Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-17
EXCITEMENT ON
At GREENW WATER
COPPER DEPOSITS SEND MIN
ERS TO INY0 COUNTY
Future of Searchlight District Prom
ises Big Returns-Prosperity
in Arizona-Luck at
Manhattan

mo fixed rule appears to exist for
the deposit of mineral said Charles
Evans, a successful leaser.
THE old adage that gold is where it
is found is as true today as when it was
first enunciated. One thing, however,
can be fairly well depended upon when
searching for gold in Manhattan dis
trict. Select hills that are low and of
soft formation, as they were less able
to resist the volcanic and seismic action
which occurred in the mineral forming
period. 1t is also noteworthy that,
while the foot walls are usually strong
enough to restrain the values, they pos
sess the happy faculty of frequently
making their escape through the hang
ing walls, and it is not unusual to pick
up a fine bunch of pay ore at some dis
tance from the main ledge"
Values High at Greenwater
Excitement over the copper deposits
recently discovered in the Greenwater,
Cal, district is on the increase. Hun
dredS of men have braVed the dangers
of the desert to get into Inyo county
and locate prospects in the new field
sixty miles south of Bullfrog. 1t is
stated that within the past two weeks
there has been realized cash aggregat-
ing a grand total of $4125,00O The
has shot sky high. In twenty days
prices of property in the district have
gone from 500 or 5000 to $10000 and in
some cases even higher. Such men as
Schwab, Heinze, Senator Clark, H. H.
Clark, Malcom Macdonald, Donald Gill
lis and Senator Nixon have representa-
tives in the district. Right and left
there is spending money for every pur-
chasable property and development
work is being rushed as fast as men
and supplies can be hustled into the
district.
Future of SearchIieht
Two short railway lines are being
constructed which are of more impor-
tance than their limited length would
at first glance seem to Indicate These
lines are branches of the Santa Fe and
the Salt Lake roads, with Searchlight
New, as the objective point. In reach
ing this rapidly growing camp the
roads both tap, at different points, a
broad valley which is destined to be-
come an important agricultural section
At present this valley is but an Incl
dent in the calculations of the railway
companies, Searchlight, its mines and
its general business being the imme-
date object of the road building
Searchlight has been a gold producing
camp long time. Recently it has come
into greater prominence because of a
number of phenomenally rich strikes i'll
that immediate vicinity and because OF
the increasing richness of the older
producing mines.
Good Values Shown
Nearly all mining properties begin tC
show good values near the surface
The Blossom yielded $317 900 inside the
first fifty feet The products Of thi:
mine and scores of others to be devel.
Oped and the carrying OF supplies to the
camp is sufficient stake to warran
the road building now in progress
Later will be developed a rich agricul
tural region adjacent to the town. JUS
north of Searchlight there is a leVe
valley fourteen miles wide and eighteeT
miles long, practically all Of which II
government land. open to the home
steader. This means that there is op
portunity for more than 1000 person L
obtain free farms of 100 acres each
Arizona Mines Prosperous
There Is not a mining camp in Ari
zona that does not show more activity
this summer than In years past, say
the Arizona Review. There is not
mining town that has not been visiteC
by more representatives of outside cap
ital during the past six months than il
any other twelve months I'm the histCr.
of the territory. Added TO this, NOR
sales OF mineral land have been made