Mohave County miner., 1911-07-15
Nevada Prospectors are Busy.


 ing to the front with leaps and bounds. and the business men of Goldfeld will be rewarded for their confidence in both camps. Their money went into the constructive era four and five years ago, whea it was still proble- nautical proposition whether or not they would make good. Many of the investors whose money helped along the general development have since gone hence and have become identified with other industries and other camps. but, when they hear the good news of actual production that amounts to al- most the coining of money, they will come drifting back to their first love. Incidentally. it might be well for the business men and merchants of Gold field not to overlook the golden oppor- tunity looming over the horizon There is money and business at both camps, but unless local interests are consulted and lines of transportation established, the money aud business will drift elsewhere.
 Few citizens of Goldfeld realize that a couple of II horse outfits are operat- ing between Hornsilver. Gold Moun- tain and the nearest railroad station of Culprite, and that the loads of ore are once more headed towards the smelters.
 The inducements Nevada offers to the prospector are so multifarious that it seems crazy for a man seeking a fortune to go outside the state to find mineral that may return him a for tune as a reward for little effort. It should be remembered that Jim But Ter made his great find at Tonopah within 30 feet of road that had been used for generation. Not a solitary passer halted to investigate the enor- nous outcropping that finally arrested the attention of the father of Tonopah. This ledge stood fifteen feet above ground, and the marketing of the rock yielded I,5O0,OOOS without a pick striking one foot beneath the surface. How few persons know that Goldfield was located at least three times before the final discovery that placed it on the map. In 1863 and 1864 the main travelled road meandered between the Jumbo and the Florence, which have given up their millions, and were passed over because the prospectors and emigrants could not get pannings on the surface. Locations were made again in 1870 and allowed to expire, and thus the famous gold camp, which in the short space of seven years has contributed 53,OOO, ,OOOS to the wealth of the world, was allowed to go by de- fault. Other instances might be men, tioned, but it would only be rehears- ing a trite story that cannot be en- hanced by repetition. Montezuma, 10 miles west of Goldfeld, was a ship ping proposition before this territory was ever suspected of carrying gold in the seams of the earth. Even today the old camp has a pioneer in the per son of Colonel Grundy, who can mar rate stories of the excitement that en- sued after the uncovering of the first silver lode within sight of Goldfeld, at time when Candelaria, Austin and Aurora began to fade from the map owing to the enormous cost of main taining steam plants.
 The flats south of Goldfeld, just over the divide, may yet be the scene of one of the largest lead and copper smelters in the country if development entails the same results that are ap- parent at present depth. Prospectors are busy in this territory, every acre of which is being sifted and tested by men of experience, and it is not i'm probable that they may find something that will rank with the best mineral discoveries of the state. The railroads that have invested millions in con- structing lines across the barren des- erts are more anxious than any others to probe into and bring to fruition the innate wealth of the lands they cross. These companies are ready and will ing to cooperate with any well-in- tentioned effort to find mineral that will furnish traffic and revenue to their lines, and the prospector with something in sight may rest assured that he will not be handicapped by the enormous freights that placed a