Show RICH MINES IN NEVADA DESERT Sudden Rise to Prominence of Wealthy Gold GoldS Camps S J POSSIBILITIES LONG KNOWN Brief Recital of if Fuels Facts Concerning Death all Valley a l J c ert and the lie Range e. e It I has hns long been known that the volcanic area south of Belmont Nyc county Nov Ncr had hod mining possibilities Some Sonic of the ul time old prospectors knew that gold existed there Its Is remoteness from any source source o of supplies Its It long distances from Crom water the tho absence o of game and more perhaps the lack o of C grass for animals to subsist upon ha hamade has hns made this an unattractive region in which to search earch for mines The discovery of Tonopah b by J. J L LButler L. L Butler S who located the claim I in ute May 1900 and the fortunes soon oon realized there attracted 1 man many As the boom declined man many wen went the surrounding sur stir owa away some scattering out into rounding country and the tho population Is now nos' about In the fall 01 of oC 1902 a discovery of or gold gol was made 23 miles south in iii what is now known as the mies Sandstorm group four Cour mies miles nf of of Goldfeld In the tho winter n of 94 1903 the Combination January and ane Florence mines were discovered and shipments of high grade ore soon followed S In Iii January 1905 there were people ii In In June 1904 rich gold ore was found 85 miles mies south- south cast east rt at the time foot of the south end of the Kawich mountains but this discovery dIscover was kept quiet until a relocation could be made made- On August 10 10 1901 1904 the Bullfrog claims and a month later the Ladd mountain and neighboring claims were located S cit Jert Full of People During the winter of 1904 5 the desert esert seem seemed el full Cul of oC people All AU sorts orts of outfits traversed unfrequented roads roads men afoot aroot and alone burro men carriages wagons and automo automo- biles bies The Inevitable reaction of oC such furore fUore is no doubt deplorable yet the rapid development of or any new mining region depends upon the excited ten rather than the tIme conservative mine operator At Goldfeld It was wa a sight to see sec There were hundreds of see people walking over the hills man many with wih a canteen of water slung over one shoulder while a small smal Iron mortar mortar mor mor- tar hung to the tho other and a pestle a pick and a a. five loch Inch frying trying pan Imn constituted constituted con con- COI- COI the equipment for sampling grinding and testing The rock is soft and the gold old at nt the surface Js free i is Goldfeld and the region from to feet above sea ea level level The climate at Is much the same ame as that at Pueblo Col Col except that the rainfall rainfall rain rain- fall faU Is less than half The topo topographical cal Gal variation Is not great get in Nevada the summits of or the mountain ranges are rarely more than 2000 or feet above the surrounding deserts Inyo count county Cal Is different being remarkable for Cor deep valleys alleys and high precipitous I mountains nc Region lon of Extremes Roughly Houghl speaking GOO feet in elevation ele ele- dc- dc Is equivalent to 1 de degree ree In latitude moreover a deep valley valey has not the circulation of air all that prevails prevails pre pre- vails vals on the tablelands Hence this Is la a u region of extremes of wind and amid calm heat and cold both diurnal and annual annual The he storms of winter seem to blow through h one and take all al the warmth awa away yet on a summer summer summer sum sum- mer day without any shade thade down In one of or these valleys protected by high mountains from th prevailing winds t it I Is hotter than han in an any other part of the he American continent The he maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum num temperature at Furnace Creek ranch anch In iii Death aie valley Is said by those hose who live Ivo there to he be dc- dc grees Fahrenheit Tho The extraordinary amount mount of detritus brought down through er e every little m mountain gulch i terrific cloudbursts Outfit Required The outfit for fOI a trip through this section requires as us a usual rule one pound each of or vegetable and animal food per pel da day per ier man and anji 14 11 1 pounds of ha hay hayl anti and ane 12 pounds' pounds or grain per horse per day A larger larder amount of oC alfalfa aaa with wih a smaller amount of barley bar bar- ley hey can be bo fed Mules arc are preferable to horses because they are arc more hardy and ani ane eat cat and drink less les In a countr country where evaporation Is so great gleat gleatan an aero acre of or tanks will w evaporate 1700 gallons per ra day a team of horses will w require about 15 gallons say sy lO pounds of or water per day In the heat of summer more Where there I Is running water In the winter there thero 1 is 15 nothing but buta a a dry arroyo in the summer Indeed in a channel where there is a stream of o running water Inthe Inthe in inthe the morning sufficient for or stock It I may be dr dry and even dust dusty at sund sun sun- sunI I d down own The people are V very Iy kind about giving gIvIng ing tug Information as to water and roads but such information is pHen inac mac curate Nyc Ne county Nev Nov has had hal sign boards put up at cross roads ant and amid som om somiS of the freighters also arc are thoughtful enough t to leave some mark or fi sign n. n Tho fie 1 Desert This desert valley al e Is about nIles mies long and forms fornis with wih Death valley a long bug Ions narrow U U. U extending northwest southeast southeast The upper end 1000 feet fee above sea ca level la is formed by the joinIng joinIng join- join Ing lug of the Grapevine and the tho Amargosa Amal- Amal Amar gosa gOI mountains the former is the tho northern boundary of or Death valley and the tho latter later contains the Bullfrog mining region The Thc Amargosa Amargos la is cu cut through by the Oasis a narrow val al vai- vai alIe Ie hey ley In which are numerous springs am ama and anda a little running water Opposite the Oasis the time Amargosa Is 12 miles mies wide vide farther south it widens rapidly Iy Between Be Be- tween the tho mouth of or Mile Forty lIe Fort canyon canyon can can- yon you and the Funeral range It Is IR 30 miles wide wide- Here the road roach Is so 50 dry and anti sandy that freighters have havo to double and amid then can only travel a at half haIr the usual ubal rate of speed The roadside roadside roadside road road- side graves raves and amid skeletons skeleton of I draft animals are mute witnesses of or th the hardships here experienced Death Valley Much uch has be been n written about th this valley valey and ali a strange amount of ro romance romance romance ro- ro mance Is attached to It H. The prospector prospector pros pros- could eal easily find a more promIsIng prom prom- IsIng field anti and a less ant expensive place to work wol a mine In It I Is lI a long nar nar- 10 v ro valley el Very deep and sur d db b by high mountains mountaIns The P and Sentinel peaks reach an extreme elevation of or 1000 feet while Death Dath valley hanl hardly ten Let tel miles mies west vest Is 20 OO S I to feet below lehOS sea level leel A similar la of elevation occurs eighty eighty lies between tho the sum ml mies Lake Lak Whitney anti and Owens of or Mount 1 valley J C end of the tho hO latter latel Is H only The ho upper IlK IlK- miles from In Instead In- In about thirty mils stead stend ot of f being the time horrible region OF usually reported It I Is the he hc best t of the ho low und anti belog be be- Lying so nV- nV AJO In by hy surrounding mountaIns moun moun- tn log shut m 11 it I Is i hut hot 1 In summer slimmer but the winter climate leaveN little to be he do do- e- e sired Particularly h by those tle who re re- re atmosphere It Is 18 but a aci afew arow a dry I lut elevation In the west miles west to an aim row few ci nilles- nilles al Panamint where In the shade of oC the pines the traveler tra can cn be he comfortable table and look Into the sweltering valley belot below below be be- low lot while a battery batter of d charcoal kilns kins might make him him fal fancy Lake lip Iq was near Superior 0 Name Sule aumiC Originated The name of Death valley niley comes conies from the thc loss of or an emigrant train Ir In Int Inthe the c lower Jower end of or Lost valley The party narty t was on oil the ay front from Salt Lake to o southern souther California and becom beconi- j becom-j lug ing ng exhausted stopped to rest In wha whal appeared to be a n mend meadow ow Tho The salt sal sai ind wiry Sr grass Is not hot nutritious the water vater Is saline Mine and carries enough sulphates sulphates sul- sul to disarrange promptly the hUman hil- hil man nan digestive system The Thc spot pot where It t is said about 50 GO people perished has been dug over for burled buried treasure trea- trea ure nrc and last winter many of or tho the pits pIt were ivere In Iii brackish water Some prospectors prospectors pros pros- also have hae lost their heir lives Inthe Inthe in inthe the south end of the vale valley The atmosphere in Iii the valley is re reI remarkablY remarkably re- re clear an and 1 possesses the resonance resonance res res- so noticeable above timber line lne There Is no truth In the story about birds am and animals dying In attempting to cross the valley The Indians and the borax company keep several hundred hundred hun hun- dred tired head hend of cattle cate and some mules and horses about the mouth of or Furnace Furnace Furn Furn- ace nee creek creel and rabbits rabbis quail quai and other other oth oth- er or small smal game can be found From found From June Issue of ol Mines and Minerals |