The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-08-12

8fne frte IonCpNhs
~ have jdst attended a celebration
which marks an epoch in the history of
Nevada and the West" said Hon. Geo.
:. Nixon last evening To a Gazette rep
resentative. "To me 1t was a thousand
times more interesting than though |
had wandered through the miles of
splendid exhibits Of the nations OF the
world at the 1t. Louis Fair. The cere-
mony of.driving the last ~spike in the
Tonopah railroad and the welcome OF
the first locomotive into that marvellous
mining camp,which, with its near neigh
Dor, Goldfield, Is certain to change the
current..oi. prosperity.ih.-this state. to full
tide, causing Nevada from now on to
take first rank among all the galaxy OF
mining states, were events naturally
bound to I've inspiring tn every Nevada
man who has stayed by this state
through its long period OF adversely. !
saw in that event what everyone else
saw who has followed the marvellous
course of mining discovery there, that it
meant for Nevada a glorious awakening
from the lethargy OF the past quarter OF
a century, and was the herald of the
commencement OF the raal history of
the coming greatness of this state Of our
adoption.
at was Il period of rejoicing and the
people of Tonopah, Goldfield and the
surrounding camps know how to rejoice.
The central figure of all wherever he
went was James Butler, the father OF
Tonopah, and | doubt if there was a
happier man in all the universe than
was James Butler during the three days
of the high carnival. Nature made Jim
Butler Il big man with an expansive
heart, and it was a delight to watch the
abandon OF his joy. He was here, there
and everywhere, simply Overlooking
with the enthusiasm Of the occasion of
which he was the Central figure by right
OF discovery.
II don't thinf there is anyone who
attended that celebration who would
| part. with its memories for thousands OF
| dollars. 1t meant to Nevada what the
completion for example of the Panama
! Canal will mean to the commerce of the
world. That sixty miles Of railroad
from Rhodes to Tonopah, and which
| within a brief while vii, be continued
on to Goldfield, means the unlocking of
| the treasures of a mineral belt perhaps
the richest ever discovered upon the
| American continent. From now on there
| will be Il steady stream of ore shipped
from that district, the mintage OF which
will be felt in every avenue OF trade, to
stimulate prosperity in the West and
especially OF Nevada to an unexampled
degree. Whiln the new railroad is a
narrow-gauge, 1t is under the manage |
ment of a ~broad-gauged man, Superin-i
tendent A'onzo Trip, who is Just the
kind Of Il man apparently for the dis
trict. Although the new railroad was
built largely by the owners Of the Miz-.
pah company. | am informed that the
! policy will be to facilitate the develop |
ment of the camp and that equal and
fair treatment will be a~;cr1ed every |
. shipper. Mr.. Trip ~endeavored in ev-
cry way to make it pleasant for his
guests during the carnival and | am
sure he succeeded in every instance.
"What is your candid opinion OF To-
nopah, Goldfield ard the Other camps !
in this mineral belt?" asked the re-
porter.
"All l can say" replied Mr.. Nixon,
sis that every mining man whose judg-.
ment is worth anything, who has taken
the opportunity to visit the under
ground workings of the various mines,
express but one opinion, namely, that
nowhere, not even in California, Colo
RADIO, Montana, Alaska, Australia or
South Africa, with the same amount of
development work have they ever seen
so much ore as is now visible in this
district and moreover nowhere ore of
such phenomenal values. 1t is beyond
computation, and if one were to put
down in black and white what in his
sober Judgment he believes this district
will produce, he would at once be dis
credited by everyone outside the dis
trict itself. 1t is fortunes Land. The
spot where to those whom Fortune favors
and one must always remember that
Fortune is ~fickle-wealth comes in the
striking of a pick, in the blast of the
powder, and then in an instant the
dreams Of a lifetime may all be realiz-
able in the potentialities OF the specks
of gold in the broken rock at the miners
feet"
DAVID KEITH OF SALT LAKE