Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-01-07
TONOPAH BONANZA
SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1905
RESURRECTION OF NEVADA
The Old Sagebrush State Prov
ing Factor for Good.

ing Factor for Good.
Under the heading ''The Resurrec-
ton of the State Of Nevada" the
Chicago Mining World, one of the
leading mining journals of the east,
says:
The mining revival in Nevada has
gained considerable Roadway, and
the old "Sagebrush state is seeing
livelier times than it has experienced
since the early day development of
the Comstock lode. Nevada was
very hard bit by the silver slump. 1t
lapsed into virtual bankruptcy. The
discovery of gold at Tonopah brought
the state out of the slough of des-
pond, and the new discoveries Of
gold in Goldfeld served to place Ne
vada In the category Of regions that
are enjoying prosperity. Tens Of
thousands of people have entered
Nevada IN the past year to take part
in the rehabilitation Of Nevada's min
ing industry. This movement has
been supplemented by federal gov
ernment's work in developing irri-
gable land and by the building Of rail
roads, and, as a consequence, Ne
vada has flourished as she has not
done in a decade Of years. The mines
however, are the chief attractions
and energy. Nevada has a very ex-
tensive virgin territory and it is a
very reasonable proposition that this
winter will see a very marked ac-
celebration to the boom, the climatic
conditions favoring surface work,
prospecting and exploration particu-
larly in the southern part of the
state. Goldfeld is on this line, and
other camps are springing up as new
discoveries are being made. Nevada
inns Is supplying a mining boom at a
moment most propitious.
1t opens a field for surplus energy,
generated and fostered in older
camps, not only in the far west, but
that which has developed in eastern
fields, like those OF Lake Superior,
Joplin and Pennsylvania coal re-
gions. The big, new, thriving camps
+ making a splendid home market
for the produce of Nevada irrigation
farms, while the desert character OF
the district creates a demand for
material and merchandise that must
be brought in from outside the state.
As a result the railroads running in
to Nevada have all the traffic they
can possibly handle; there is and has
for several months past been a con.
gestion of freight, and as a matter
of fact, the rolling stock is not sui.
ficient to keep the freight moving
with the dispatch that c~onsignees de-
sire. The effect Of the boom is par
ticularly evidenced in many portions
Of California. Not alone is it draw.
ing surplus mining skill from the old
camps Of the Golden State, but it has
made an inroad on the supply of labor
in many Of the mining counties and
there is complaint from many sources
Of the need of practical miners. The
big timber belts of California also ex.
perience exhilaration in the sawmill
business in the extraordinary de
mand for lumber from Tonopah, Gold.
field and other Nevada camps, while
the call for canned fruits and vege.
tables has awakened new life in Cali.
fornia rural communities. Incident
ally, the mines are making an mex
orable call for mining machinery, and
all in all, the old "~Sagebrush state
is proving itself a factor and power
for unusual good