Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-23
THINK TRADE
OUTLOOK GOOD
NORTHERN MINING NAN Why
ENTHUSIASTIC OWN IoS
ANGELES CHANCES.


districts Is the belief Of W. n.
Rouiledge, mining engineer OF Sac
ramcnto. Mr. Routledge has just
made an automobile trip through Ne
yada. visiting his different properties.
and he speaks of Los Angeles trade
prospects in no unmeasured terms.
The condition OF the Tonopah and
ridewater railroad will be a great
thing for Los Angeles" said Mr.. Rout-
ledge yesterday. 1T will then only
remain for local merchants to get
into the field, and come into contact
with consumers in order to build up
trade that will prove very profit
able. There is every reason why the
trade should come here, and no rea-
son why it should not, and | believe
that Los Angeles will profit greatly
by the completion of the road.
Between here and Manhattan
there will be no difficulty in keeping
up regular communications, while
over the northern route snow delays
trains during the winter months, and
makes it almost impossible to keep
schedule. Furthermore, Los Angeles
climate holds out great inducements
to the mining men, and, all things
being equal, this is the place they
would prefer to visit when in search
of rest and change of scenery
The readiness with which sup
plies could be shipped from here
would mean much to merchants in
the mining camps, who were forced
to place rush orders, and the ease
with which Tonopah, Goldfield or
Manhattan can be reached, will be an
important factor in bringing the busy
men of the district to your city.
Il for one am enchanted with Los
Angeles, and am always sorry when /
have to leave it. / know that many
other mining men feel the same way,
and if Nevada merchants can buy
supplies here on terms equal to those
which they get in San Francisco and
elsewhere, here they will buy. Add
to this the advantage accruing from
good transportation facilities, and it
can readily be seen that everything
is in favor of Los Angeles as the logi-
cal supply center for the Tonopah,
Goldfield and Manhattan districts.
OF course this applies equally or with
even greater force to the nearer Bull
frog district.
Very few people not actually con-
versant with the conditions in Ne
vada are able to appreciate what it
will mean to have the trade brought
here. There is no doubt but that Ne
vada is at the very commencement of
its career as mining center. l con-
slider it greater than any of the great
mining fields of history and as it
grows up and settlers take up land
the value of it's patronage will be
greater than most people realize.
The completion of the new road
will mean that the round trip be-
tween here and Tonopah can be made
in day less than that required to go
from Tonopah to San Francisco and
return, leaving out of consideration
the snow question, which is an item
that must be considered during the
winter months
1T will rest largely with Los An
geles merchants as to whether or not
they take advantage of the opening
If they strive for the rapidly grow
ing trade and make themselves
known to the Nevada consumers,
there is no reason why they should
not capture the bulk of the trade.
and there is no doubt but that they
will find it trade that will prove
highly profitable.
What have said with regard to
San Francisco applies with equal
force to Denver and Salt Lake. Al
large amount of the trade now goes
to those cities, but the heavy grades
through the Sierra Nevada Mountains
and the snow troubles during the
winter months put both of those cities
at disadvantage. To have rush
order snowbound for several days is
serious matter"
Mr.. Routledge prophesies that the
coming winter will see great activity
in the Nevada mining districts. He
says that many of the richest dis
tricts have only been touched super
ficially, and there is every reason to
believe that as far as actual produc-
tive work is concerned the coming
year will be noteworthy.-Lo An
geles Times.
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