Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-02-27

eastern syndicate OF experienced
mining men. A great number OF
leases have been made on Columbia
mountain and the showing is already
very promising. In the northeast
corner OF the district some wonderful
showings are being made by Diamond
field Jack Davis and Harvey, while
the prospects under bond or pur-
chased by T. L. Oddie and others,
together with those Of the older leas-
ers impart an air of bustling &C
tivity to the whole district as great
as that of the leasing days in Tono-
pah. The exceptional finds on Co
lumbia mountain and to the north and
east of the same supplies a substan-
tial background for the proposed
new town at the base OF the mountain.
Cross roads lead in all directions like
the slopes in a leased mine, and it is
possible to drive to every prospect
in the district.
Some one turned off the lights, and
as a result there are no knockers in
that camp. Everybody is busy and
hasn't time to knock, while quite a
number OF the early arrivals are al
ready millionaire suspects. J. L.
Butler, H. G. Cutting and several
others fold timers of Tonopah) are
much in evidence. Nearly all the
leasers Of Tonopah and Butler are
on the ground. Leasing contracts
are of the old style-simply word of
mouth. A mans word should be as
good as his bond. That is all any
honest community needs. | will guar
antee that less trouble arises from
this method of doing business than
where every promise is sworn to, and
where the "~whereases'' and "there-
fores' of a legal document are as
thick as prayers 10 a preachers
pocket. Men are better satisfied
when put upon their honor than when
they sign a legal paper and then have
to spend seven shifts a week guess
ing who's IT.
The general lay of the country
points to the probability of large ore
deposits, while many Colorado people
say that Goldfeld promises to equal
Cripple Creek, Everyone is imbued
with but one thought and that is that
the camp is going to be a hummer.
The water is pure, wages are high,
living expenses are reasonable, and
the climate is up to date. Energy
prevails, activity is the pass word,
fair play is the slogan, and "she
looks good in the face"
Many OF the prospects at Monte
yuma ian old time camp near Gold
field, and the lei locations on
down to Ida valley, will take on a
new lease OF life, while the range of
mountains in which those old discov-
cries we're made will echo with the
boom OF dynamite and the bray OF
the burro. From Austin, in Lander
county, on the north, to the upper
end Of Death valley, on the south;
from Tokop to Stonewall, and out Of
the desert hills within that region
the mineral possibilities will shape
themselves into dividend paying
facts. To the east Of this zone, is a
country rich in silver, lead and cop
per, lying dormant, waiting for the
capitalist. To the west Silver Peak,
like a fat Berkshire in a puddle, lies
almost idle, for reasons only known
to its owner. 1t is dead sure its
stupor is due to no fault OF the mine.
The present sweeping wave of
mineral discovery will embrace large
fields from Reno to southern Nevada,
just as it did 40 years ago, when vir-
ginia City, Union Hill, Reese River
and Silver Bend were discovered and
when later Cornucopia, Tuscarora,
White Pine, Phoebe and lesser camps
got into the procession. Delamar is
the only notable camp that didn't
add to the mineral wealth of the
state. Still that fact may be &C.
counted for. 1t was because the class
that went there was mostly married
men from Utah. Their names now