Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
.NEVADA'S BONANZAS OF TO-DAY


wonderful average Of 145 per cent cop
per, with cross veins which give values
las high as $4,000 in gold. This mine
Is being developed assiduously and ev.
cry foot Of depth obtained is subjected
TO the interested scrutiny Of mining
men.
After the finding OF Manhattan came
the steadily growing belief in the tre-
mendous copper deposits at Ely
Money was diverted into this camp for
extensive development and today the
entire mining world has been shown
that Ely possesses copper in tremend-
Gus bodies and of splendid average
grade.
Greenwater in Limelght
What may turn out to be the greatest
discovery OF the Nevada ore belt as
well as the latest one, IL the find Of
copper In Greenwater camp, really To-
Gated In California, but only n few
miles over the Nevada border line, and
considered by all mining men as a Ne
vada discovery, inasmuch as there is no
ingress or egress except through the
lower towns of Nevada and inasmuch
also as Greenwater lies in the very
center OF the great ore belt that sweeps
the entire length of the desert state,
trending from the north in a slightly
curved line toward the southwest
through the lower part Of California,
then bending to the east and crossing
into Arizona.
Greenwater has seen fifteen million
dollars invested in it's properties within
the past six months 1t has been the
heated subject of discussion among
the entire mining fraternity, and many
noted experts have crossed the desert
and endured the hardships of travel to
this lonesome locality at the head of
Death valley for the purpose of exam
lining It's marvellous ores
Donald g. Gillies, the mining expert
OF Charles M. Schwab and the general
manager of his Nevada property. has
made the statement that he would
readily transfer his entire holdings in
Nevada, and he possesses many splen-
did ones, TO spend the proceeds in the
development of Greenwater, a camn
which he proclaims to be the greatest
discovery of copper ever made in the
history of the world
Peculiar turns of fortune stand out
in the foreground of Goldfeld's kale-
idoscope mass of excited humanity.
with the distinctness Of an etching.
Ihe lawyer of whom it was said that
he remained in Goldfleld merely be-
cause of his inability to dispose of his
typewriter, now retains 1t and draws
a check for $50,000 besides, with ease.
Meyers and Murphy, the original dis
ccoverers of the Golden Goose, today.
py including all their holdings, possess
a bank roll that is close to one million.
Henry Weber, formerly a hotel clerk
In Denver, is today erecting in Gold.
neId fve-story building of stone and
recKoons his cash assets at beyond the
ma 4 million mark. Butler, Wingf1eld.
Nixon, Parker of the Colorado & South
ern, Lockhart, whom he staked for
twenty-five years before obtaining any
return, Lotus, also Of Denver, Jim
DAVIS, L. L. Patrick, Milton Detch, |
and more than one hundred and fifty
Others, as a result of their unfalterins,
pellef, restless energy and determined
effort, are ranked over the six figure
mark in this worlds goods.
Ihese men, almost to a man, less
than thirty months ago were unable |
to spend $50 for a suit of clothes with |
out much mental ransacking in order |
10 determine the wherewithal with |
winch to pay the bill. But the pendulum
has been swinging and has certainly
oeen swinging abnormally, for an army
OF successful men whose wealth has
come to them, not from the avenues
of commerce, but from the vaults of
the hills.
Nevada Leads All
Because the immense total of nearly
one hundred million dollars has been
diverted from the channels of eastern
investment there has been much scath-
ing criticism of late of Nevada and
its wonderful mining camps A preju-
diced press has in several instances dis
torted the truth and repressed facts. |
Nevada today is the richest mineral
bearing state in the world. Discovery |
after discovery, mine upon mine, ore |
body after ore body. extending for |
miles on the surface and for miles be- |
meath, open up tremendous possibil- |
ties for those who are willing to en- |
gage in the strenuous life, where every
waking moment is filled with fiercest |
struggle, and every hour of sleep away |
from the forge of possible discoveries
is taken with reluctance and looked |
upon as hindrance in the terrific game |
that is being played in the mad 1strug-
gle for wealth.
The youngest and most recent of the |
known mining discoveries, Nevada easi-
ly outstrips them all. The great state |
is full of anecdotes, it's history is |
crammed with picturesque incidents |
which are daily added to from a wealth
of material which is ever new and al
ways exciting. The panorama is a |
marvellous one. Individual types such |
as are seen nowhere else in the world |
abound. From the lowest to the high
est, from the most selfish to prodigals
of generosity, from the most stupid to
the most intelligent, Nevada's eiviliza-
ton runs the gamut of personality and
abounds in human interest.