| Show WEEPAH TOWN OF 1200 NOW FUTURE SOON TO BE RE BEAbout KNOWN About 50 Frame Buildings and Tents rents S Counted Count Cl cd SOME IE DESTITUTION Discovery DiscO Mine fille Develop Develop- Development ment to Determine If Camp Lives TONOPAH II Nev ev ArH AriI 11 By By Associated Press youngest and lustiest gold camp In Nevada Xe has grown from a II badger ba ger holo bob to a a. town of o 1200 to 2000 population since Its birth about a month ago The tumult and anU shouting has died out sufficiently to allow the camp to take of or Itself and look to its future This is being done and its lis future as a 1 gold goldcamp goldcamp goldcamp camp probably will be fixed this week when Frank Horton Horlon head of or the company com pan holding the land landon on which the first strike was made will determine to what ex extent ex- ex extent tent the discovery disco mine will be developed do XO co o 31 MINING OXE lNE Thus far no real mining has been done In the Horton hold hold- holdIngs holdIngs' Ings Ings' because the mine has not yet jet et been blen put In condition for working The last few Cew weeks ha have been spent In going going- over Its Us logging and timbers strengthening and antl rebuilding them The next move mo will be hortons horton's announce announce- announcement announcement ment of ot what machinery will he be used and what officers will di direct di his company compan Holders of or Weepah claims claim's are looking hooking to Hortons Horton's statement for guidance What he docs does they the will do likewise as nearly as they can If It his program Is too com corn comprehensive e for them to follow they are expected to give gl way to mining companies which might be disposed to enter the The The Th-e number nU nb r of men i hi en n now v nO cm enY Is 60 of or which 15 are ale working for Hortons Horton's company com pan Miners will not be needed until leasers begin sinking shafts and erecting plants This will be an an- another another other othel month or more TO llAH I 1 W. W v Yo B B. Mauser In Inspector In- In sent there to determine whether rail service should be established estimated d the pop pop- population population population at 1200 recommended di direct dl- dl direct mall mail service and the appoint appoint- appointment appointment appointment ment of ot a postmaster Weepah gradually has grown until it has a score scole of ot frame houses the largest of ot which are gambling houses or dance halls balls balls- four walls a n. roof a floor and anda i ia a bar at one end Tho The gambling gamblin houses pay pa li license ii- ii 1 cense fees to the tho county countr as deputy sheriffs preserve order I Living LI conditions are arc crude at best There ThOre Th re are arc about fifty frame buildings in town and about tents Sleeping accommodations I lions In tents cost 1 a night night- Meals range trout from hot dogs at at each to steaks at 50 cents ath is 10 cents a gallon Thero There Is some destitution n ap ap- apparent apparent ap- ap apparent parent among those who thought thought- thoughtlessly thoughtlessly thoughtlessly lessly came expecting to find gold everywhere and supplies easy to buy A number of oC persons who became ill and could not pay lay for treatment have been cared for Cor forIn CorIn forin In the county hospital here There has been only one fatality a fatality a manfrom man nan manfrom from Stockton Calif died of or pneumonia Weepah is feet above e the sea level le and tho the ther her thermometer thermometer dips down to a Il point near zero on cold mornings Horton Horlon last night confirmed a reported strike In a cut cross-cut on the foot Coot level of his mine declaring the vein carried lead silver and gold worth 1800 a ton S |
