The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-29
NEVADA NOT ALL
DESERT AND SAND
Little ParadiSes Exist Within
the Deserts, Which Have
All Attractions.
GElSER RANCH IS
ONE OF THIS KIND
j. 5. Bergman, the Owner, Has
Something Better Than
Gold Mine.

The generally prevailing idea of Ne
Nada is that it is a state filled with
mincral~bearing hills, between which
stretch many weary miles Of desert
land with no water or nature IS green
anywhere. While this comes mighty
near being a mental photograph of by
tar the greater portion of the state, it
rs true, nevertheless. that the surface
OF the state is as full of moods as the
nils are of precious metal.
Once In a while the dust.staiucd
traveller happens on to tiny oasis in
the desert, where the comforts of life
are as profuse as anywhere on earth.
such spot is in the vicinity of Geyser
Springs In the northern end of Lincoln
county. The owner of these springs is
In the city at this time, and no one
gong from Ely to Phoebe fails TO be.
come acquainted with him, and TO
carry on treasured recollcctions of
his hospitality and the paradise in
which he lives
This man is J. s. Bergman. lie owns
prac ctieally. all the water between
Phoebe and Ely, the Goyser ranch con-
tanning Il series of springs which eX
tend for thirty five miles in length and
fifteen miles in width. There is an
of water there, and there
are horses and cattle; there is farming;
there is fishing and hunting, and Mr..
which could support many thousands
of busy families md which will, in all
probability, hold them some of these
DAYS
In speaking about thc ranch Mon.
day morning, Mr.. Bergman said:
'fMy ranch is located about sixty
miles north of Phoebe, and directly on
tho line which will, some day, be laid
from Ely to the Phoebe camp. | have
season this water is capable Of pro
ducing 1000 horsepower, while for
seven months a year il can produce
300 horsepower. / find ready mar
kct for everything | can raise, and my
produce brings top prices ] deem it
better than a gold mine, although 1T
sometimes is not easy 10 keep my hands
from the new camps that are being
brought 10 life all about my ranch.
Twenty miles away arc the famous st.
Lawrence lead mines, which arc ex
tremeIy rich. Osceola is only twenty
miles from me. Everyone knows what
Osceola produced in the carly days, and
IL now is being brought back TO ac-
tive and useful existence.
Patterson is only eight miles south
west of the ranch. In the early days
Patterson held 1000 people, and the
camp is now being revived by strikes
of copper ores. This old camp re
sembles Ely and Bingham, in that it
holds enormous deposits of copper ores,
which, for work on a big scale, are
bound to attract capital. Silver Park,
'weuty miles south of the ranch, is com
ing to the front by rapid strides, and
Los Angeles people have inst pur-
chased a mine there for 100000. !
will be within twelve miles of the Ely
& Goldfield railroad, about which ev-
eryone is talking at present.
''Piochc ! regard as a second Cocur
/ 'Alcne. New blood has entered the
and different conditions ex.
ISL there. which are bound to bring the
lamp out. Close to the Prince Consoli-
lated property are numerous properties
which arc making good, This is the
eastern end of the camp. and for seven
which has yet to pro
vide d failure in n mining way. / doubt
f there is a camp in the world which
has more or as much to show.
Nevada is not all desert, as visit
10 my ranch will show, and with new
amps springing up on all sides ! see
n my water possessions something bet |
5cr than mines, but something that nat |
Irally depends on the mines for me
10 reap tho full benefit from it. But
-he ranch pays big dividends on the |
nav grain and cattle which / raise. -