Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-01-19
SOUTHERN Nevada
IS A GIBRALTAR

Inat GOldfeld mas not been crust
ed by the physical conditions tha
have Of late afflicted her and that tn
Nevada mining share market has nc
been ruined by the artificial device
of adverse influences in the East ar
facts that bid for the attention O
the mining and financial world.
A fuel famine in the midst of
desert blizzard; a tremendous influ1
of population just at a time when the
camp was full to overlooking and
unprovided with hotel accommoda-
lions; bad railroad service that i'm
peded the shipping of supplies, con
stituted a combination of evils that
would have cause da stampede from
almost any other locality that has
ever attracted a population before
being prepared to care for one. Add
to this confederation of hurtful cir
cumstances an onslaught by powerful
enemies bent on running the fortunes
OF the places by a campaign of de-
struction and political machination
and there appears enough of adver-
sity to overwhelm the most stout
hearted of communities. Yet Gold
field stands ~steadfast while the storm
RACES about her, sincere in the conf
dence of her strength. Wall streets
endeavors to brighten away capital,
Secretary Shaw's effort to stem the
tide Of money to the west, Denver's
puny attempt to stop the emigration
of Colorado's population to the rich
goldfelds of Nevada, have so far
been able only to cause a temporary
lull in the remarkable furore over
southern Nevada stocks. Goldfeld
stands like a Gibraltar.
While the elements and mans ma
lightly have been unitedly striving
to accomplish her downfall the great
camp has been pursuing its course.
mining the ores that underlie her ter
ritory and preparing to send out the
greatest consignment of ore ever
shipped from a mining camp. Owing
to the precautions of the express
company the million-dollar carload
that the Hayes-Monette lease has
been gathering has been ordered
withheld for a time and until due
preparation could be made for it's
proper protection. This delay will
serve to increase the value of the
shipment, as the immensely valuable
ore is fast accommodating, so that by
the time the express company is
ready to assume the responsibility for
Its removal its value will be nearer
two millions than me. There is lit
tie cause for wonder that Goldfeld
is calm. She is shipping out more
gold than all of Colorado.
For San Francisco this is pleasant
to observe, because this city is Neva-
da's natural ally, and with the pros
perity of the Silver State, he~nceforth
to be known as the great gold produc-
er of the world, must come increased
prosperity for the great commercial
center by the sea. But there is one
less pleasant fact that has been
brought to the attention of the pub-
lie by the war being waged against
Nevada by the Colorado newspapers.
and that is that Denver has been
shipping more machinery into the
camps of Southern Nevada than she
should ever have been permitted to
1t is San Francisco's oppor-
tunity to end that condition. This,
though, is a mere incident. The great
lesson of the trials of Goldfeld and
ronopah and sister camps is hat
they stand upon a firm foundation,
and in this lesson there is the great
EST advertisement any mining region
has eve been given. There is no
question that Wall street and Shaw
md the railroads and the weather
will all fail to stop the onward pro-
sress of Nevada, and when all of {
hese fail the world must know the
solidity of the mining interests
# this great mineral country.-San
francisco Journal of Commerce. |