The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-03-15
JIM BUTLER
Interviewed by Representative Of
the San Francisco Call.

The magazine section Of the San Fran
cisco Call Of March 8 contains an inter
view Of n Of its representatives vita j.
L. Butler. the discoverer Of Tonopah, with
large half tone pictares OF himself and
wife. We take the following extracts
from the article:
Ppm kind Of skeery Of you newspaper
fellows" said Butler. "One or w OF
'em in Nevada got hold of me and writ
mp things about me wearing rough
clothes and lookin' like 9 hobo. Do you
know, young Teller, that up there in Ton
opah there is between six and seven mil
lion dollars worth Of ore in sight and ali
ready TO be shipped?"
Jim Butler is a rough diamond that has
fallen out of its golden setting for q brief
while. His very presence takes you into
the free and easy life Of nature and Ne
vada- His is the type OF strong sturdi-
ness that one can picture slipping from a
bronco in the starlight and standing to
drink in with u glad breath the warm,
spicy odors Of ~sagebrush and chaparrai
that sweeps over the hills. Or in more
rlotous mood he could lead Alkali Sal
through the first set OF n mining camp
dance with the best grace in the land
He is not q saint. is u dead shot and
afraid Of no living thing.
Funny how my old named
that ledge the Mizpah. She had a woman
friend that was always a writing to her
and putin Mizpah at the end OF her let
tiers. l believe that mean somethin'
else in some other language; somethin'
about building MONUMENTS or such like,
same as you do when you locate q claim.
"You would like to have my wife'e
picture. you say? Look here. young iei-
Ter, don't you git too fresh-Oh, TO put in
the paper! / wouldn't want her put in
the paper and make her look 80 rough a.
l see some of them Sunday pictures do"
He fished a little wad Of white tissue
paper from his pocket and unrolled care
fully two little photo buttons. He held
them up proudly and saw that they por.
trayed a very fine looking
"She's q fine looking woman for her age,
and q deserving one. too, | can tell you.
She never played for money or drinks in
her life like them bon tongs do in this
town. II she takes a drink it's right in
the bosom of her family. She rides
horseback fine and she's a great f~avorite
with the miners up there"
His hand went down into his inside
pocket again. There was a touch of
scarlet velvet against his coat. and then
there flashed on my sight something that
hurt my eyes. 1t was a magnificent dia-
mond sunburst.
THAT'S one Of the presents they gave
her up there as the locator OF the Miz
pah, and l brought it down here to have
a chain put or it so that it cam git away.
Oh, Pm a sport! My father was j. G.
Butler and he didn't raise race horses for
nothing.
"Ain't it a beauty? Cost six hundred
plunks. She's got a beautiful watch, too.
that vas made a present to her. Come
on in and I'll show you a good picture of
her,"
So We made q pilgrimage round
through the corridors till we came to a
room facing on the courtyard. where sat
IN elderly, misunderstanding little man.
''This is my attorney, a lawyer from up
there in Tonopah," said Jim. There
amt such a mighty heap of style about
this room, but it's a mighty quiet place
to get away from people that want to
take care Of my money for me, for they're
all tapping me like a till around here.
= Got to 60 over to the Grand right now
to lend q woman two hundred dollars.
Look at these pictures"
He took out some finely finished photo
graphs Of his wife and a very pretty girl
in q cloud of white muslin, his step
daughter. "Jest as fond OF me, all oil 'em,
as if / was their own" bringing cut the
pictures of a second daughter and a fine
looking young fellow, his son l finally
persuaded him to let me have one of the
pictures of his wife to put in the paper on
the condition that it should come out
first class and not make her look rough.
for this is the first time I'd ever allow her
picture to 60 out for anybody"
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