The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-31

Early in February 1907, several
eager prospectors wandered over the
and pitched their tents on what is now
the greatest high-g grade surface gold
property on earth
For over two-score years the travel
and freighting had been mostly over
this old highway through the noun
tains and valleys to Southern Nevada
and California. but It remained for
these these lucky prospectors to make the
World to thinking, talking and doing.
me first news caused a rush, and rep
resentativo men from the larger. min
ing camps started out to explore the
new region. Indications OF making a
permanent camp began to brighten,
and In November the valley between
the two richly mineralized mountains
took on the aspect of thriving tent
city.
Then came the financial crisis which
wrought havoc all over the country,
men Of Drawn. nerve and determine
ttcn worked on knowing not what the
morrow might bring forth: Rich strikes
We're made on claim after claim; the
Of apprHsnnate ely a, 4x1o miles. gave
enough, to take turn at the game.
All the excitement created In early
siderably ca her future history. In the
instance Of I.awbide no pen can de-
Scribe the various phases. For exam.
plo, on the 18th Of January, 1908. the
out OF the Wild West claim on Grutt
hill: This locE was alive with free
gold. and essayed as high as $500
was the richest strike In the history
OF mining, AID old mining experts sim
ply went wild. II might be said that
this piece Of formation was really gold
Other instances OF fabulously rich
finds. too numerous to mention. are
Of daily occurrence. Leading up to me
time OF this writing. everything has
been hustle and hustle, until to-day
there exists in this town, which Is
scarcely six months old, the most CO.
Ilossal boom ever known IN western
mining camps. With a population OF
fully 10000 people. q street nearly five
miles long lined with business houses
OF every description, genuine confl-
dence is displayed. which never before
existed in place SO young.
One has only to stand on the corner
of Nevada Street and Rawhide Ave-
nue. and observe and study human ma
ture. In the surging mass, which re-
lsembles Broad Street, OF Richmond, Oh
a Christmas Eve. or Market Street, san
men who came out OF Alaska with
Iprincely fortunes. men who have fol-
lowed the game from Virginia CITY tL t to
Tonopah and Goldfield. thence drifting
into Death Valley and still feeling a
Keen interest in the excitement, nave
hied themselves to the latest discov-
losses Of bygone days. To appreciat
life IN mining camp, one must, nave
gone through the experience that hard
lens, that counts, that makes the mar,
because in a mining camp they Z, are r, az a,
respect and notice. MiningSis next to
the greatest game in the world !; every,
thing connected with it is gamble; gold
Is where you find 1t.
One takes the same chances and
against the same odds in following
the mining game as at shooting craps,
pucking the faro bank. or playing the
numbers on the roulette wheel II
may seem odd to those in, the, South.
the ivory ball, the rattle Of. tho dice
| or. saw the stacks of gold on the faro
table. but in Nevada gambling In all
ITS It's forms is part Of the States ex-
In one of the big. gambling houses
IN Goldheld as much as $1,000 has mas
changed hands in a single night on
the roulette wheel. V
apt to play $1,000 on each Of half,
dozen numbers. $1,000 on the odd and
hlafck and a like amount on the centre = {,
column. There is usually something
In. In one single evening this man
lost 100000 won it back and $4,000 10
the good, and again In single hour
s qsf $500 ut pqba as tYEpc at 5Re
this$!s q real side issue In a man's eS-
istehce. Countless fortunes have been
sacrificed to the gambling games m
NKeyada Es ven In thts nsmp
~ avery saloon has gambling, and the
large places do an immense business
One promoter paid $4,000 for a. lot 21
4 largest gambling house IN the country