Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-06-01
MINE PLEASES
JOSEPH WHARTON
Venerable Millionaire Pays Hurried
Visit 10 His EIdOrado Property.

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Visit TO His EIdOrado Property.
On Sunday Joseph Wharton reach
ed here from Philadelphia and that
same afternoon went on out to FL
dorado canyon. He returned to
Searchlight Monday evening and the
following morning was driven over to
Nipton by his superintendent. Mr..
Charles Gracey.
Mr.. Wharton owns a number of
mines at E~ldorado, chief among them
being the Techaticup, Wall street
and Jubilee. He is not given to pub
licity and had little to say other than
that he was pleased with conditions
as he found them and that he would
be unable to make known any plans
pending his return home.
During the past eleven years Mr..
Wharton has been represented at the
canyon by Mr.. Gracey, and that he
reposes perfect confidence in his SUI
~perintendent is evident from the fact
that In the face of most adverse re-
ports furnished by experts he has
supplied no less than $200 900 for
development. That his confidence
was in nowise misplaced is likewise
evident from chance remarks drop
ped by the venerable millionaire.
Coming out Of the mine, loaded
down with samples, Mr., Wharton
turned and said. "Gracey you ad-
vised me to sink this shaft when
everyone else told me II would be
foolish. You've been spending a
whole lot of my money and sending
me samples and reports. Well,
Gracey, you've made good-you
haven't lied a BIT. Now If there isn't
anything else yoa want to show me
lets get back to Searchlight."
To Superintendent G. B. Wilson of
the Quartette Mr.. Wharton jokingly
said: "Mr. Wilson you have GER
tainly got a great mine, but some
day, perhaps in the next world as |
am an old man, you will admit that
/ have an even greater mine"
Speaking of age Mr.. Wharton was
asked regarding a party reported TO
be travelling with him,
oh" he said, Il never take any
one with me; they might get sick or
break down" Mr.. Wharton himself
is quite a young man. being only in
his SIND year. But there are few
men better preserved and he might
pass for fifty. He Is a very wealthy
man. his daily income exceeding
$1,000. He is said to be the largest
individual mining operator in the
world, his principal mines being iron,
nickel and cobalt. Some idea of the
scale of his operations can be had
from the fact that next month he
goes over to Germany where he has
an appointment with the emperor to
discuss the contract he has foy fur
nishing that power with nickel.
Mr.. Wharton was much provoked
at the Santa Fe for the reason that
the train over the Barnwell and
%Searchlight would not wait for the
delayed limited on which he was a
passenger. His train was about one
hour late and he characterized the
failure to hold the train as a piece Of
scant courtesy. AS a nah OF large
wealth he is accustomed to having
his wishes complied with and in this
case he was so provoked that return
! ing he had Mr.. Gracey drive him over
10 Nipton, from which point he left
over the Salt Lake route.
Mr.. Wharton further instructed
Mr.. Gracey to see what could be done
toward putting in a shorter road be-
/, case his supplies and materials were
: tween the canyon and the Salt Lake
railroad, and he intimated that IN
brought in that way he would open