Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
Macdonald In History Making in Southern Nevada

! present day has been unbounded, and
whose industry, ability and earnest
| ness, coupled with his extraordinary
| knowledge OF mining, has lent most
wonderful factor In the making Of his
tory in the old Sage Brush State"
CERTAINLY AN EMPIRE BUILDER,
There arc several men within the
confines OF Tonopah. Goldheld. Bull
| frog, Manhattan and Greenwater who
have perhaps acquired as much
wealth and property In n mining way
as MI Macdonald; there are men
whose ability In mining 20 unques-
/ toned, and there are thousands and
thousands, who at the first report Of a
new strike make every effort to reach
| the spot. and are as eager and as anx-
ious to see the development OF the new
district 60 on. as he, but taking II all
In all. II Is doubtful II there Is another
man In the entire southern Nevada
country who dovutes as much thought
and time to the providing OF ways and
means for the rapid transaction OF
business through communication and
transportation as does Mr.. Macdonald.
1t is certain that there are few, If any,
as thoughtful OF the future. and as
Nlh e 10 lIl' lDSSlUillAiAN VI AHt 'HNilN
Southern Nevada country as this
man, who hut short four years ago
went into Tonopah practically poor
and who today Is rated a millionaire
several times over, possesses some of
the best mining properties on the con-
tinent. and has the confidence. respect
and esteem OF the moneyed kinds OF
the east.
TuI UpIInNr AND TEL ECpApH
1t was Mr. Macdonald who brought
about the organization and success
full operation OF the southern
Nevada Telephone and Telegraph
company He followed the enterprise
and stuck by it4with. his money. his
time and his energy regardless " the
expense and " the losses sustained
for the first fow months of its opera
tion.
INTO MONTGOMERY SHoSHONE.
When Bulerog was opened up and
Mr. Macdonald, Notwithstanding the
adverse opinion of several Of the best
mining engineers In the country, pur-
chased large interest In the Mont
gOmern- ShOShOne mine, he endeavor-
ed to interest other capitalists, VINO
had properties in that district In the
ESTABLISHMENT ana maintenance VI GA
automobile line from Tonopah to Bull
frog. His success was limited for most
of these men whom he APP
preached We're wrapped up In
their individual mining enter
IriSeH and had no time for
the provision Of highways, or means
Of communications matters they be-
lieyed. should be given attention by
the state, " ut all, and which would
be more banaiit TO the public than to
themselves as they argued II. Mr..
Macdonald labored industriousiy in
this effort and failing to get the pro-
per financial associates eventually per-
suaded a few of his personal friends To
join him In the enterprise. The auto
mobile line, with its big six passengers
cars. and It's excellent roads, and the
Southern Nevada Telephones and
Telegraph company with its enormous
business of today Is the result. BY
excellent management and careful
Superintendency under the direction
of j f. Adams who has marked abil-
ity In his line, the telephones and tele-
graph company has Irospored during
tho past several months ana Is on
sound footing, notwith standing the
heavy loss they sustained in the carly
days Of their life.
AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT.
Thousands and thousands of dol
lars have been put into the automobile
company's equipment and in the main
tcnance of good roads and not until
the past few months has the ledger
shown a balance on any side but the
red. Yet Mr.. Macdonald continued the
service regularly. and without
break through good times and bad.
financing the entire company him
self with what little assistance he
gained from his associates. Some Of
the worlds greatest capitalists, IN
Guiding Charles NJ. Schwab. members
of the John W. Gates house, Mr..
Carhart OF Philadelphia, United States
Senator w. A. Clark and his brother
j. Ross Clark, Patsey Clark, and the
Spokane millionaire, Mr. Speyer, the
head Of the Speyer National bank of
New York City, and hundreds of 9TH
ers, representing millions Of dollars
In capital have travelled across South
crn Nevada In the we'll equipped auto
cars And yet they never gave thought
to the hardship or discomfort that
ordinarily might ensue, and that would
surely prove a barrier against their
coming this way and visiting and in
vesting in these mining districts. were
II not Tor THIS excellent means OF
transportation and the opportunities
through telephones and telegraph OF
keeping In communication with the
business world, while they inspected |
the mineral zone.
MADE FORTUNES IN MINING.
And while Mr.. Macdonald has been
devoting a good portion of his time |
and attention and money 20 the |
equipment and maintenance of these |
quasi-public utilities. he has been ex- |
tremely alive TO the mining situation, |
in which ho has amassed so big for |
tune. II was due to him that Charles |
NJ. Schwab, the steel king, invested |
millions in the Montgomery-Shosh |
n inc in Bullfrog, and later headed |
the consolidation Of the Montgomery |
Shoshone. Sh1shone Polaris and Crys- |
tai mines of that district, and 1t was |
through Mr. Macdonald, and that |
noteworthy and able mining engineer, |
Donald B. Gillies, who represents Mr.. |
Schwab I'm all of his mining affairs OF |
southern Nevada, that the steel king |
was Interested heavily in the new and |
great Greenwater mining district of |
Inyo county, California. Mr.. Schwab |
has brought with him into southern
Nevada, because of his wonderful sue