Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-29
JOE CARROLL
GIVES FACTS
Wen Know Newspaperman Nh-
lightens C~aiifOrnians as TO
Conditions IN South
western Nevada.

where 10 Carroll IS KIN"
10 p. Carroll, who has been EN-
ployed as a reporter on the Bullfrog
Miner. has returned to Bakersfield,
arriving here unexpectedly yesterday
morning on the Owl from San Fran
cisco, where be has been since last
Saturday. 10 was obliged to leave
the mining country on account OF
illness. afs
In speaking oil the mining district
he is very enthusiastic. Ia talking
with an Echo representative, ne
saids
pAfter all the hard knocking that
Tonopah was given through misrep-
resented reports as TO its sanitary
and climatic conditions, it is today a
modern mining camp, with all the
comforts Of up-to-date cities. Its
mines are all fast coming in as divi-
deud payers. At night the nearby
mines create a beautiful sight with
the hundreds OF electric lights on
their workings.
aGoldfeld2 Well, there is only
ue Gold6eld. In my experience of
mining camps, and that has covered
few, I never saw its equal. No
natter the hour Of the day or night
,ou can always find some one buying.
last summer when dropped in
looked good to me and if it looked
rood then it surely looks better now.
3uildings2 Well we have a few and
,tbers that are now being erected,
hat would make some modern build.
ngs look like 30 cents. They are
milt out Of a white stone taken from
nearby quarry.
ANDY Fessler, a former resident
fRandsburg, has. just moved into
lis new building. 1t cost $50, 900
Pretty good for a young man tina.
worked for wagesin Bakersfield.
California never did cut much il
he development OF Tonopah or Gold
cid. Colorado and Utah followe,
be many investors from PHILADELPHIA
nd have made good, sa5
Ives, Gold6eld has a future in th
aiming world. The development
york done shows better values, an
he miners are bringing in goo
,odies Of shipping ore. This class (
IRE must be as good as 500 ore, S
iou can imagine whatiis left on tn
lump TO be handled by the mill late
m.
You hear about Ieasers being
letriment to the property they al
working on. That is they tear IT Q
Up, as it we're, Leasers r huma
md they are taking chances in sinl
ng thousands OF dollars on a leas
,ut when they encounter an ore Doc
hey at once figure on the be-
method Of developing their fin
Surely il is to their interest to bloc
nut the ore to the best advantage.
"Goid6eld will outlive the any
jborus that have transferred the
attention from Tonopab to the ne
ield. Goldfeld today has all Il
nodern conveniences. On the cor
)letion Of its broad gauge railroa
yith the Southern Pacific Railroa.
y'he installation OF the sub-powt
%tation, The proposed water pipe lii
md the completion OF the many mil
now under way. well, then there W
be only one Goldfeld.
c This fan viii see thousands
p%rospeetors headed for the Funer
6ange and the Papamint country
peath valley will be prospected fro
sne end to the other and Walt
scott will have to be good.
c Eyes, Mysterious Scott has h
The desert p~rospectots bufaloed
The past year. They oil admit tn
te Is a good shot and then that
mile field glass has bsen the bugat
or any intended follower.
"What do ! think Of him and
nine? Now that would be a hi
question toanswer. He understal
Us business all right There in
loabt that he has a rich strin,
hat will make your eyes snap.
TN BullTrog we have a few
eloped mines that can show not q
Zig lodges, but big bodies OF mill
IRE, with good sized streaks Of 81
ing ore. The Shoshone is the q
'onder in the mining world and