The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-04-03
VISITED GOLD FIELDS.
A cass County Man Tells Of His Trip
to the Gold Region Of Ne.
vada.


j. r. Stimmel of Gardner, brother of
Attorney Smith Stimmel, has recently
returned from trip to the new gold
fields of Nevada, in the region around
Round mountain, which ~ about sixty
miles from Goldfield, Tonapah and
Manhattan. He has a son at Round
mountain who has succeeded pretty
well in mining investments and is In
terested in holdings which are steadily
increasing in value. He also has two
nephews in the vicinity of Goldf1eld.
Mr.. Stimmel made a thorough tour of
the region and had demonstrated to
him the richness of some of the mines
and new developments.
Mr.. Stimmel says he does not know
of any part of the country which is
more uninviting to look upon than the
section of Nevada where he was, but
the mere topography of the country
does not count in that state--it is
what is below. He cited an instance
of the findings by man from Spokane
who was attracted to, about twenty
acres covered by the washings from
a nearby mountain. The land was COW
cred by a coarse dirt, he had the dirt
assayed and believed he had something
valuable. He took a lease under the
laws of the state and it provided for
half of the proceeds to go to the own
ers. The man went to work and from
the dirt he cleaned up $4,000 worth
of gold in two months. The dirt is put
through a system of what they call
dry wash mill similar in all respects
to farmers tanning mill separating
the valueless dirt and leaving the parts
containing the gold apart and that
was sent to the mint. The lessees ex-
penses are comparatively very Hight. as
he only has to work four on five men,
who earn $4 to SIS day1labprers'
wages in those parts. llij j
In the vicinity of Round mountain
twelve new mines have been opened up
during the past year They We're prac-
tically discovered March 2, 1906. When
Mr.. Stimmel left in the middle of
March there were 500 people in camp.
there were telegraph and telephone Of
fees, newspaper and printing Office
bank with 100000 capital, stock ex-
change for the sale of mining stocks,
with seats in the exchange now selling
at $50 each. There is also a hotel and
good schoolhouse for the children.
This particular region was discovered
by a man named Morgan, who had been
prospecting about there for some time
before he found out the real value of
the lands about there.
Mr.. Stimmel says he was particularly
interested in the varied kinds Of rock
and stone which came from the various
mines and workings, some of which APP
peared to the ordinary man as being
absolutely useless had embedded in it
the finest of gold and silver and par
ticularly rich in quantity. He brought
with him score or so of samples to
demonstrate just what may be found in
the bowels of the earth in Nevada. He
says a man can probably walk over
lands which look like great wastes and
yet may produce millions and millions
of rich metals However, he says, it
means labor and men have succeeded
to claims which have been worked by
men for years and who became dis
couraged, gave UP, sold their rights and
the new owners have gone just little
deeper and found themselves in a. lit
tie while to be worth thousands and
perhaps millions.