Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-04-05
SATURDAY. ..... APRIL 5, 1902,
TONOpAH AS A FIELD FOR
THE INVESTOR.

old and new, is thoroughly familiar
with! the conditions that will make
better times in the Sagebrush State.
Nor is it necessary to enlighten them
as to the causes of the general de-
preston that has settled for years
upon Nevada.
We might say that the shylock
policy of the Southern Pacific rail
road company had much to do with
retarding our agricultural, stock and
mining interests. 1t has Again, we
will concur in the statement that
stock gambling and wildcat mining
schemes have hindered our growth.
What of it? Has California Idaho,
Montana or the banner state of Colo
RADIO, as we'll as the lesser mineral
producing States been free from
stock jobbing and wildcat mining
propositions? Verify no! And no
new mining section will ever be en-
tirely free from such unwholesome
conditions. The small operator is
prompted to try his luck at floating
unsafe securities by the example set
forth by the kings of commerce.
While we will use our every effort
to expose what we know to be bad
investments for capital, we desire
also to offer a word in time for the
invitation of capital to our rapidly
developing mining section And why
should we not set forth in fairly allur-
ing terms the immediate outlook of
Tonopah? The mineral belt of our
district is extensive. The develop
ment work has been confined to a
comparatively small area. And what
OF the showing?
Let us put one question to the
'croaker" about Tonopah and her
possibilities. What would have been
the result if the Mizpah lode had
been discovered in Colorado or Utah
or Montana? If he cannot answer,
let US. Thirty thousand people resi-
dents of the town, water works,
electric lights, mills, smelters and
railroads, and the means would JUS
tfy the ends. And also will the
means justify the ends in the final
upbuilding of great mining center
in Tonopah
Now let conservative capital but
come and buy up the many good and
cheap close-n properties lying idle
almost within stones throw of the
famous ore producers and eXpend a
few thousand dollars in their devel-
opment, and Tonopah's name like
that of "Abou Ben ad Lem" will
head all the rest.
And there is no time like the pres
ent, for values will surely ascend.
No mining camp in the history of
mining ever offered so many choice
properties for small money. Cripple
Creek in her initiative stage was a
pigmy in mineral showing as com
pared to Tonopah
A short summary of the work be-
ing carried on at present is as follows
The Salt Lake people on the south
and east of the Mizpah, the Fraction
Company on the south and west, the
West End Company and their neigh
bors, the Tonopah Consolidated Com
pany, on the west, the Ohio Tonopah
along the same western line, and the
Mizpah Extension on the north and
the Halifax Company on the east.
In each instance the work is being
pushed rapidly, and with the encoun-
tering of ore, which is absolutely as
sured in nearly every case, wave of
prosperity will come into our midst
that will rebound to our particular
credit and the general upbuilding OF
the entire State
We put ourselves on record land
we are not boosting mining schemes)
to prove to every conservative cap