The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-01-24
FUTURE OF TUNOPAH.
Concluding Article Of Series by Mr.. Van Du.
zer-Tribute to Brave Men.
BY G. d. VAN DUZER

ing eye, Tonopah comes nearest the
from the grass roots. In one short
year fortunes as fabulous as those of
the beach at Nome, which fired the
Imagination and whetted the avarice
of fortune-seekers, were accumulated
and when years have passed and To-
nopah becomes mining memory,
stories will oft be told of this wonder
full camp that will still thrill with in
terest
Butler in August, 1900. BY January 1st
following eighty pioneers were there;
by May 1st, 225; by September 1st,
1000; by January, 1902, 1000. But a
panic over sickness has driven many
away until spring, when they will re-
turn in large numbers.
Along the course of the Mizpah for
1900 feet or more, ten shafts have been
sunk to depth of 200 feet.
Black silver sulphuret is the main
mineral The richness increases with
depth. The value in gold is about $25
of gold to 600 ounces of silver.
Tonopah is a striking illustration Of
the passing of the bad man, who ter
rorized Tombstone and made Bodie IA
nous. There are no really bad men
in Tonopah. The good -natured jag is
the rule and the fighting jag is un-
known. The peaceful attitude of the
camp is in a large measure due to the
stern determination of the Miners
Union, numbering 600 men. Their word
is law, their wish authority. Strong
arms and willing hearts, courage and
a sense of justice dominate there. Lot
jumpers are respectfully requested to
jump off again Law is administered
and order maintained by a citizens
committee. "A paper with an editor
who has the decided courage of his
convictions and is singularly out
spoken, has deferred the ambitious bad
man from painting a red history of
| Tonopah lest his escapades be aired.
The Tonopah Bonanza does not wink
at crooked working by any one. A
fearless press is always an instru-
ment for good in any community.
The plague, so-called, and exagger-
ated by the pipe -dreamers of the press
into bubonic plague, malignant pneu-
monia, black smallpox, black measles,
etc, is nothing more or less than the
usual sickness which follows a bad
sanitary condition. The much written
about pail or mist which the sensa-
tional press would have people be-
lieve hangs over the stricken city is
a figment of fiction, a dream of dis
eased Imagination. There is nothing
poisonous in the air, nothins chemi-
cally impure in the water, nothing del
eterious in the food. There is nothing
but that which can be eradicated. Per
feet sanitation and cleanliness will
make Tonopah perfectly healthy There
need not be any prolonged sickness.
The story of the floating crystals in
the air is a silly canard. Men who from
privation, neglect. or poor accommoda
ton, become weak could not resist dis
ease. A number of deaths due to ma
tdral causes and uncleanliness have
occurred. Some splendid men. sober.
temperate and beloved. have been call
ed across the great divide.
During the sickness, when people
were nervous and assistance was most
needed, the splendid services of Doc
O'Toole, president of the Miners
Union, will long be remembered. Night
and day, at the risk of his life, he
stood by his post of duty. A good
samaritan, a Red Cross martyr he
gave assistance-hunting the sick, ad-
ministering their affairs, sympathiz-
ing with the stricken, soothing the
dying. He but reflected the spirit of
that large hearted BODY of men over
which he presided The sickness will
be a pathetic memory in the minds of
many. While serious. it was greatly
exaggerated.
The future of Tonopah is almost as
sured. Manager Oddie, in whom the
camp has supreme confidence, is as
Stunning control. The ore bodies are
large, permanent and continuous. De-
les of ore. Outside development will |