The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-09
HAMMOCK CALLS
FOR ENTHUSIASM

NeV., oct. S.--Ban-
mock has become the mining mans
mecca. From all over they are rush
ing into this new Eldorado. The
stage lines and team service are taxed
to their capacity. The loaded autos
are hurrying back and forth with all
the velocity that conclusive pressure
can enforce. They make from three
to four round trips a day. The ex-
citement and interest is simply in
tense. Around Charley Mayors cor
ner, the Philadelphia club, are scenes
and PUSHES that make this storm cen
ter remind one of the halcyon days
of Tonopah and Goldfeld.
Several days ago there we're two
buildings in sight; today every car
penter that can be secured is at work,
hammering, saving and planning, with
the result that for three blocks
house tents are lining the principal
thoroughfare of this whizzing, whirl-
ing mining center of Nevada.
The demand for opportune bus
mess locations is large, and beyond
the capacity of the promoter of Ban
mock to supply. 1t is a medley scene
of human energy and intensified
get-there sort of faction that domi-
mates. Long before any lots were
on the market the appetite Of the for
tune seeking mining camp follower
had been keenly whetted for a slice
of this rich partake, the now world
famous effect of the strike in Phil
adefphia canyon. In line with this
progress the citizens have made ap-
! plication' for the establishment of a
post office and the appointment of T.
Parker Liddell as postmaster. Like
wise poles are being planted and
wire stretched to connect the new
camp for lighting and ~communica-
tion. This connection Is expected to
be made by next Wednesday. All
connected with the new district is
that rapidity that belongs to the
rapid fire action upon a battle field,
and the battle action here for the
gain of wealth that this district SO
amply shows and which awaits the
magic touch of man to make its in
fiuence felt in the marts of COM
cree and for the benefit of mankind.
Prominent mining men, too, are
1ocking in here as literally as the
flying leaves of alambrosia and none
that are not infected with the fever
of excitement that prevails here, ow-
ing to the wondrous wealth of this
new Nevada bonanza, and those ire
mendous mineralized features of the
surrounding mining section that en-
force the conviction of another Com
stock in the heart of Nevada. This
bonanza and the naturalization of
the district is not a dream, but a
fact. 1t challenges the closest scru-
tiny of the pessimist, and if such
have never seen the beautiful side of
an invigorating life they will behold
here that which will cause them to
realize a dawn with its radiating in
fuence for the glory and greater
fame of Nevada. 1t is doubtful
whether history dedicates a record
comparable with this prodigal express
sion of natures are gift in the be-
stowal of such wealth as it has done
ON the Limelight claim in Philadel-
phia canyon.
This gold strike operates with the
effectiveness of a Corliss engine; it
~ opoolhO0lSy Allul anu uuC0E-
tain in its wealth-bearing features, al
though it becomes richer and
stronger as that seer, w. S. Wilhelm,
applies his muscle. From the first
day until the present it has improved
in size and richness.
About two weeks ago, to quote the
captivating language of Walter Will
helm, the twelve-year-old son of w.
S. Wilhelm: 1T has grown. When
l first saw it it was a small crescent
like hole so | could hardly get my
two hands into it, and now father
is down sixteen feet. Everything is
so u, cmhlarger and richer than when
| saw 1t first. 1t just shines with
gold up and down the shaft and along
the bottom; and, oh, how rich
it isl"
This simple recital is typical of
the sight of wealth. That sixteen
foot hole on the Limelight claim pre-
sents every man who has seen it
knows this, only it does not fully con-
vey the significance of this enormous
wealth showing.
Your correspondent saw the same
when five feet deep-saw it eight
and again at sixteen feet, and AYERS
that enlargement and enrichment is
possible and upon such a scale as
to battle imagination. The bottom
of the Shaft yesterday was something
like this an inch stringer through
the entire length of the shaft more
than half gold paralleling this
stringer about three inches that was
fully one-third gold in weight and
spreading out from these rich liners
through the shaft was a character of
wealth that would rejoice as being
more than sufficient for a kings
ransom.
Only one has your correspondent
seen anything comparable, and then
not upon so large a scale, and that