Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05
GOLDFIELD TRIP
WILL RESULT IN
MANY BENEFITS
CORDIAL BUSINESS RELATIONS
ESTABLISHED
TRUE NATURE OF CAMP SUR
PRISE TO SOME VISITORS
Not All AngoIenos We're Aware Civ
Iizaton Was So Firmly In
trenched in the Des-
ert Town
BY CHARLES F. sPILMAN

Inc Los Angeles business men an
mine operators who returned vester
day from four days trip to Nevad
are convinced the excursion to tn
mining camps has created in tn
hearts of the desert dwellers a feelin
OF friendship and a desire for close
BUSINESS relations which will ulti
! mately result i'm great good The
went out into the land of The sag
Drush to boost for Los Angeles, an
they met the best bunch of men VIII
dWeI in the desolate reaches wher
gold is king-men who have sIrvivet
Doth adversely and prosperity-an,
that they made good is credit to tn
personnel of the party of sixty VIII
accepted the invitation of the Sierri
Madre club to the junket
Los Angeles had other splendid rep
resentatlVes there, j. Ross Clark anC
Doug. White of the Clark roads. w. Fl
Irving, S. E, Vermilyea and j. M
| SWindell of the chamber of mines. an(
Alfred Maryland, all delegates to the
American mining congress, and every
man of them helped in the good cause
working without stint to advance the
interests of Los Angeles.
Eyes of Ange!enos Opened
Nor was the benefit entirely one
sided, for the special train carried a
number of men who had a wrong con-
ception of the denizens of Goldfeld
and Tonopah and Bullfrog-men who
associated the mining camps of Ne
Vada with pictures of a wildcat. who
believed that the majority of it's cit.
izens lived but to prey on the guile
less. They found that the wildcat,
which, after all, was more often born
and bred outside the sage brush state.
had sought his lair that the days of
boom stocks had passed, along with
the htgh-grader and the wild, wide
open days of which they had read.
To be sure, the mining camp style
of living. with its sins and follies and
Illicit pleasures barred to the world
still exists in a measure-the saloons
continue to dispense joy water on the
sabbath and passersby on the side
walk in certain streets are attracted
by the click of the roulette ball and
the rattle of the dice through the open
doors of gambling houses.
But block away from these scenes
the visitors were received in the grill
room of a beautiful, modern hotel, the
half million dollar cost of which came
out of Goldfield mines, by manly men
and handsome women in costumes
which would not disgrace a social
function in any city. Later on they
danced on the same floor to the strains
Of famous orchestra, and forgot that
five years ago that spot was a will
derness.
Banquet Arranged by Wire
The excursionists did not wait to be
Before Goldfield was
reached the Sierra Madre club had ar
ranged for a banquet and wired in
vitations to their Goldfield friends to
be present. Loads of flowers were
taken along and distributed to every
one as the automobiles carrying the
party whirled through the streets, and
the guests at the banquet said many
pleasant things about them to their
faces and in a manner which left no
doubt of their sincerity.
The influence of the Angelenos was
felt at the mining congress
and the thirteenth annual session of
the congress was brought to Los An
geles while other candidates for the
were considering what they
could do. Secretary Callbreath was
1ne of the earnest supporters of this |
,ity for the honor of entertaining the |
mining men of the world, and prom
sed the directors that, if they voted |
or Los Angeles. the result of the con-
sress holding its session here would |
De of great good to the organization |
md would result in making the local |
,ranch of the congress the largest and
most influential branch in existence.
George Wingfield, the Napoleon of
Nevada mines and a director in the
congress, who is a member of the Sier-
a Madre club, quickly declared him
elf for this city and pledged $1,000 in
ife memberships for the purpose Of
the convention. Sidney Nor
nan, secretary of the club, and other
aembers pledged $4,000 to defray the
expenses of the congress and a tacit
romise was made, to be ratified by
he full board of directors at later
netting.
Millions in Gold Ore Seen
The underground trips through the
the Clermont and Florence
lines, where millions in gold ore of
value stood barred to
le gaze, and subsequent visits to the
liz mills where the ore was converted
Ito brick of yellow metal, was a rev.
alton to those who had heard and
ere skeptical, and all doubts of the
lture of the great gold camp were
spelled. |
Tonopah was equally cordial in it's /
,ception, and sent some of it's big {
en over to Goldfield to extend an I
vitat ton to the visitors from the c
no OF MOVERS. AlInOuBn the stay
ere was necessarily limited, the ar
ngements for entertainment were so :
ell planned and executed that it was I
ossible to see the largest of the a
ines and mills.
Coming back, an hours stop was I
ade in Rhyolite, Bob" Montgom- I
US town, and Mr.. Montgomery acted !
guide and host, regaling his friends y I
th the story of how he and Indian /
hnnie located the great Montgomery 5
loshone mine, which was the foun- y
tion of Montgomery's fortune. =
Everybody voted the trip a success
every sense and expressed great =
terest in the work in which the big y
EN- of Nevada and California are "
gagged. - -
rhe Sierra Madre club is already u
an excursion to the oil !.
Ids, which probably will be run ~
ne time next month.