Show MINES ARE RICH WATER A lUXURY Word of Advice to Prospectors Who Think of Gong Going Down Into the Desert JOHNNIE A COMING TOWN BRIGHT FOR SOUTH SOUTHERN SOUTHERN SOUTHERN ERN NEVADA Special to The Herald Johnnie Nev Aug 12 The rush to the now worlds great copper discoveries Is Ison Ison ison on Warnings have been strewn broad broadcast broadcast broadcast cast in many of f the newspapers newspaper and es especially especially especially in The Tho Herald but for all that It could not stay the adventurers who are prone to stampede to every new dis discovery dIscovery discovery covery A far greater number wend their way from the north while comparatively t a afew afew few as yet have dared the tho torrid heat heal i from Johnnie into Greenwater by which way it Is only miles Here nu numerous numerous numerous freight teams are loaded with freight for the district and this place will be the natural when condi conditions conditions warrant and when the hoard of ot prospectors will have haye regained their nor normal normal normal mal senses Going in With Freighters The only way wa into the district is by byone byone byone one of these freighting outfits The cost costIs Is 50 a ton and those who want to go goin goin goin in trail along behind with canteen In hand handor handor or forge ahead to the next camping place for the night Thus far there has been no loss of life liCe on the tho trail but the suf suffering suffering suffering fering has been intense from the extreme heat It Is claimed by freighters on the read that horned toads lizards and other er desert creeping things do not exist be between between between tween the Johnnie siding and Greenwater ter along the Ama osa desert They sometimes get there but soon the bleached remains are found sun dried and mummified many of which are gath gathered gathered gathered ered as curiosities to decorate and embel ish museums throughout the country Some Wander Away and Perish Numbers have and those who alio have dared the region without a full fulls supply s of water have hava been bOen b en lost and of whom no trace has ever been found Their bones will somo some day be discovered and a story of a struggle for life will be mutely told of It Is no picnic to go in there now but it is reported a line of at stages running every other day between the two points will be put on when water wat r has been developed In sufficient quan quantity quantity quantity to supply men and animals along the route Half the trials and troubles will not have been borne when once in where wealth lies hidden For miles and miles tributary to those mines discovered and being operated the country has been scoured for fractions claims having been located until a prospector must travel at least seven miles with burro pack and water to insure results A Wonderful District I Eminent mining men have visited the Greenwater and they pronounce it a won wonderful wonderful wonderful district Automobiles and rigs rush and nd crush to get in first prospectors with pack and burro drag along behind bent benton benton on the same mission all bending every nerve nene to be recognized in the mineral em empire empire empire pire building in this state The mines are wonderful and it remains to be dis disputed disputed disputed If this late discovery is not the most startling of all aU copper discoveries thus far In the history of our nation The district is not copper alone but copper predominates Veins of ot gold silver and the other precious metals are found here too Charles Morgan a United States mineral surveyor at Las Vegas has been all over the country and he proclaims It one of the richest he has been In that is from conclusions reached from the per ronal ionnI examination of the country countr by Mr Morgan prior to railroad building Into the desert Two Towns owns Started As In every country of the kind the question paramount In n the minds of many is where will the townsite for forthe the mines be located At present there are two one at the Clark mines and the other a distance of two miles from It both amid the leads and ledges and both at this time one as promising as the other for the reason everything now is in a awhirl awhirl awhirl whirl and neither good sense or solid judgment Is used on account of the un uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty certainty that prevails Not being satis satisfied satisfied fied tied with two another has been staked and platted at the base baso of the Funeral range far down on the desert as you ou commence to climb Johnnie Located At Johnnie Siding the ground was wa found vacant About a month ago the Las Vegas and Tonopah one of Senator Clarks roads and on which the siding is located sunk to develop water in a aground aground aground ground wash and from the or bearings from the well good properties were had which has hs h s answered partially In n the discovery of gold and to warrant Its Is location by C H Smith C 0 O Whit Whittemore Whittemore temore and James Brown one of the proprietors and editor of the Las Vegas Times At present a railroad freight shed marks the spot There is neither hotel saloon or store There is nothing here rere cre but what the future has In store Should the mines prove as fabulously rich as they the are supposed Johnnie will be b the shipping point for the south as well w as ns aslor asfor for lor the th north as it Is centrally located on the Senator Clark branch Caution Advised It Is well to advise at this time not notto notto notto to be In too big a rush Into a country where the necessary supplies are short and where water commands a higher premium than on any other spot In the west ivest To those who have only their labor to o depend on and no means stay out for tor it costs money and without the filthy lucre It foes goes oes mighty might hard with the poor poorman poorman poorman v man Water on the desert far from the base of supply Is a luxury It commands a abig aNg abig big Ng price Without water It Is misery and death |