Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-07-30

over and the event is written in in
delible ink on the pages of the his
tory OF the state Of Nevada in i'm
perishable characters that time can
not efface. To say that the celebra-
ton which extended over three short
days eclipsed anything OF the kind
ever previously held in this state is
but to give feeble expression to the
general sentiment Of all, visitors and
natives alike. From far and near
they came, puritan Philadelphia, elias
sic Boston, mormon Salt Lake, spec
ulative San Francisco, all helped to
swell the tide Of humanity that crowd
ed the first trains into the famous
Bonanza Camp Of Nevada. Ranch
ers. miners, capitalists. brokers, ma
chinery men, journalists, pretty girls
and handsome women surged up and
down the Main street Of Tonopah,
surprised at the size of the town and
lost il admiration that a mining camp
of its 9 could boast such handsome
stores. such excellent restaurants
and such refined taste in street and
store decorations.
Formerly a Desert, now Tono-
pah, the legend on the band stand
appealed to all. To think that only
four years and two months ago this
was but an unknown spot on a track
less desert. the home of lizards and
horned t1ads, today a town of 1000
people. clustered around some of the
richest mines of America, prosper
Gus and happy, eager to demonstrate
to the world their abiding faith in
the great camp which by means OF
the railroad will prove to the world
the amount and wealth Of the vast
treasures stored in its barren hills
and hidden beneath its sandy sage
brush plains. And Nature approved
the heat of the bright Nevada SUI
which shines more ia this state than
elsewhere in the world, was tempered
by cooling breezes and relieved b,
occasional showers of rain which |
they spoilt the bunting were none th,
less welcome on that account. Thel
followed the gloriously cool starligh
nights enabling all to take the rest S
dearly earned so doubly enjoyed.
Lined with trees decked with bun
ting, gay with the hundreds of Star
and Stripes ~1uttering in the breeze
Main street was transformers at th
lower end an i%mpromptu band stan
had been erected and near the Gu.
ting building stood Jim Bttler's o.
tent in which he camped when h
took the first samples from the GU
crop Of the famous Mizpah vein, II
tie thinking then that those few pie
es of hard white quartz stained viii
manganese were the foundatlc
stones of a future city, the keys
the greatest mineral district OF Il
Pacific coast since the discovery
the Comstock. And it may be thi
this discovery of Buffers with Il
later discoveries made by others
Goldfield and other nearby camps b
due indirectly to him, will yet 81
pass in output the wonderful sum
500, 900, 600 credited to the famo
COmstock lode.
At the corner of Brougher aven
and Main street was the stand
the drilling contest, in the cent
the block of Archean granite, to te
the skill and muscle OF the best DIR
ers of the west who had gather
here to see the famous camp and
strive for the splendid prize OF 81
which was given to the winning tea
A few feet further south is the bar
some band stand to remain a pr
manent feature of the town. If NJ;
street looked gay by day, it was fail
land at night, strings of elect.
lights bordered the sidewalks a
hung in graceful glittering festoe
across the street, VI the night
we're waited the strains Of music
beautifully played by the Cars
State band and the Tonopah bra
band, mingled with the laughter a
chatter Of the happy crowd viii