The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-18
TONOPAH'S BRIGHT OUTLOOK
One Hundred Millions Worth OF Ore In Sight
In the Mines.

"In my opinion Tonopah is the great
est mining camp for it's age the world
has ever sccn,' said w. c. Watson this
morning in response to a question as to
how matters were showing up in the Ne
vada bonanza.
'I understand that tales of sickness and
epidemic have been industriously circu-
lated. and ! was told that on one day
fourteen passengers were turned back at
a point along the road with those stories.
1t is not true. There is no sickness in
Tonopah worthy of serious considera-
ton, and / was told that but three deaths
had occurred in the past month out of
a population of 1900 people. This town
is located on as healthy a site exists
anywhere on earth. 1t is at good high
altitude and is situated between two
mountains a sloping valley. There is
a natural drainage and every afternoon
breezes change and purify the atmos-
phere. The air is dry and crisp, and !
anticipate that the conditions are such
that no fear need ever be entertained of
a serious run of sickness.
"The story that there was lack of
water is also untrue. There is plenty
of water for all domestic purposes, in
cluding bathing, and the water is much
better than the outside world has been
led to believe. 1t is better than that
furnished in many a large city. Every
effort has been made to insure a good
water supply until such time as the pipe
complain on this score.
1.-The rumor that the mines had closed
down originated from nothing more Sc
rious than the fact that the lease of the
Lynch boys expired the first of the
month, and the property they were work.
ing went back to the control of the To-
nopah Company. Temporarily this
threw, perhaps. 100 men out of employ
ment. Some of those left the camp and
those who remained are already at work
on other properties. On the other hand,
II was slIOHkty fuuuOltu tHdt Aht
delphia company would put 200 more
miners to work within few days How
true this is do not know, but think 1t
probable. I saw no idle men in the camp
to amount to anything.
"Tonopah men who are best posted
claim that there is now over one hun
Jrad million dollars worth of ore prac-
tically in sight in the camp. and / am
sure | am not prepared to dispuate the
estimate. 1t is my honest conviction that
no other place offers such excellent op-
portunities for the investment of capt.
tai / believe that the man who judi
ciously invests one dollar in Tonopah to-
day can expect to receive from twenty to
fifty dollars in one year from now.
1.-The accommodations offered the
stranger are splendid and certainly are
q welcome surprise. The restaurants are
will compare with the better class of
restaurants in San Francisco. This place
has private rooms and tables for all who
desire, and the concern bears a citiied air
hardly to be expected sixty miles from
a railroad. Meals here are fifty cents.
II expect and believe that next year
will witness the swelling of the popula-
tion of the camp from 5000 to 10000 peo-
pie. and they wnl all be prosperous.
understand that the water companies are
Il making every effort to quickly reach
.Xrhe camp with the pipe lines, and when
5 Xfhey do so a new era for Tonopah will
spring into existence. carson News.