Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
WONDER MINES IN BULLFROG DISTRICT

in the early days was cheap at Sc
per barrel and today Il is furnished
at minimum cost Of St.50 per month
for family use. Milk was a thing un-
known; butter-why, the people had
forgotten that such an extract was
made from the fruit of the COW; and
as for fruit, an apple would have
caused riot and a watermelon a sue
cession of funerals, so eager would
the early birds" be TO renew ac-
quaintance with the common luxuries
of civilization. Ice-well, a little story
In connection with the first importa-
tion OF Ice will give an insight into
the existing conditions of the first
summer. 1t was hot, and when you
say it Is hot In Nevada it's somewhat
warm Not with that soft languorous
warmth of the tropics, but rather the
kind that causes a man to wander out
I'm the full glare of the sun rather
than to vainly seek for the shade that
would come to him as a blessing
Well, as time passed on and tents
in large numbers dotted the mesa some
of the canvasback restaurants began
to assume frills as It were, and the
boys In camp demanded some of the
things that Goldfeld glorled in, and
ice was one of the things demanded.
So an order was sent TO Goldfeld for
two chunks of GOODNESS and 1t was
over the sands to expec-
tant Rhyolite. The ice was selling In
Goldfield at 10 cents per pound and
when IL arrived in Rhyolite 1t came
in the form of several damp sacks
warm. with a bill at
tached for $500. Later on ice was
brought in with fair results, and today
three ice plants are located in or near
the Wonder camp. supplying ice at
a fair price Miners candles furnished
the illumination two years ago; now
a well equipped electric light plant
furnishes the brightness for the dark
vale at $500 per light per month.
Where once the burro and pack horse
found footing through the passes from
Las Vegas the iron horse wakes the
echoes through the everlasting hills
and brings in great quantities of sup
plies and mining machinery. Where
once the solitary prospector or miner
picked his way from Las Vegas or
Goldfeld now automobiles whirl along
the very good roads with astonishing
swiftness; and. still more to the point, |
two more lines of railroad are building |
into the town.
Rhyolite is truly the outfitting point |
from which will be distributed food
stuffs and supplies of all kinds to the
new Lee district, Greenwater and |
skidoo. One can hardly realize the
almost insurrnountable difficulties !
that the pioneers of Rhyolite encoun-
tered to make of the crude camp the
place of pleasant abode 1t is today.
Imagine if you can the tired and
hungry prospector and gold hunter
drifting into the embryo town of two
years ago, short of provisions and
water to find the camp almost equally
destitute. AS a matter Of course every
thing was high priced. In some cases
he prices were absolutely prohibitive
except for people of unlimited means
and there were few of that class in the
camp but a spirit Of helpfulness per-
7aded the camp, and as long as there
was an atom of flour in the sack or a
smidgeon of bacon left the people d.
vided with their more unfortunate
neighbors. To that feeling and that
alone is attributed the success Of the
town, notwithstanding the rich min
eral deposits that have made the town
famous throughout the world.
In all cases where the building of a
city is concerned it is the rule for ore