Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-27
WH|TTEMORE BACK
FROM NEVADA CAMP
Salt Laker Tells of Conditions in
Greatest Mining Camp in
The World.
HINT FOR UTAH MERCHANTS.
Clark Road viii be Completed TO Cold
field Sept 1 and to- Tonopali by
The First OF Next Year.

C. U. Whittemore OF the legal depart
mcnt OF the Salt Lake Route has re-
turned from Goldheld, New. where he
spent several months In the interest OF
the line he represents. Mr.. Whittemore
visited all the camps Of western Ne
Nada, and Is enthusiastic Tor the future
of these great mining centers. Asked
as to the progress being made in rail-
road construction IN Nevada, Nr. Whit
temore said the work WAS progressing
most faVorably. I'VE are working on
the last lap of the grading into Gold
field" said he. We expect to complete
the line of the Las Vegas * Tonopah
into Goldfield by the first of September.
and the line will according TO present
calculations, reach Tonopah by Jan. l,
1908. The contractors experienced q ut
tie difficulty with the miners union at
Goldfield a short time ago. as number
of armed men went Into the construc-
ton camp and demanded that the men
be paid the union wages and that they
Join the union, But the officials OF the
union wisely decided that they had 10
jurisdiction over the railroad laboTers,
and they withdrew their armed inen
and the work is now going on as before
CHANCE FOR THE JoBBERs,
Our road Is completed into Rhyolite
now, and IL they only knew It, salt
Lake merchants and iobbers can COM
pete FOR the trade of the Rhyolite cOun-
try the same as Los Angeles merchants
can. 1t is the aim of the railroad. as
soon as the road is completed to the two
big camps TO open them up To competl-
ton of Salt Lake and Los Angeles job
bers to these camDs on an equal basis
with those Of san Francisco. And 1
wish to state right here, that if the Salt
Lake merchants do not wish to overlook
the biggest market they can possibly
gel, they will not overlook the mining
camp trade OF Nevada.
The Inhabitants Of those camps are
the best consumers on earth Ii Is not
only the market for large shipments of
mining machinery that our merchants
are interested in. but the market for
general supplies in these camps is I'M
surpassed. There Is Goldfield with
population OF probably 10000. which ac-
corGing to the best information obtain
able. viii double within the next year;
there ia T'onopah with probably 5000
and Rhyolite with 5000 all Of which
will increase in corresponding ratio,
Money Is plentiful, the people are busy
and these towns consume right along,
what towns double their population or
dinarily consume. ] was talking with
a Utah dairyman who had Just returned
liOlh tNilSullNr, tillu lit tolN NV thah ne
could not supply one-tenth of the de-
mand for butter and cheese. This is the
best market IN the world. and the mer-
chants of this state should not overlook
it.
BIGGEST IN TILE WORLD.
"GoIdfeld, in my estimation is the
biggest mining camp in the world. And
although stocks have decreased 80 per
cent, recently, 1t does not affect the
mining properties themselves as the two
are separate and distinct; and while
that stock market sharks are losing OUT
on a great deal of the watered stocks,
the mines are still pouring out the ore
and there is no evidence whatever OF
any depression as result OF the stock
slumps. New mines are being opened
up constantly. and new strikes are be-
ing made every week and the camps are
bigger and better today than ever