l of n I wood paO enough sg nso prevent s1sgsHs actual as@i suffering in many
cases sss;aa And l. as ,i if furt ass to q % or nesas of rhers , is a l Scarcity aNO Of cars all along the
s sgseia ans T. ssn southern s1nP Pss 9%sn ~@ S'e 81 ogden csa n sS%n line from ogden : San Fran
sss is = the Ss1 railroads d9e eoId handle hand it. And this applies to Al kinds ? freight
freight hf For OF instances, III he sa ao@aesd News, which "a been buying It's paper by
the ssr,9 tas has msn sa PAPER ia h @ ms sas Ms its snp sIs has become ass nss entirely ssnaaMed,
esnsisn ass1snt By f sup sns present ss ad ssrasssp IS sV wsh have found to VI dismay and
unaoing and nd we su oppose tn t this pa paper ae h ds as mdea 70 r assep. t the 0Msaaa c@n
institution as n o sss overt sMy vm m w se sv ws no se eonsr roIs seu e agt that everything is be
ing ns dome to correct conditions, nd that ; situation win work its way o o.n in
no s Conditions nsS ea On ss9theT Before asVs ss great as a MOHAWK strike atn 1 which Set the country
lo traffic eaonab we'll and although thu own was u II people, avery me
was comfortably housed and there wasp plenty to eat n aI I11n.. bus as I Ia al s na
storm of the pastf fey days broke upon tn town, there was al infux OF people
That fell upon Goldfeld like a swarmingo # bees. They poured In pom a owl
that was already full to overlooking, and in the midst of as fierce a storm as
ever swept thu finty wastes # Nevada desert It was phhful and cruel and OF
course, there was suffering and sickness n DEATH.
There have been many deathsi in Goldfeld the past month or W more, perl
hans tina people generally know about; but they have not been In such mper
as have been reported. The death rate during n worst of TINS PrevaaMhe storm
has averaged not more than 4 per- day, as against M as reported. Al me ZINE
there were IA bodies at The morgue but that covered the mortality Tor several
days. But these deaths did not result from any inherent dousne or deprav1ty
OF the climate. Nevada's climate o n the whole, compares very iavorapy WITT
particular time, was that tn people were not prepared Tor sue a sharp storm
and there were more people than accommodations. Exposure resulted. either
sefimposed or unavoidable, and with hospitals full and n 10 other haven for the
sick to BIZ nursed back into health. many deaths naturally resulted ~ In many
Some of or many visitors seemed to think The people If Goldheld Were TO pc
held responsible in m way for their discomfors As If they had been invited
here to a great circus, their money taken and then turned adrtt wrhou shelter
or omr entertainment. In fact several nformal gna meeLhgs were
held encouraged b v the hystria of a 'tendafot" newspaper, to denounce the
people of Goldfed for not having built hotels and fine restaurants for them, rs
if all that the pioneers I'M here for was 20 discover a gold CAM n buId a
friends, we beg to say that the pioneers Of thisc camp came into this desert to
mine They we're miners and not hotel keepers. They did lot come to build a
tropical garden, or a mme resort r have they advertised this camp as
such. They were no more under obligations to divert their money intended for
heweres. Tt simply was not in their line. But hotels wee built, and good ones
toob blu unfortunately, they burned down. Now, these self same gentlemen who
have CON here to speculate in mining stocks and run newspapers n things
have the I'M opportunity to serve their fellow me Of the future Gddhed, asl
their money building hotels as were the pioneer miners. Some day. in the future
there may be another storm, and there nay be more people than accommodations
Get to work, gentlemen. It makes NJ difference what your occupation, or how
you wan TO usey your money. 1t is the way you ought TO use Tor In time TIT
fenderfeet may "cuss' you toe for the lack of hotel facilities and bad weather /
In the meantime, however, the storm will blow over,n new railroad will be
built more houses AM hotels will go up, the water n sewer systems will be
Let us be thankful it is no worse,a and try to cultivate h spirit and fortude of
te pioneers IF Goldfed, and thus help in contributing III part, to the making of
ne greatest gold camp N the footSool If the Almighty.