The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-07
NOTED JUR|ST
IN SALT LAKE
Judge BOnnifleld Talks Of Min
ing and Other Activity
Of Nevada.
WESTERN PACIFIC MEANS
MUCH To THAT STATE
SAYS interests of Utah and
Nevada Are Closely Inter
woven.

| Judge w. s. Bonuifield and Mrs. Bonni-
| field of WInncmucca. New, have been II
| the city couple OF days. guests OF the
Cullen Tho judge is one Of the most ac-
tive professional and business men. and
one ~ the most widely known. in Nevada
He we'll remembers the active days ot
the Constock. when Dan De guile. Mari:
Twain and Judge c. c. Goodwin made OF
the Virginia Enterprise the nblcst and
most enterprising paper published near
the coast
"Winncmucca snid Judge Bounlcld
lis the point in our state at which tho
Central and Western Pacific railroads q!
verge, The Western Pacific runs nearly
due west. The Southern Pacific divergcs
I'm southwestcrly direction from our
town.
Freight Traffic Facilitated.
"Thc Western Pacific has Facilitated
freight coming to our city In this-onc
our freight in reasonable time from th:
cast or west We get u great deal OF
goods from Utah. consisting principally
of farm and dairy products that We could
transportation that prevailed. Since the
building Of the Western Pacific through
our state, a large section west OF Winnie
mucca has been brought In touch with
the outside world.
The shipments OF ore continued the
Judge. from Humboldt county and from
that section OF Nevada are on the in
crease. This has been, and is. our silua
ton; we have no fuel in Humboldt colIn-
ty. Now. since the two lines OF road run
into our county. we have coal iu abund- =
anco. from Utah and Wyoming. laid down
Tor iar less money and this is having q
nlarked erect upon the development OF
our mines, especially with respect TO our
galena mines
ours Is mining. farming and stock
raising county The increase of mining
oil hnp ind, t.,1
Population Increasing,
Irrigation projects are being dcvcl-
oped ana completed. and. rs a result, our
population Is rapidly increasing Dry
FARMING has been ipaugurated in several
places In Humboldt county Lands here
.plore considered Valucless arc becoming
the homes of active, prosperous settlers
IL may truthfuTly be said that the pros
poets Of our portion OF the great statc
or Nevada. meaning IIumbolt county and
INC tne country tributary to Winnemucca,
nave never been brighter.
IT may not be generally known 10
some OF the thousands OF readers of The
tribune IN this and other places that
Nevada is country OF magnificent dis
tanceS. As an instance The National
mining districts are situated sIxiy-rwn
miles due north of Winnemucca. prac-
ticaily, as we regard distances at our
doors. on the western slope of the Buck
skin mountain The National mine was
discovered in this district a little more
than two years ago. and has been In ac-
tive. successful operation about fourteen
months. I'm which time IL has produced
an increased amount OF gold bullion from
month TO month until the output of gold
ore is In the aggregate 5000, 900 month
That means the output OF the high
grade ore that runs from 81 to $50 per
pound and higher. In addition in tho
National district are thousands of tons
OF ore that will run from $50 to 800 that
arc awaiting mill treatment
Others to the Front,
In addition TO the National are the
Rosebud and the Berot Springs districts.
on the line of the Western Pacific rail-
road, that arc coming TO the front again
as producers. The Seven Troughs dis
trict is equally distant from the Western
Pacific and the Southern Pacific. about
thirty miles, and is in active operation
and giving satisfactory results in addi-
ton there are the Paradise aud Dutch
Flat mining districts. that are shipping
lead and silver ore east and west Tho
ma ajority OF this class OF ore now Is find-
Ing Its way 10 the smelters in the Salt
Lake valley
Concluding. Judge Bonnifield said:
we have spent two delightful DAYS
In Salt Lake, and / am convinced now,
more than ever. that Utah and Nevada 8
interests arc closely interwoyen''