Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-23
GOLDFIELD MINING
MEN ENTERTAINED
WILLIAM J. BREWER is GUEST OF
HONOR
Speaks in Glowing Terms of Goldfield
and Southern Nevada and
Predicts Great Future
for District

Representative business Hlen VI I1OS All
geles again joined hands in commercial
and social way with the multi-millionaires
of Goldfeld, Tonopah and Southern Ne
vada at the California club last night,
when a splendid banquet was rendered to
Hon. William j. Brewer, president of the
| Goldfield chamber of commerce, by the
members of the Los Angeles stock ex-
change.
| There was general interchange OF
friendly words pointing the way to closer
| relations in a business sense, with an
earnest purpose on the part OF the miners
and mine owners and the commercial
bodies of Los Angeles to unite In the de-
velopment of the great gold producing
section, as we'll as the tropical empire of
lovefeast that aroused great enthusiasm
and gave assurance of desired results
commercially and otherwise.
Stilson Presides
Fielding ]. Stilson of the stock exchange
presided, and introduced j. b. Neville as
POSTMASTER, duty he filled with much
! grace and cleverness.
Hon. Frank G. Tyrrell was eloquent In
giving the address of welcome, to which
| Mr.. Brewer responded at length, going
into the wonderful history of Goldfeld
while speaking of Goldfield and her
mines.
He predicted that the mines of the
| Goldfeld district would in a few years
produce more gold than did the Old Com
stock; that Goldfield is now city of
! 20 600 people with two railroads and an
| other coming, the district now boasting OF
| eleven mills in operation.
MIR. Brewer said mining in Goldfeld is
a reality and that mining is really in Its
infancy with all of the grand results
| already achieved
W. c. Patterson of the First National
| bank said ne had no authority to speak
for the banks, but he could say that they
were ready to aid every legitimate en-
terprise.
The banks, he said, had been criticised
for not being liberal in making loans.
1.-THE fact is that the aggregate de-
posits of the Los Angeles banks as shown
by recent statements were $101 900, and
the loans $40, 900 000." He thought that was
doing pretty we'll for the local banks
Mr. Patterson said he was gratified be-
yord expression to observe that new
era was dawning, bringing in closer re-
lations the interests of Los Angeles and
Nevada.
Nat Goodwin Speaks
c. d. Whittemore representing the
Salt Lake railway interests, gave prac-
tical talk, urging the brokers to familiar
ize themselves with the wonderful wealth
of the mountain section, and go after the
business.
Nat C. Goodwin convulsed his hearers
by string of stories and timely hits
that seemed to hit the mark every shot
His subject was 1.-THE Gilded Fool or the
Wise One with Lots of Nevada Money"
Nat is strong for Goldfield and Los Ange-
les. Los Angeles is my home" he said
"I didn't threaten to come here-I came.
I have Travelled all over the world-north
east, west and southland 1 predict that
Los Angeles will become the rendezvous
of the world"
Mai Stanton, a noted mining engineer
of Goldfield gave a valued statement of
the great wealth of the mines of Gold
| field. and paid a glowing tribute to Jim
Butler, who five years ago discovered the
wonder section.
The closing address was by Hon. Lee
C. Gates, who spoke of the courage, hon
esty and intelligence of the men of Me-
vada. He predicted that in the near fu-
ture Southern California will of itself be
state, great in population and wealth,
and that the destiny of the southern en-
pire would be linked inseparably with
that of the great state of Nevada.
The Guests
Covers were laid for fifty persons.
Those seated at the tables were William
]. Brewer. Ralph Waterman, Andy
Leach, c. o. Whittemore, Albert Hall,
Maj. w. A. Stanton. I, ]. Hayes, NAL
colin Mcdonald. all of Goldfeld George
A. Bartlett of Tonopah, Henry Newby
and A. E. Edwards of Pasadena, Nat c.
Goodwin Fielding j. Stilson, ]. b. Ne
ville w. C. Patterson, Lee c. Gates,
Frank G. Tyrrell L. Mac Blankenhorn,
James G. Blagge, Rex Garrett, H. w.
Barlow, George II. Reed o. H. Bur-
bridge, A. H. Conger, William H. Cook,
d. s. Devan, w. P. Mitchell, r. B.
Dickinson, s. H. Ellis, E. K. Foster.
Warren Gillelen, A. w. Hench, John e.
Jardine, R. ]. Rogers, H. c. Lichten-
berger, H. w. Mellen, Leonard Merrill,
George e. Mills, ]. ]. Doran, Neal X.
Traylor, Frank NJ Vale, T. r. Wallace,
William w. Mines, III. B. Brooks. I. ].
Halsey, Percy w. Ross and Robert
Lanka.
"Over the Alps lies Italy" the gradu-
ate had written.
'The Alps are traversed by the Sim