Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-06-16
FORTUNE HUNTERS RUSH TO THE
BROKEN HILLS

worth of orc win be indicated on one
hall of a single one o. the Broken Hills
Silver Corporation's Is claims and
that if the values hold out ilor the
whole length Of 2l00 feet Of the vein
down to the 500 foot point, fully ST.,
G00,000 worth of ore will be indicated ,
down to the 1000 foot level $t4O00,O00
worth Of ore will be indicated, and
that finally, if only part of the
brecciated mass 240 feet wide and 2l00
feet long, is found to be of CONNER
cial value the property will boast Of
tens of millions OF dollars worth oi
ore. Very apparently not in the his
tory of mining discoveries in the
whole state, since the halycon days
of Mackcy, Flood Fair and O'Bricn
on the Comstock lode, has a mining
vista opened up such as now CON
fronts pilgrims to Broken Hills.
Automobiles are pulling into the
camp at the rate of about 40 day
laden vxh human .ireigha. Most of
these are treking it across the desert
from Fal1on via Salt Wells, French
mems Station, Bells Flat, Bells
Canyon and over the broad to Bro
ken Hills, o3 mile ride A small
proportion is coming in from Luning,
48 mics to the south. Road repairers
are repairing the road Grom Luning 10
Broken Hills. n new post office
route via Fallon and Frenchmen's
Station to Broken Hills is being es-
tablishcd. Among the crowd that has
just arrived i'll camp are; c. H. Wil'l-
inson, formerly engineer of George
Wing ield; S. II. Brady, formerly en-
gineer Of the Tonopah Belmont; ]. E
Bevis, superintendent of the Divide
Extension mine Harry Stimley dis
coverer OF Goldfield; Briz Putnam
Manhattan argonaut; Ross Thomp-
SON discoverer of the famous Ross
land, b. c. gold copper camp, after
whom that camp was named. George
Williams, president of the Churchill
County Bank at l3allon {. L. Bing-
ha, director of the Bank OF Fallon;
\. L. Branch, director O. the Chur-
Wonder has begun. Whole buildings
are being transported across the dcs-
ert and being installed on the Broken
Hills townsite. l.. ]. Ross has open
up hotel, which is two story
wooden building that has been moved
from Wonder, and has just shipped
in 100 additional cots, mattresses, bed
ding, etc \ number of cabins on
Broken Hills ground belonging to the
Broken Hills Silver Corporation arc
nightly crowded with mining men, as
also the tents of scores OF prospcc-
tors. Outdoor sleeping quarters are
being availed of however, to a much
greater extent The rush is so great
that the accommodations are not
sufficient to go around. The weather
is perfect. rain and snow being almost
unknown i'll the vicinity OF the camp,
and the bracing fresh night mountain
air is good-naturedly embraced by the
stafnpeders.
chill County Bank; Eugene Grutt.
discoverer of Rawhidc; Emil Grutt,
Wesley Frazee, former superintend
ent OF the Nevada Wonder mine; Ar
thur Perry Thompson, geologist OF
international fame; c. II. Mcintosh,
who consolidated all o., the Roches-
ester properties into the Rochester
Silver Corporation; James II. Nevin,
formerly State Bullion Tax Collector;
George Graham Rice and scores of
others.
The townste. just established at
foot of the Broken Hills mine, on the
Cracker Jack claim of the Broken
Hills Silver Corporation, is complete
ly taken up and covered with tents.
4 hepira from the nearby Camp a.