The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-01-22
WONDERFUL TONOPAH.
6. D. Van Duzer Tells of Conditions at and
Possibilities OF the Great Camp.


a Silver State representative with an
interview in regard to what he saw
there and his impressions of the won
derful camp. He said:
"Tonopah is the mineral wonder of
the twentieth century, and were silver
81 20 an ounce the output of Tonopah
sight, would reach the enormous sum
of $22, 600, 900; Frank Golden would hi
a millionaire and Henry Cutting would
have a quarter of a million to the good.
AS it is, the phenomenal richness of
the ore gives Tonopah a place in min
ing history which will probably not be
reached in our lifetime again.
80 many questions have been asked
me and so much interest is manifested
in the wonderful camp, that l thought
| would give the readers of the Silver
State some facts thai came under my
observation" said Mr.. Van Duzer.
How to get to Tonopah is a question
/ am frequently asked, and how far
and what is the cost. The distance
from Winnemucca to Reno is 172 miles.
Railroad to Mound House, forty-two
miles about. At Hawthorne, ZOE miles
from Mound House, on the Carson &
Colorado Railroad, you remain all
night, taking the c. & C. again next
morning at 6 o'clock. At Sodaville,
thirty-seven miles distant, connection
is made with the stage for Tonopah,
sixty-one miles; or you can go from
Sodaville twenty miles to Candelaria
and take another stage, fifty-eight
miles, to Tonopah. This makes the to-
tai distance Alb miles from Winnie
mucca.
THE fare from Winnemucca to Rem
is So so, Reno to Sodaville abo s11 80
C1 20 additional by candelaria). stage
fare So from Sodaviile and 81 from
Candelaria in to Tonopah.
ION the stage you leave Sodaville
about 8 A. M, arriving in Tonopah at
8 p. NJ. the same day. The road is long
and dusty. Leaving Sodaville the road
leads southerly across the edge of
Rhodes marsh, then turns easterly
up a long slope to the summit, fifteen
miles, elevation $500 feet. From the
summit the road eads down into a
wide, barren valley, or desert, across d
low divide to Crows Springs, twenty
five miles from Tonopah. From this
place the Tonopah peaks, or buttes,
Mount Oddie and Noun Butler car be
seen, the latter strongly resembling
the square cons of an extinct volcano.
The country is diversified with long,
black, funeral mountain ranges. at
places highly colored-red, ~lead-color,
brown and white-indicating the strong
naturalization of the country. The
country is destitute of vegetation ex-
cept scrub cactus and short sage
brush, and a little browse. There is
no water except where wells are dug
or isolated springs found: no wood ex-
cept on Lone mountain and on por-
lions of the San Antoine range.
From Crows Springs the road fol-
lows across the valley to Stewards
Wells, thence fifteen miles up a gentle
slope similar to hat running from
Winnemucca to Harmony range. The
rise becomes decided as one approaches
Tonopah, which is situated at the head
of a wide sag near the divide between
Mounts Butler and eddie.
THE town of Tonopah is situated on
a slope similar to Winnemucca, the
slope ending at the base of Mount Cd
die, and the gulch forms the main
street. The town is supposed to over
lie the extension of the three main
lodges.
THE town proper consists of 500
buildings. frame and tent, and a few
stone houses. The streets are well laid
out and the buildings in line with the
town plot n streets. Every line of
business fully represented. There are
two lumber yards. Lumber is $65 a
thousand and has been taken from the
wagons as fast it came into town. Hay
is $35 a ton. There are several black
smith shops and a number of feed
yards. The two large stores are Cutting
q Edwards and Lothrop q Davies,
the first named firm representing the
! Candelaria stage line and telephone