Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-06-28
Social Affairs In Tonopah.


John i Brissrll II Tobapah. In writiur ia
frirnl 10 Sacramento has the foliow Ing io say
in regard 90 ruuupah miue, The possibilities
u the camp, and the present social conditions.
We take the article from the Sacramento tor-
ur.t'nIun3
4 Will Try 10 give an idea OF what this desert
region Is IL seems that the whole country
including The san Antouiu range of mountains
produces something IN the way Of minerals
What ., now barren waste Of hills and desert
WAS once believe u country win It's forests
and lakes
Il have Travelled around some while here and
have made u few collections which am pleased
to forward TO YOU ~ you. la Sacramento. can
Seu what we have here, and what this country
is capable Of IN the way Of minerals The pet
rhed specimen / wish you would give to the
Crocker Art Gallery. 1t is quite % marvel II
seems Incredible 10 think Of finding u place In
the desert where the ground is covered with
petrifed wood many pieces Of which show even
the knots and bark distinctly In this particu-
lar piece there is "a wonderful amount of beau
tifully culored streaks. Al some time in the
remote past a forest Of gigantic trees grew
where the specimen was found Then came
disturbance Of existing conditions with the re-.
suit that what was once u forest and fertile
growth Is now % mountain Of mineral material,
lava and agate,
one can have no definite idea what this
country win produce in mineral wealth. We
ind here gold, silver, lead and copper, The
mines here / believe are the greatest In the
world. At Ray u small camp about ten miles
from here this Ray & O'Brien Mining Company
has made another very rich strike and It is
pushing the work right along, l believe they
have a wealthprOducing wonder. The shaft Of
this mine is now down 23J feet At a depth OF
$50 feet they have drifted both ways about
Hfteen feet In the drift TO the left Of the shaft
u large body OF galena ore has been encoun-
tered and the showing is very rich indeed
The I'D foot level has ledge i've feet wide and
run, from So to $50 Ia gold and silver and n
per cent lead, The average assay of twenty.
iour inches Of shoot made here is as follows;
cold / ~ ounces silver 275 ounces and lead ~
per cont.
so you Sc that we have here in this camp
and in this neighburr God the richest mining
camp IN the world.
As tar a. the health Of the camp is con
cerned Il Is Us good as any, never had better
health in my life than since have been here in
TonOpah.
Although have not mentioned the mines Of
this town ~ uetail CHE undertaking would be
too big for letter., I could not say enough in
their favor They are simply wonderful rs far
Is richuess Is concerned Buildings are being
erected at rapid rate A water plant is in
course Of construction, and is situated about
four and one. half miles from here. Pipe viii be
laid as soon % It arrives here IL has already
been ordered. We viii also have ice here from
the pluat now being constructed about SIX miles
from here al Jim hutlur Spring, and That will
he "a luxury.
MIR ButoF il The father Of almost every
enttrprise no this sevtlon OF tho country. be-
lieys tuis tpWn viii number ib.OJJ people in
another year NAag l. most needed IN this
place arr smsltorA. Tor tney would employ many
'Tus ssr.,.p consequence more men would be
employ u tls different mines. Many cap
itallsls ART arriving here daily from the Eastern
states looking for investments. Mining prop.
ofty Is IN demand AZ fair prices,
81 eui estate hore is very valuable Some lots
hers are held as high as 500 The Butler build
Ing Is one Of the hruSt hero The upper part is
il nail aud Is used by Masons, Udd Fellows.
Knights VI Pythias ana WorAmcn, and 1, one Of
the tuest furnished halls in the West
the people OF this place art q nice. soclable
set ana try aud make 1t pleasant for one an
other. This is the most orderly mining camp /
over was in. We had a fire alarm come In Yes
terday. 1t was caused by gasoline The fire did
very Attle damage, aud viii tell you why
'iouopah has a Fire Department ana nearly
every man in town is u member When the
alarm came IN IRON the hre gong (Which is
simply a gong Su those used IN the otlces Of
large notclsl everyone tan and caught up fire
oNtngulsher luf which there are many here
ana IAN TO the hre; and you should have seen
them put out that fire. why, it had no show at
oil. Ana Oh, how proud the boys did feel after
they succeeded Every man had smile on his
face They had reason TO feel that way for had
IL not been for our brave fire laddtes this town
would soon have been In ashes, and u million
and Il half dollars would not have paid the
loss"