Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-06-07

OOE vi luo west.
On tho dawn OF the new century a
change came over the epirit OF it's
dreams. Senator Clark, he who had
wrong from the stern Montana hills a
fortune beyond all estimation, looked
over the rugged mountains to the south
and seeing with prophetic eye n vision OF
untold richness, began the cuustructiou
" u rnilroad that would connect Salt
Lake City III tine heart OF q desert and
n vast mining country with Los Angeles
the future metropolis of the south west.
With The throwing of the first spadeful
OK earth on the new road men begun to
consider the possibilities Of the country
which the rails would rrayerse. Al
once the prospectors, electrified into a
renewed activity, began their work and
by the time .ile new road was near
completion the. worl began to hear the
mar velOus stories Of Goldt:eld and OF
Tonopah.
So it was the building OF a hne Of
steel across Il barren desert marked the
the beginning Of II new and a vast IN
duustrial era that will far o%uishIue the
resplendent record OF the past.
For Nevada has hnd "A glorious past.
Long before the golden era Of the
present was dreamed of, Nevada pro.
duced in precious metals 81 AZ 900, 900,
a sum almost incomprehensible. or
this huge cum a single camp, the great
Comstock mt Virginia :City, put forth
$3.50 900 900, gave TO the world the names
and laid the foundation of industrial
and economic enter prises that have
since encircIed the globe.
While it is true tlint the Comstock is
tho chief incident in Ncvada's history,
other camps were prominent in a degree
made trivial only by this ono great name.
In 1910 Aastin was discovered and her
output ii the iiIy sum VI 90 GOO 600
= iocle, discovered III 1867, has given
$50 900 900 to the world. Eureka, com.
ing n year later, has produced Sii ,000,-
900, whIle Jefferson Canon has had n
production OF SD goo 900 since 1870.
Since the same year while ruscarora
since 1873 has yielded SlS,0O0, 900. Ely
was founded in 1915, since which time
she has given Sl8, 0UC 900. Candelaria,
since 1880, has produced 800 600 900,
while DeLamar since 1890 has 81 600,
900 to its credit. During this time o.he r
camps III the state have produced moi
less than an aggregate Of 800 600 ,0C0,
The area Of Nevada is 1900, 900 acres
mostly mountainous. From what has
been done III the pusi, and from the
Knowledge that IN real extent OF heI
have barely been touched
one liz able to catch II fleeing glimpse OF
the future which will include within i'll
activities tho vast empire OF southern
Nevada, u trackless desert in the oldcD
golden days Of Comstocli.
In 1900 Tonopah WIS vercd and
the first great impetus given to southern
Nevada when Jim Butler made known
10 the world the Mizpah ledge. Pre-
yious TO that time practically all the
mining was I'D the northern and western
section OF the state. The Mizpah is
probably the greatest oliver gold mine
in the world, whiie standing beside il
are the Belmont, TOnopah, Extension
Midway and Tonopah. In
1906 Tonopah shipped 12l ,375 tons oil
ore and paid $4,000, 900 cash dividends.
When the mills now beng erected are
completed, $4,000, 900 annually IL esti
mated to be its "prOIuction.
PROJECTORS from Tunopah discovered
Goldtield III 1904 md it is nov produc,
ing $50 900 daily, or mt the rate Of S50,.
900 900 per hnDuni. Tho Mohawk mine
OF Goldtield has taken the very front
rank among tbs worlds funeral pro
duccrs, s50,0)0 900 being her output
during LOG days under the leasing
system. Goliiield alsj has her Jumbo,
her Rcd Top, Florence, Combination
Fraction, winch form ii golden circle Of
we rlth unsurpassed in the history OF the
world.
Prospectors arriving too Int to ge'
vol located within the mineral zone nj
Goldtield, pushed on to the south and
thus we're located the camps OF Bullfrog
Rbyolitc and Beatty, now active ccntcrs
of interest. At Bullfrog are located
the Montgomery, Snos Ione, Gold Bar,
Mlytlpwer mud others and when the
mills there nro @up!sted it will step
full iledged iuto iic Illustrious ranks OF
the camps far lter north.
10 the north Of rDnopah lies Manhal.
tar, the cRmp ~ tic future, where NJ o
located the famous Manhattan Consoli-
dated, Mustang Extension, Bfoncho,
StrOy Dog, Auuie Laurie and Original
Manhattan.
More recently, within the past few
wcess, in fact, has come The Lcc.Echo
district, Whi III cSJc len ~ | aud IN par
tial mining men declare will become the
peer Of my camp III al Nevada.
Not less important than its gold have
been copper developments IN many parts
u Nevada during the past year. Ely,
IN White Pho county, neGr the eastern
border VI the state, bns developed into
the rival OF the greateat copper camps
W the world. Y%rriugtoD, in DOuglaes
comfy, d" the extreme west, has come
TO the front with copper miucs Of uUcx-
collcd richness. Lrnnp, near Ntun, is