The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-04-29

1919 1D'Dp'' ~
than expected. and were thus prevented
from visiting Goldfield as hal been in
ten1el. Iohn Mckane, who looks after
Mr.. Schwab'S mining enterprises in this
section, il interested in the Jumbo and
other promising properties here, AMI it is
Il certainty that had the distinguished
party come to Goldfield, they would nave
been even more impressed with it, Won
derful showing than they were with what
they saw to enthuse and delight them at
Tonopah.
The following account of the visit of
Mr.. Schwab and his party is taken from
the Tonopah Miner:
Charles VI. Schwab. ex president Of
the United States S5esl C)rpDraiol ar
rived in Tonopah Tuesday afternoon as
the guest of John NcKane. Mr.. Schwab
was accompanied by his father. j. A..
Schwab of Loretto Pa; DR.. NJ. r. Ward
of Pittsburg; DR.. S. A.. Brown and Ca
mile Mercaier of New York, aud J. G..
Niven of London. E lg. Drs. Ward and
Brown, with Mr. Schwab, are large
stockholders in the Tonopah Extension,
the Hasbrouck, the Golden Anchor and
other properties operated by Mr.. Nc
Kane, and the object of their Wis it to
Tonopah was to inspect their vari Gus
holdings. Mr.. Mercader is an engineer
IN the service of the Steel Corporation,
aad Mr.. Ntven is a mining Engineer who
is boxing after Mr.. Schwab's mining in
terests in Mexico. The distinguished
party remained until Friday morning,
and during their brief stay visited the
underground workings of tbs Tonopah
Extension. the Mizpah, aud the Montana
Tonopah, aud also inspected the Has
brouck property at Gold Mountain n. All
the members of the party expressed sur
prise at the marvellous showing made by
the mines of Tonopah, and they were es-
peclally pleased with the remarkable d.
veiopments in ne Tonopah Extension.
Mr.. Schwab and his friends were the
recipients of marked attention from the
people or Ionopan. On Wednesday
night they were entertained at dinner at
the Merchants Hotel by Mr. McKane,
those invited to meet them being DR..
Edward Bowes, Key Pittman, L. l.. Cd
die and E. A. McNaughton. Mr.. and
Mrs. Oddie gave a luncheon to the dis
tinguished party on Thursday, and on
Thursday evening they were rendered a
reception by the Mizpal Club.
The proceedings at the club rooms
were exceedingly interesting and in
structive, the speech of Mr.. Schwab,
which is presented herewith in full, be
ing especially significant. BY 8 O'Clock
the rooms were crowded with a represent
tative body of Tonopah's citizens, many
who were not members of the club being
present Hugh H. Brown, secretary of
the Mizpah Club, was the master of ce"e-
monies, and intro iuced the speakers OF
the evening in his usual happy manner.
Key Pittman delivered the address of
welc ONE, and in the course of his re
marks briefly reviewed the early history
of Tonopah and paid a glowing tribute
TO its pioneers.
In esponse to Mr.. Pittnan's address
of welcome, Mr.. Schwab spoke as follows:
"GENTLEMEN: When l left New York
[ did not expect to be called upon to
make a speech in Tonopah, in the far
away Southwest, nor would / nave ex
pected, in the event of being called upon,
to face such a metropolitan body of gen
tlemen as I see before me this evening.
1t is hard for us who live in the East to
realize the conditions in the mining
camps of the West. While we are not
likely to forget the dust" which we
New Workers are always seeking, and
while we are quite willing that the dust
of the desert may be scattered over our
clothes, if only the dust from the Mizpah
sticks in our pockets, still l want to say
that there is one thing we surely never
will forget-a lesson which l think we of
the East may well carry back to New
York-and that is the lesson of hospital
ity that you gentlemen have taught us
during our visit to Tonopah. 1t is the
very height of hospitality that strollers
from the East, who come here for the
selfish purpose of making money, should
be received with such cordial hospitality
and il is a lesson which we Eastern peO'