Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09

MElihL1 II
ion No. 3, Gold Crater, Granny, Stray
Dog, Jumping Jack, Indian Camp,
Wolftone, Little Grey, Breyfogle,
Original Manhattan, Chipmunk, Man
haitian Mining (Annie Laurie}, In
dependence.
There are, perhaps, fifty properties
in the camp, which make the finest
of showings, and where good values
have been exposed in the cuts and
trenches opened up in the assess
mena work. Among these are such
properties as the Big Chief, Toro
Blanco, Pine Hill, Maybe So, Turn
back, Manhattan Isabella, Yellow
Horse, Mustang Extension, Forked
Stick, Rocklin, Manhattan Verde,
Whale, B. Four, Cowboy, Mayfiow-
er, Blackboard, Tip Top, Carson,
Crescent, Gold Wedge and others.
The men Of Manhattan got togeth-
er about a month ago to devise a
method of getting the resources of
the camp to the knowledge of the
general public. The idea was to in
vite capital to the camp, SO that it
might see for itself what there was
to offer, and permit it to take its
pick from the properties, and to aid
in their development, The men there
felt that it was only necessary to set
the tide moving in their direction and
that the camp itself would do the
rest. The Manhattan Committee was
formed with this idea in mind, and
the committee went still further and
resolved to separate the chaff from
the wheat, and to let the world know
the difference between the good and
the bad in Manhattan.
Words were not minced at the first
public meeting that was held, and
men spoke what was in their minds.
The result vas that a permanent or
ganization was formed, and a COM
mittee appointed to determine what
properties were worthy of aid, and
to weed out the companies which
sought money from the public on the
strength Of properties they had no
intention of working. This scheme
has been pushed through and the
Manhattan Committee now stands
ready to report to the intending in
weston, on any property in the camp.
The committee will stand between
capital and the wildcats.
The program mapped out by the
Manhattan people appealed to the
men of Tonopah, and a similar COM
mittee was organized in Tonopah,
only with a wider scope. namely, to
investigate and to exploit all the
tributary districts of the great CEN
ter, as Tonopah has ever been. 1t
was just at the time when the two
committees got down to business to-
gether that the wonderful strikes
WI hetuCs IhNit NtlG DdIllDiGS u
ore from Manhattan brought in here
that set men wild with the fever oil
the days of the boom. The ore was
exposed in windows and in public
places in Tonopah, and the excite
ment was intense here for several
days. There were exclusions to Man
haitian and the men of Tonopah, com
ing back. met the men of GoldfeId
going out, the latter, too, having be.
come excited by the stories and the
samples that came from the northern
camp.
Then came the suspension of the
State Bank and Trust Company, and
the succeeding holidays which re
duced everything to quiet. The
crash would have made less nervy
men than those of Manhattan throw
up the sponge. But the men of Man
haitian are made of different stuff
They, out of the line of the railroad
and general communication, did moi
know how long the condition Of
things vas going to last. They knew
that they had the ore in the hills
and to the hills they turned as the
salvation of themselves and the camp
Leases were applied for and received
Men who had been used to the brok,
er's desk, and to the routine of of
flee went out in the hills themselves
to work at their own leases, with i;
practical mind to direct them.
The Bank of Manhattan, controlled
by Bert Smith, the well known Ne
vada banker, saw the doors of tn,
State Bank and Trust Compan,
close, and those of the Nye and Orms
by follow suit. Cashier Raymond q
the bank could not get in communi
cation with Mr.. Smith, the president
and not knowing what else to do
he kept his doors wide open, and tolt
the depositors to come on. The Banl
of Manhattan was doing the bigges
business in the town, and as long a
1t was open the people were encour
aged,