Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-04-20


nanza; George b. Thatcher, Law part
ner OF Congressman George A. Bart
lett. and James Donovan. a mining
man, chartered an automobile the
early part of the week and drove TO
Wonder to inspect the various min
ing properties of that camp.
The drive was uneventful until the
Wonder district was reached and
then every member of the party ex-
pressed surprise at the marvellous &C
tiyity of the camp.
i. There is no doubt about il" said
Mr.. Booth, Wonder is the coming
great mining camp of the state.
Everything points to it. Every day
discoveries are made that put the
discoveries of the day before into the
shade. People are pouring into the
camp from all fonr quarters Of the
globe and transportation facilities of
those who operate the stage and auto
mobile lines are taxed TO the utmost.
In fact, the transportation facilities
are entirely inadequate. 1t would not
surprise me to learn that over 1000
head of horses are on the road be-
tween Fallon and Wonder hauling
freight and supplies and passengers.
Take the town Of Wonder. Even
before any OF the mines are seen the
town itself gives n the impression
that the operators of the camp have
the most implicit confidence in it.
Buildings, fine, permanent buildings
are going up on every side, and more
would be in the process of construc-
ton if building material could be OBJ
tanned. The operators themselves are
jubilant over the showing of ore that
each day brings forth. Day by day
the showing improves, even when inn
proyement seemed almost impossible.
Hosts, machinery, material of all
sorts litter the road on wagons from
Fallon. There is a hustle and an
activity throughout the entire dis
trict that seldom has been equalled in
the history of the mining industry
in Nevada-yes, in any state in the
West. Not a man goes to Wonder
get a Wonder property and considers
himself extremely fortunate to have
a holding in that locality. 1t is going
to provide more surprises in the way
OF rich ore and large bodies of ricf
ore than even Goldfield provided dur
ing the palmiest days Of the Mohawk
But in speaking Of Wonder. Fair.
view must not be forgotten. This
camp is in the same mineral belt as
Wonder and win develop almost al
rapidly and as consistently IS the
Wonder camp. Why. in Fairviev
there is a body of good ore so large
that it cannot be worked out for the
next fifty years.
Mark my words. Wonder and
Fairview are going to be the mos
active camps in the state from nov
on. It won't be long before a rail
road will be built into Wonder anC
then all difficulty in the way o
freighting will be overcome.
II had a little piece of misfortune
while on the trip, but / had a com
panion in misery. Donovan had
bag of samples tied to his saddl
and when he reached town, comini
back from the mines. the bag wa
missing. Now, jim wanted thos
samples and determined to hare then
so he back-trailed to hunt for them
He found the bag in the road an
dismounted to pick it up. When h
tried to mount again his horse begal
to buck. Jim is supposed to be
good rider-he must be. for was h
not on the Governors staff?-but tn
horse was a good bucker and ever
time Jim tried to mount, the bronchi
put up a few fancy articles in tn
way of si~de-stepping and twisting
Just to show what he could do II
that line. Finally, Jim got in tn
saddle and staid there for a momen
or two-so he says-but I noticed b
came into town walking and leadin
the horse"
Another member of the party
George b. Thatcher, described tn
Black Rock Wonder. In giving hi
account he said:
I'VE started for the Black Roc
on horseback. While still a distanc
of about two miles from the proI
erty the horse ridden by w. "
Booth stepped into a hole o
stumbled. turned a complete fip-io
and landed on Bill-that's MI
Booth, you know-and, not conten
with knocking the breath out of him
piece out of his ear. This con
tretempts incapacitated Mr.. Booth
for it destroyed his sense of equilib
rum, and although, he rode to tn
top Of the hill he did not feel abb
to climb down the other side, so lef