The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-29
OF COURSE THEY ARE COMING BACK

UTE a number Of mining journals are commenting, with appearance Of
more " less surprise, and always with congratulations, that the old
Manhattan, Bulfrog and Hawthorne mining districts appear to be
coming back to the list Of shve ones' OF course they IRE coming back.
Even in h first boom days Il Nevada, when the public a prone to throw its
money mt stocks without prior investigation and too often into worthless
of a camp. At that time the entire mining world vas unfamiliar with Nevada
formations and conditions Mining engineers Of great experience in other sec
ton O. country were It Vol when they entered many Of the Nevada dis
many companies ut hundreds of thousands o. dollars into development
work in honest effort to find ore, but the efforts were unsuccessful With =.
came knowledge. and now the statei is beginning ITO profit by that knowi
ledge. On many properties men who were either knowing or who we're
blessed BY haupy .luck'' have found or by shallow shafts where he previous
extensive operations had failed IL find anything of pay value.
During the days of the Sandstone, the Mohawk and severalle leases on the
odhela esates, it was thought that the greatest riches of the Gold
field district had been opened up. The Hampton stope discounts anything evr
discovered in those days.
Manhattan seemed like a bubble which burst in a day and yet recent evel
opments there have shown that Manhattan las places which are o draw the
attention If thu world, and the new lie which has come from opening the pa-
GERS hs resulted in m rich discoveries among thu lode mines-in territory
which la heretofore been regarded as not promising.
The chance thrust Of a pick into the old stage road ut OF Hawthorne-a
bit # country yer which thousands of miners and mining experts have trav-
eMd revealed unbelievable riches. and tae camp Of Hawthorne has lot started
yet
me Ruunog district was practically dead. saw for h Montgomery sho
hone Yet the chance discovery of higherade ore at Pioneer in the vey out
sid edge of the district gave new heart to thu distrcta n not only is ioneer
a booming camp which promises &c De one OF ne DN In the STATE DH "orkers
around Rhyoite, diregarding the signs by which the early day experts
worked. are mcoverng veins OF rich ora in dozens of places-ore which it pays
to mine under leasing ondirons
ii car but be ssured that discoveries are yet to be made in all Of the old
camps which win equal anything made in the past. Not only this but that
founded. Startling as the information may SEEM, there ire thousands OF
acres II land within ten miles If Goldheld which have ' IS yet been more
than casually glanced ver The same applies = every camp in tn state This
fact appertainng to the central camps what tn thousands OF square mhe Of
desert outside Of thu camps which have not been pGospected onr to the
future is beyond he human conception Some day, Goldhed wl have a rival
70 Id Hampton tope; ronopah will have a rival % tn Tonopah Mining; Bull
fg win have a parallel or tn Montgomery shohone; Pioneer will have an
emal of tho Bunfrog Pioneer. and q N There need be n surprise at any o.
the old camps coming back They have not started get