The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-02-20
GOLDFIELD's SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH

NOE AGAIN We are reminded that the conditions under which aolddeld is
mining and doing general business are coming down IL a sounder and
more rational basis
On Decembe 10, The News published the new ore schedule If the ronopan
and ridewater railroad, which showed a material reduction on ore rates from
Goldfeld % h smeter at Needles. bringing the rate on $50 ore, for instance,
from Sc to $3.50; m $50 ore from $3.50 to $4so.
This week, the Las Vegas and Tonopah has issued a lev tariff sheet Tor ores
from aoldhed and Rhydite, OF the Bunfrog district to IN smeltes of Salt Lake
valley. via Las Vegas and the CLARK road. This schedule brings the rate on $50
ores from So to IS; Oh $50 oe from $3.50 to $3.50, etc., the advantage being
given, IS in h case If tn first named schedule. to he low ant medium grade
While N the face II it the reductions by the L v q T are lot as great as
those by thu T & T, still IS shippers do most If their business with the Salt Lake
smelters, the ne. results win be more ppr@iable A new smelter is being built
at Salt Lake by the new smelling company organized recently to buck tn
smelter trust While the lew company is Tot going into the business as against
that it will lower rates and give other concession not now enjoyed IN rdr to
get business; all Of which, added to the lower transportation charges will inmc
considerably to the benefit O. Goldheld min operators
While these changes are going o n for the good Of the mining industry, me.-
chant have also been benefited by a reduction in express charges o N various
ihable goods, such As fruits. vegetables. meats and other produce. Fruits and
vegetables will be carried At $3.50 per- hundred. instead of S. as heretofore, be
tween Los Angeles and 0odhed, while thu rate n meats eggs etc. VII % SAB
In pawinr, It might be said that the foregoing changes IRE only in lint with
~ general simneringdown process that las been going on in III GoldAeld dis
trct for m tim. For hre year after the beginning OF things in Goldhela,
vertable carnival Of excess.e encouraged and mad possible by the remoteness of
he district from any community Of size. The cost OF living was terrific; a two
room shack brought as much, almost as a BROW stone front in New York, and q
family dinner as much as a banquet at the Waldorf Cooks walters bartenders,
housemaids. artisans tic. made mere than the cashiers Of banks in other places
But the last year has brought a change Groceries. meats, fuel etc, have all
come down from Is to rs per cont while house and once rent have lowered about
70 per cent. with better accommodation Wages In most ines been re-
duced,t Though not in the amt proportion. MOI in all lines These will come,
however. to meet the lower cost o. living. fr high wages were based solely upon
living rates.
While the population OF the v has decreased somewhat. within he past
dtuon-soundera and n IN iii business life hi evsrb before. There were too
many people in Godhsd always Tor tho payroll; there were too many people
shaky merchant and broker has been eliminated. and today when a man does
business. it is with some assurance that h will get his money.
rheres more money bnng distributed throughout ooldhed today thar for
many months. and the people who are employed have steady employment The
payroll is not =. large :. y IA. Ds1 AZ m mssmaas ring '1s leasing ,sssssa lot M M
s1s5Ooo per month from the mines alone. This amount will constantly increase,
As the larger mines are just getting In condition TO work II full capacity. The
article on the men employed. on ths nrt page Of today's paper, tells thu story.
Altogether. living in Goldhed is by n o means intolerabs. and the people who
have b stamina 70 stay with the camp are the people who will eventually win
out and prosper.