The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-06-19
VALUE OF SALISBURY WASH
STRIKE STILL A PROBLEM

nm without sticking a pick in il, to lay
ont n town site and fiddle around with a
two-bit proposition where there were
80 millions" in sight only waiting the
drill and hammer. 1t reminded me of
the philosopher who said of another
that he contented himself on the shore
with picking up one more beautiful peb-
BILE than another while the ocean OF
truth lay undiscovered before him. But
then, different people have different
ideas of the way to do the same thing,
and the Cliffords had theirs, and wheth'
err they have the making of a mine or
not, they have certainly worked up a
most interesting situation, and viii
have made money out of their ingenuity
before the true value of their find is
divulged. They are taking no chances.
They have got the people coming or
"going," / don't know which, and al
ready several thousand dollars have
been realized from town lots simply
mon the showing of a seam and cash
in the hillside.
The Town Reached.
1t was the morning of the second
day after the COMMITTEE had been
allowed in the immediate presence of
the discovery, that our party reached
Glendale. 1t was easily discerned that
there was an excitement ahead of us,
for we passed at least a dozen heavily
laden lumber wagons, hitched to SIX,
eight and ten teams, all bound in the
same direction, for the same spot. At
Tonopah, there was nothing but Ellen
dale. The town had gone "nutty'
over the big news and everyone who
had not been there already was watch
ing for a chance to 90 and see the big
thing. Tonopah won I nave it that 1T
is not the biggest thing that ever hap
pened, and poor Gotwaldt of the Tono-
pah Sun is very much perplexed what
to call it, as he had already discovered
the "Lost Breyfogle'' mine at Gold
Mountain. But then, it is a Tonopah
proposition, so far, and we trust be-
cause of the inflated hopes of our sister
town, if for nothing else, that the
strike proves to be a genuine whale.
Reaching Salisbury "station," that
has long been a land, or rather, water
mark on the desert, we branched OF to
the east, up a long draw and a stiff
climb, past the base of a high conical
mountain that reminded one of Column
bia mountain, and which had originally
caused all the disturbance in that neigh
borhood, as did Columbia mountain in
this-until We finally reached the top of
the rim and looked down into the am
phitheatre, and before us lay the newly
born metropolis of Glendale, n day
old. The TOWNSHIP is well located. The
drainage is good, the ground slightly
sloping to the south, and the view IN
that direction superb. Off in the dis
lance can be seen a black spot they
point out as Helena, the location of
the other Clifford mine optioned by
j. c. Mccormack, in the Broken Hills.
Houses Going Up.
On their new townsite the Clifford
f~amily-for it is all IA family affair
had already built three comfortable
frame houses with the usual necessary
Accomplishments Of stables, sheds, etc.,
and as l saw afterward, neatly, and
nicely furnished with the best that Ton
opah could supply; everything bright
and clean and a~ttractive-not at all as
one might expect to see at the begin
ming of a new camp. The town lot sale
had been held the day before and a
dozen or more tents were up and a
half dozen frame buildings were being
laid out. Perhaps three score men
were standing idly around watching
with curiosity every load of newcom-
ers. All the ground had been staked
and surveyed for miles around and
there was nothing for the "~sooners"
to do but wait to see what would turn
up.
Where Gold Oozed From the Ground.
Off on the right to the north, winding
along a path over the shoulder of a
stiff hill, down into a draw and up
again onto another and rougher and
higher hill and along a path, midway
between base and summit, was a string
of men and women, bound for the one
particular spot where gold had oozed
from the ground. The day before, only
a select committee was allowed to ap-
proach the place. But the lot sale
was now over and everyone was wei
come. There was probably a dozen on