Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-03
RETURN FROM
TRIP 10 SOUTH
Parry CifAPEROSED BY JAcR
sALsBEasRY VISITS GREAT
UBEHfBE. 4

Jonn oalSoerryI the UDenepe cop
per king, returned yesterday from
Ubehebe with the party that left for
that place on Monday. The party
comprised Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Richs
p&rds6h OF Atwood, Or. Stephens OF
San Francisco and ]. Walsh Of Los
Angeles. ~
Mr.. Richardson Is associated with
the McCornicks OF Salt Lake In At
wood properties, and had heard $50
much of Ubehebe that he seized the
opportunity Of making the trip. He
was more than pleased at what he
saw, and says that he was surprised,
not only at the showing. but ht the
amount of work that has been done.
INT. Salsberry,'' said he. vmust
have spent more than a hundred
thousand dollars on the work that he
has done; yes. "a hundred thodsahd
dollars would not cover 1t. The place
is covered with tunnels, shafts and
open cuts. and the copper sticks out
everywhere. The Work has been ex..
ceedingly well done, for 1t shows
what Is in the 'mlhe. The tnnneit
that have been run sh6w 'at 1easi
$500 feet OF backs, ana there &;ars
found some 6ft the richest specimen
Eof copper that were ever found any.
where. Then there are Big bodies 81
it that viii 20 from 90 to s5 Der
cent.
Right at the base of the Ubehebe
mountain they are laying out 4 town.
site. and It is a most Ideal site. I,
will be q great t6Fwn some day, and
that not far in the future, judging
from the way that they are progress.
Ing, for there is nothing there In the
way Of work but energy and hustle
They are going to run a railroad Id
there and twill be an easy task tc
do this. I should judge that it would
not cost any more per mile than to
build the Brock road. There is a
splendid country which will be tribu.
tary to the road, but the product OF
the Ubehebe Mines and Smelter Com
pany alone would more than support
the railroad"
Mrs. Richardson, who accompanied
was the third woman to pentrate
the wilds of Ubehebe. The first was
Mrs. Grissim, wife of DR.. Grissim
the next was Mrs. Scott, wife OF
Round Mountain "Scotty.''
1t is certainly a wonderful coun.
try" said Mrs. Richardson, "and q
most fascinating one. 1t grows on
one. When l first saw it wondered
what all the talk that l had heard
of Ubehebe could be about. But the
more one looked the more one wanted
to stay, and when the engineers
showed, me the copper lodges and the
real copper, / no longer wondered a,
the great hold that mining has on
men. 1t seemed to me that there
was a mountain of the ore. At any
rate, We, went away up to the top OF
the mountain and there saw wha,
they called immense groupings. and
then we went down. down, down,
the side of the mountain and saw the
same stuff all the way.
1T was dizzy climb down that
mountain, and the men declared that
l could never do it but l did 1t. We
went down on burros and in some
Of the turnings the animals bent al
most double. Below us was preci-
pice and ! don't know how. deep that
was. Truth to tell, didn't look
down more than once or twice for
fear of growing dizzy. But there
were two men ahead of me and more
behind me and thought If they
could make the trip safely there was
no reason why should not. would
not have missed it for anything, for
1t was a most delightful experience.
If were man l would have no
other occupation but that of min
ing