Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-02-21
NEVADA'S NEW ERA.
Prosperity Ours--oifieiaIiy Som-
piIed Past Product.


In the early sixties the mines OF Ne
yada helped to save the Union IN lts
war with the south2
Did you ever try to count mil
lion? Do you know what a million,
in dollars and cents, really meansF
If so, you will comprehend something
of the magnitude of a grand total OF
six hundred and fifty million.
This is what the Comstock mines
have produced This is the record
of only one county in this magnificent
wealth producing state, while the
mines of Nevada are credited with
bullion production of one billion, hive
hundred million, five hundred and
seventy-fve dollars, and most of this
was produced during the years
dating from 1860 to 1870, period
of only ten years.
Our fathers, if they were mining
men, could tell of the halcyon days in
the early history of mining in the
"Battle Born" state, when Dame Ma
ture most graciously responded to
the application of the pick and
shovel muscle and energy in mine
operation and development. And,
be it said, there are many who are
living in eastern cities to-day. in
brown stone palaces, who are ac-
counted as millionaires, because OF
the fortunes left them by their
fathers, which were made from the
mines of this bleak and desolate
country, but extremely rich in its
mineral deposits, which intervenes
between Utah and California. And
yet, for years, this region has been
ignored, neglected and overlooked by
the mining man, the prospector and
the investor. Is it because the mines
of Nevada have been worked out
because the country has been thor
oughly prospected or because new
camps of splendid merit have not
been discovered? If anyone tells yot
that such is the case, do not reviIt
them or laugh at their ignorance, bu'
tell them that they are mistaken
Call their attention to the fact tina
with the exception of the Comstock
the mines of Nevada have been barely
scratched as yet-that there arr
thousands of square miles within thu
environments of the state who's
mountains, canyons and foothills hav
never been carefully gone over by th
prospector and the searcher TO
metallic wealth, and that, in thes
; extensive areas more rich and pro
ductive mines will yet be found tina
the west ever knew of. The skepti
: cal may shake their heads at this as
| sertion and pity you as an enthusias
and dreamer. But do not go bac
on a single one of these statements
but as a clincher, point out wonder
full Tonopah in Nye county, a twent
eth century production and the mir
ing marvel of the age.
Far from being impoverished, th
: majority of the old producing mine
of Nevada are capable of more tina
duplicating their records of the pas
In this day and age, with more know
: edge of mining affairs, with great
\ improved machinery, with new an
: successful methods of cheap reduC
ton, with the systematic carryin
on of mining in all of its branches
and with the general public tho
oughly convinced of the Legitimacy I
the mining industry and of the oppol
tunities it offers for safe invest ment
e and handsome profits, new life an
e vigor should accompany mining opel
ations in the old ''sagebrush state,
and all the more so when it is remen
bered that there is not a spot G
t Gods footstool where greater {
richer mineral deposits are to /
q found, and in such profusion.
Some people talk of Nevada as
. it were millions of miles away, il
i stead of being almost at our doc
S step They know nothing about tn
j. great mineral bearing state, with i
+ old bonanzas, its old camps, and wit
its splendid record for mineral pr
. duction. For all such, and for tt
n information of many who think the
: really are acquainted with the hi
+ tory of the Nevada mines and the
output we republish the followin
record of bullion production, much
S which was made during ''war times
} when many of our readers we're ST
in long clothes and more intereste
in the font of sustenahce than in I'll