Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
RHYOLITE BUNCH
TOOK CHANCES
Nerve and Pluck Placed the HustlInn
Crowd in the List Of Million
aires-lndividual Char
acteristics

Rhyolite is composed Of boosters-of
the genuine stamp-not four-hushera
and "B. S." singers, but men Of sta
bility who have faith IN the BuIlfrog
district and can give you an intelligent
reason for their confidence in the min
eral wealth and advantages of this
natural outfitting point for surrounding
districts.
Among others not specially mentioned
might be named Bill Taylor of the firm
Of Taylor & Griffith. Bill cannot only
talk but he is somewhat of singer
as well, and his telling favorite song,
in touching voice, full of deep, fearful
cadence, "The Captain Went Below
always brings tears from his audience.
Colonel Griffith has never been ac-
cused Of singing. but he knows a good
thing when he sees is, and generally Is
on the lookout for good things; and in
Rhyolite he has no trouble in picking
persimmons, although there is not a
tree within hundred miles of the
town. Beris. he of the sad face. that
ever and anon breaks into a winning
smile that would draw Maud" the
belle of Rhyolite, from her daily BAN
quet of soiled napkins provided by
Newton's grill. But while Beris is not
hilarious, he is hustler. and his hold
He, with Shorty Ryan, another Klon-
dixie boy, are now moving things on
old Sunnvside mountain in the Lee dis
trict; and when the word move is en-
ployed, why, that means a lot in this
instance.
SiIver-Voiced Orator
Sullivan. of the firm of Powers &
Sullivan, is classed as the silver-voiced
orator of the camp. He can stand in
one place longer and expatiate at
greater length upon the advantages of
the Bullfrog district than any man in
the camp, and, what's more, you must
believe every word he tells you, or he
win proceed to prove to you that every
man who drifted into the camp upon
his uppers (and a big bunch of 'em
did that very thing) and remained to
see the town grow is either now mil
lionaire or shortly will be. And he is
pretty near right at that. He will tell
you about Bob Montgomery, the man
who sold the Montgomery-S -Shoshone
mine for $3,500,000 about the Busch
boys who came in with prospecting
outfit only and-well, they own big
chunk of the town now and can draw
their check for a neat little sum. Then
he will cite to you Cushman, who looks
the part of New York alderman, but
VINO, by Cne Way, Is d KEEN CuJIeT DIS a.
mining man. He will tell you that
"Cush' was glad to get in with shoes
on his feet, and now can almost dictate
the policy of the town, has large inter-
ests in paying mining property and
owns real estate that's worth up into
eight figures; and witha1 travels about
the desert in an automobile. And this
he accomplished in two years Over
berry and his wonderful success, the
McGarrys, Clay Tallman, Jack Pagan.
Judge Ray, John Largant, and all the
rest of the leaders will be held UP as
awful examples of how quick some men
can take on riches and in every case
Sullivan can prove it. His word pic
lures are a dream, and as the dean of
! Bachelors hall he is a great success.
Mention might be made of hundred
others who walked into the town, who
now put their feet under the mahogany
at the "Southern"-and that means
money. So all in all one can truly
say everybody in Rhyolite has money.
and not one of the bunch is afraid to
let go of it when occasion demands.