Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

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however and so having secured tn
property by correct notices and suffi
cient assessment work he passed on t
other ground ard located the Mohawl
and many additional claims. In Oc
tober he bonded the Combination groul
to capitalists from Chicago for $4,000
Five thousand dollars was all that tn,
purchasers were obliged to put UP from
their own pockets. The mine paid fol
itself from the grass roots and The
enterprising financiers from Chicago
completed the final purchase price or
their property from the property itself
With the completion of this sale and
the remarkable discovery of ore which
Immediately ensued began the actua
commencement of the Goldfield excite
ment, which has increased in geomet-
rical ratio until today the district is
the scene OF the most aggressive and
tremendous mining operations ever
witnessed in the world, while a pay
roll of some 5000 men and an output
ranging from three to seven million
dollars a month has been the record
for the last four months. In the short
space of two years town of 10000
people has been laid out on substan-
tial lines, streets lighted by electricity,
telephone and telegraph connection es-
tablished to the great cities of the
coast and complete water and sewer
age system has been installed. Cold
fields position as a distributing point
for the entire mining district, includ-
ing Manhattan, Silver Bow, Golden
ter, Kawich, Wonder, Tokop, McGib-
bons, Tule Canon, Bullfrog, Ida, Rhy-
elite and Silverpeak, has been firmly
established.
Nevada Boom State
Nevada will remain boom state for
years to come. No sooner does the ex-
element wrought up by the discovery
In one locality steady itself into earn
est development along industrial lines
than another discovery. even more
wonderful than those preceding, sweeps
miner, prospector and tenderfoot alike
into renewed frenzy of pursuit.
In such manner the news was borne
into Goldfield that seventy miles to the
south tremendous lodges of medium
grade ore had been found, that reared
their heads for miles across the scrag-
gy hills and would prove great store
houses of mineral wealth which could
be worked by the children of the pres
ent generation and by their unborn
children yet to come. At first the
original Bullfrog, with it's beautiful
blue quartz. was the center of attention
which swept In a widening circle to
the south. Town after town sprung
to life and dwindled to nothingness as
new discovery after new discovery
lured the miner still farther on and
on. But finally the center of the magic
circle was reached anu Rhyolite, hav-
ing captured the wandering population
became the central city of the southern
desert.
The 5uIIfrog District
To Messrs. Clark, Benson and Ladd
belong the credit of the founding of
Bullfrog. 1t was their money that
;taked the persistent prospectors who,
travelling on anG on. enduring the hard
ships almost uncomfortable, cutting the
ops from their boots and strapping
hem to their feet when the original
,oot-soles were worn through, carrying
water for miles on rounded shoulders,
pending over every promising ledge,
keeping continually at it until they
inally located the district which
looked good enough to them" Then
heir ''grubstakers" came to the front
and capital poured into the district to
develop 1t.
While the excitement around Ladd
and Bonanza hill was at it's
lelSHIy IlODeTl AOIlSOHlSIys IduliIdriy
1nown as Bob" walked into camp one
,vening and offered for sale certain
,laims, which he stated bore promising
Indications of ore. When asked the To-
,ation of his property, he informed his
hearers that it was about mile up the
,anyon, pointing with his thumb over
lis shoulder to the east. Not one of
hose listening to his siren song re-
ponded; in fact, they gave Robert the
augh, and he was forced to retain the
unwilling possession of his ground. 1t
vas but eighteen months afterward
hat he bonded the now famous Mont
yomery Shoshone Inine to Charles NJ.
schwab for $1,000, 900, and the property
which he had so anxiously sought to
dispose Of for paltry thousand placed
lim and his family in the ranks Of mil
ionaireS.
Rhyolite and its surrounding mines
.eem today with activity. The advent
If the railroad from Searchlight on the
south has lightened the effort of de-
gelopment to an appreciable extent. The
own is booming. The miners dot the
leighboring hills and the activity is
second only to Goldfeld. There are no
coEeries of high grade
ore in Bullfrog, but there are tremen-
lous deposits of ore and gigantic true
assure veins that maintain a steady
average Of value and which will pay a
steady income for development for
years and years to come.
First Tonopah, next Goldfield, then
Bullfrog, after that Manhattan. What
l similarity of legend, which traced
iown still seems to be the truth, sur
'ounds the discovery of Nevada's min
ng camps.
Discovery of Manhattan
In the case Of Manhattan. the story
goes that Jack Humphreys, tippling
1uietly by himself as he rode in jovial
mood down the trail from Austin
,oward Tonopah. alighted from his
horse TO sleep off, beneath the shade of
/ pine tree, the effects of liquid he had
mbibed; for Manhattan, may it be
possesses more timber than the
oalance of Nevada's camps added all
together. When Mr.. Humphreys awoke
rom his sleep his eye caught the set
ing sun and with a hasty epithet he
scrambled hurriedly to his feet. His
ieavy nailed boot slipped on point of
rock and it broke away beneath his
Tread. Upon examination the character
of the ore attracted his attention, for
the eye of the miner is as keen for gold
as the eye of the old-tirne Indian was
Keen upon the trail He exannined IL