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Show fourteen Claims Bought by Scallon Faii.h in Bonanza Mountain Shown by Xoted Mining- Engineer Humanity Hu-manity Side to Gold Camps. BY STAFF COKHZSPONrENT. GOLDFIELD, June 8 Tho announcement announce-ment that "William Scallon has purchased fourteen claims Jolnln the Gibraltar Mines Synrllc-ato property 13 the answer to n question that all Goldfleld has been waltinK for rather impatiently Mr. Scallon vna at ono time the president of tho Anaconda, also Westers representative representa-tive ojf A malRtimated. "Whenever a parson prominent In tho mining or ilnanclnl circles nf tho country comes to Goldfleld ho to eagerly sought for an opinion on tho country, Air. Scallon, Scal-lon, on account of his prominence and influence, in-fluence, became the especial target for tho representatives of the press as well as business men in general, To all In-qulrers In-qulrers ho would simply smile, and Rr-swerlng, Rr-swerlng, would tell nothing the listener longed to hear To a. friend In Goldfleld some days apo Mr Scallon .-rntured thn remark that h" Intended to return to Bullfrog, where he had already 6pent two weeks looklnp over the various properties. The ptirehane Just announced shows that Mr Scallon can think and net without with-out taking the public Into his conn dene it aNo proves how anxious capital Is to secure a portion of the famous Bonanza mountain Tho Bullfrog Golden Rccpter Mining company has been organized to absorb the purchase One nf the pathetic Incidents of mining life in Oolrlfleid Is the occasional funeral fun-eral of unfortunates whop search for wealth ends In death away from home or friends. Following the hearse there usually marches newly-made friends or members of the various fraternal organisation! represented in the camp ()no good feature of the countrv and life here is the prevailing desire on the part of all to .administer to tho comfort Of unfortunate ones The cemetery of Goldfleld is not larpe The death rate s exceedingly small in proportion to the population. Each grave Im care fully marked, thus assuring positive posi-tive identification in case relatives would desire the removal of hndles for home burial, and not a grave has been neglected neg-lected visitors generally And an abundance abun-dance of desert flowers near at hand, and on Memorial day the prave nf friend ami stranger was banked with flowers, In the midst of which a small American Hag tvns hoisted. |