Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-04-19 | Page 32 | Goldfield Conditions as Viewed by Woman

GOLDFIELD (DIDITI1IS VIEWED By Hi Miss Emilia Maddison Says a Wonderful Change Has Conic Over Camp. Miss Emma Maddison. for years a member of -The- Tribune rupor.toriat staff, arrivod in tho city Saturday afternoon after-noon from Ooldficld. For moro than a year past Miss Maddison has been private pri-vate secretary to Stimlcr & Higginson, , who have always been among tho biggest big-gest operators in the big yold camp, and she is well informed as to conditions there. Miss Maddison said: ' Within the past few weeks a wonderful won-derful change has come over Goldfield. For several months prior to ihe first of the present month the strike, or lockout, bad been in force and many of the properties prop-erties had been forced to closo flown. The result, was that, Ooldfield lias been dull. Now, however, the. labor troubles have all disappeared and tho camp presents pre-sents a wonderfully lively appearance. "Many old lenses have resumed work and new ones are getting started. Much interest, of course, centers around tho lenses on tho Florence ground, as ihe Little Florence lease and tho Florence Annex lease have been record-breakers. Then, too, the Ifogcrs syndicate lease to the south of the Lit tie Florence, on tho bonanza. The Rogers syndicate ore, while not running as high' as the other two leases mentioned, is taking out in the neighborhood of $5,000 a day and the holders of the ground are not complaining. com-plaining. "In that portion of the camp the whole trend is now for the ground to the south and southwest, of 'the Flor-once Flor-once and old leases and new ones in that locality are now getting busy.' - Miss Maddison is here on a business trip and will only remain a few clays.