| Show the magical growth of southwestern nevada camps almost as if by magic four or five big mining camps have sprung up in nye and esmeralda counties nevada during the past four or five years and these camps have attained such prominence of late and their output of the precious metals has been so great so surprising ng as almost to bewilder those who are unaccustomed to the almost miraculous manner with which rich mines bring progress and prosperity to the sections in which they are are located or with the rapid strides made by men of limited means in the acquisition of fortunes because of the successes that have attended them in their mining ventures and enterprises t the history of southwestern nevada within the past few years reads almost like a fairy tale like a pleasant dream that burns turns out to be a reality in this section the prospector impersonating alladin rubs his lamp or rather gets action on his burro and pick and lo 10 bursts forth in all its dazzling radiance and almost untold wealth he rubs it again and goldfield fie find nd a place on the map of nevada and its lustre bids fair to outshine its sister camp and so bright is the glow of this newfound golconda so marvelously rich are its mines that within twelve months of its discovery it is larger in point of altion than tonopah To now the metropolis of the deseret the lamp is rubbed again and bullfrog staggers the mining world with the wealth and immensity of its mines and prospects and from tonopah and goldfield an army of men stampede for the latest bonanza camp another rub and kawich is the center of attraction and almost temporary co with the discovery of this new gold district the once abandoned camp of lida feels the quickening effect of the infusion of new blood new enterprise and latter day mining methods and springs into life again with double its former vigor and possibilities and with its great ore reserves and measures practically untouched by former operators of nearly half a century ago almost everything can be bought with gold and because of their mineral wealth easily converted into the money of the realm the new mining camps above alluded to were not long in acquiring all the comforts and luxuries of civilization and shortly after the merits and stability of their mines were proved and established beyond a shadow of doubt they began taking on metropolitan airs tonopah is connected with the outside world by railroad and telegraph it has its electric lights its waterworks water works system its banks mercantile houses newspapers hotels clubs churches school and societies it will soon be connected with goldfield by railroad and auto lines and stages now ply regularly between these two camps which are also connected by telegraph and telephone and all these have come to a desert spot in the battle born state since jim butler the father of the camp found the mizpah lode less than five years ago while looking for his burros which had strayed from camp goldfield hardly more than han a year old is the intermingling of a mining camp and a thrifty city that is blossoming bloss oming into an 31 inland business center already it has its fine business houses its newspapers and direct communication with the business marts of the world and from this rapidly growing commercial center as spokes from the hub of a wheel radiate automobile and stage line to lida goldfield beatty rhyolite bullfrog and other camps springing up on eve evely evel 1 ry y hand far and near while great freighting teams are ever going and coming between goldfield and the railroad at tono pah bringing in goods merchandise machinery and supplies and taking out tons upon tons of the richest ore that ever gave prominence and notoriety to a camp or swelled the bank accounts of mine owners such has been the wonderful growth of the mining camps of southwestern nevada a growth that is almost unparalleled in the history of the mining industry of the present century a growth that has attracted to this section the brainiest brai niest and most talented of men and the best thought and experience peri ence that ever graced any mining section with the marvelous discoveries in these camps came the inevitable the man of means the investor and anything that looked good to them did not long wait for a purchaser who with an ardor and enthusiasm thusia sm such as only the possession of bonanza possibilities can impart soon transformed prospects into rich producing and paying mines each new discovery being as a magnet to those who are flocking into these new Eldo rados in search for the de where dame nature has stored her choicest treasures |
