Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-10
THE TREND
OF EVENTS
The Great State Of Nevada
Will soon Take the Lead
as a Metal Producer.

The trend of events portends ac-
t;vity to a remarkable degree in the
rroat mineral fields Of Nevada, and
Il is cry evident that there is more
interest in mining in this state than
oyer before, not excepting the old
comstock days to which Nevadans
have at all times pointed with pride,
and without disparagement TO the
Weld Of that olden time it really
seems that the state will 10Y take
tho lead as the greatest metal pro
ducer in the United States. And
while the phenomenal output of Gold
fold and Touopah and other southern
districts have indeed been something
undreamed Of, the more recent ok
n~loitation Of copper fields as well as
the wonderful surface showings OF
rich gold lodes in the Manhattan,
clifford, White Horse, Ida, the Pana-
mint country, Beverage, Ballarat,
Gold Mountain and other districts
which are rapidly coming into much
prominence on account of disclosures
at depth, indicates such an output as
will positively place us in the lead of
metal producing states, says the Reno
Journal.
As a matter OF fact the gigantic
enterprises now being contaminated
express a public confidence which
appears to be well warranted by the
most wonderful showing all over the
state.
Within a couple Of years a corpor-
alton capitalized at 81, 900, 600 was
very carefully scrutinized as to its
foundation, and a general cry that
propositions were being over capital
lied. Yet it seems now almost i'm
possible to make the amount sufici-
ent to jud%iciously operate the prop
critics taken over, and 1t is unusua
to hear of less than a clio, 900, 600 cor
poration, and $50, 600, 600, $75, 900, 900,
or even $3.50, 900, 900 does not create
even a ripple in the financial world.
Mining engineers Of ability and
conservatism can be seen on the
streets Of Reno daily hailing from
every point Of the world, drawn to
this Mecca OF mining, the great gold
fields Of Nevada, and in the majority
OF instances they have ample funds
behind them to operate the largest
propositions which can be combined
for operation. In the Ely district
there is now under consideration a
2000-ton plant and it creates no more
enthusiasm than the installation OIL
the old time five stamp mill did five
years since. Building railroads al
enormous cost into new fields wi.
offer a means of transportation and
conduct Of low grade mines which
heretofore could not be entertained
and the disposition cen to be tC
take over and combine many of the
old properties which have produced
millions in the past, and after careful
examination appear to show suficient
merit to be operated on an extensive
scale under new methods and more
favorable conditions.
1t is not hard to read the signs 0
the times for there appears to be {
feeling in the air Of great con6denc,
that Nevada will make such a pro
duetion as was never dreamed OF il
the most sanguine imagination. TIL
situation Of Tonopah, in the yer.
heart of these mineral deposits, con
ceded by even the most conservative
to be most remarkable, should caus
the business men Of this s%ectian I
awaken to the opportunity now pre-
sented.