Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1901-10-19
PRODUCTION OUR OWN vINDI
GATOR.

have casually investigated the mines
of Tonopah to speak disparagingly
of them and endeavor to convey the
impression that the showing is exag-
gerated Such narrow mindedness
in the very face of certified smeltcr
returns, of extraordinary shipments
and phenomenal production, all of
which can be most conclusively sub
stantiated by every leaser in the
camp, is simply idiotic. Any man of
common sense who would undertake
to discredit in any manner whatever,
not simple reports, but certified
statements regarding Tonopah, is
surely weak somewhere, or else pre-
JUDGED to a remarkable degree.
In the first place, there has never
been disposition on the part of any
one, owner or otherwise, to boom this
camp simply because it was not
necessary The production of the
properties speaks for itself and is a
most potential rebuke to either skep-
ticism or prejudice. Every mining
man of repute and practical mining
sense who has viewed this great mil
eral zone has unhesitatingly pro-
nounced it the most wonderful expos
ure of high grade ore ever recorded
in the annals of mining the whole
world over 1t is safe to assert with
out fear of successful contradiction
that the Mizpah ledge, taking
everything into consideration, stands
without parallel on the face of the
earth.
The exposures are there and open
to inspection, data relative to pro-
duction shipments and smelter re-
returns, all of which are available,
refute with crushing effect any mis-
cradle attempt to discredit the merit
Justly claimed for it.
Again, when the properties here
are attended to in comparison with
the famous Comstock the observation
is in many instances derided and
laughed at, No one fully conversant
with the situation here to-day, TAX
ing into consideration extremely linn
tied exploration would have the
audacity to assert that the showing
at the present time would compare
favorably with the great ore bodies
unfolded in the bowels of Mount
Davidson. While it is hardly proba-
ble that the exciting scenes enacted
on the Comstock in conjunction with
its enormous kidneys of high grade
ore will ever find a parallel in the
future history of mining, it is by no
means beyond the realms of possibil-
ity that such might be the case.
When comparing Tonopah with the
Comstock it is not done in this sense
at all, but with an entirely different
object. When considering the great
output of the mines along the Com
stock the prodigious cost of produc-
tion must not be disregarded 1t is
an extremely important item for
consideration Even viewed perspec-
lively in the early days of develop
ment the estimated expense of open
ing and exploring the great lode
staggered not only individual capital
lists but even a combination of them.
1t required in very large degree
the speculative capital $50 far at
least as mining was concerned) of the
world to tackle the expensive and
herculean task. No matter what
the production of property may be
unless there is IA margin above the
cost of operating it, can only be re-
garded as now paying proposition.
True enough the world at large is
benefited by such addition to its
wealth, but not so with stockholders.
In comparing Tonopah with the Com
stock we do so in the sense that
grander benefits -financial-will ac-
crue to its shareholders, proportion
ately and legitimately, than ever Wis