Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-05-15

had pinned it's faith on what is now famous the ''West Side,'' the district where gushers are making millionares nearly every day, the brains and means which developed the great Brown Gold districts of California, which to- day is by long odds the greatest producing country in the world, came from the outside from the stranger. The local capitalist and others of smaller means, being absolutely blind as to the opportunity then within their gasp. From other portions of the state, Cali fornia capital and brains took leading part in the early development Well known mer- chants lawyers, doctors lumber and fruit men taking leading part, and to the list must be added the many hundreds of the compara- lively smaller investors such as mechanics, railroad men and particularly the strong sup port and backing furnished by the keen de- partment store employees two Los Angeles stores alone supporting hundreds of investors, each one helping the development in amounts ranging from Y50 by the lady cashiers to $2500 by managers of departments Another interesting feature in thls connection was the impetus given by the residents of the "Show Me" state. They sent their delegates to in vestigate, were duly shown and as con sequence investments have added many mil lions of dollars in Brown Gold to the worlds wealth. Some towns of about 10000 inhabi- tants furnishing more ''sinews' than did any one of the wealthy eastern states
 It was not very long after the Elwood discovery before all the good land in the district was acquired principally by mining, fruit lumber and other men, who through business connections and associates were brought into active touch with the exact situation in Kern County, and who were quick to take advantage of the immense possibili- ties and profits to be ultimately derived from the development of Brown Gold as against that of any other hlnd of mining or industrial enterprise. And, a consequence, those who later on decided to engage in the industry were compelled to go elsewhere and secure lands in other districts, where indications and general apeafance of the country were similar to those prevalent in the Kern River District. This ''crowdng out ;" which led to the com pulsory seeking for other districts was par tcularly fortunate from the fact that it led to the further exploiting development and ul- timatey the proving up of the greatest of all California Brown Gold District-' Coalinga.'
 The stupendous magnitude and the recent rapid advancement made in the development of this great Brown Gold district is such as fully warrants the name the "WONDER DISTRICT,'' and in order to fully appreciate its immense richness and the development thereof which has been made during the past few years, which period covers the real open ing up of the field, comparison will be nee essary, and for the purpose of making an in telligent one, the celebrated Kern River Dis trict, the field is generally (and was truly) regarded as being the greatest and richest producer of Brown Gold in the world will be taken.
 The authentic, up-to-date figures used in order to substantiate the statements made are those compiled for the month of March 1910, and they are interesting as well as remarkable from the fact that they prove unquestionably the supremacy of Coalnga the Wonder District of California, and shows it to be by all odds, through comparison or present development,