Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-01-18
Four Tonopahns Visit New
Camp and Pronounce 1t
Most Marvellous : Cannot
Say Too Much in Praise of
Wonderful ShoWings.

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= Four men came back last =
= night from Rawhide, and enthu- y |
. siasm would but weakly convey =
. their sentiments regarding the . |
. camp. They could not say =
= enough in praise OF the won =
= derful showings that they saw. .
. And these men are all of diff y
. ferent temperament, and men .
. who rarely enthuse over any .
. thing in the way of gold or =
= silver mine The party was .
y composed OF zeb Kendall. Bob .
. Govan. George Thatcher and .
= Roger Dougherty. 81
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The first and last named of the
party were here in the early days
and both had lucky leases on Mount
Oddie They saw this camp flourish
and prosper. and grow from a lot Of
leases to one of the greatest camps
in the world They both saw Cold
field spring up, and then grow into
what it Is. and words fail them when
they attempt to describe what they
saw in Rawhide and what they think
of the camp Bob Govan has been
nearly everywhere that a camp has
reared It's head, from the Arctic to
Mexico, and he says that there never
was anything like Rawhide. George
Thatcher has been mining lawyer
and has lived much in mining camps
and he says that one is struck with
wonder after an exploration of the
camp. and that when he gets away
from It. the wonder becomes still
Ireater.
Ieb Kendall Is one OF the hardest
men to startle out OF an expression
of enthusiasm and he has made and
lost fortunes ia mining, but he is
lost for expressions TO suit his feel
ings in regard TO the camp.
heard such fabulous stories
about the camp before went there,
said he. that I was prepared to see
q pretty good camp, whose praises
had been much exaggerated by those
who are interested But there were
no exageerations about any of the
stories The most enthusiastic man
who came from there did not tell halt
the truth. I don't see how the camg
could be exaggerated II is youna
camp yet but she is a lusty young
ster, and mighty rich one. | walk
ed around the camp in circle, fol
about fifteen miles. and at nearl,
every two hundred feet. struck .
spot from where the gold was beini
taken out
The Tiger and the Royal is az
eye opener. thought that Ber
Gillespie was peddling the bull. wheI
he talked of It, but did him an In
luoilt't anu nv uluh Wv hAo fi"f
erty Justice. he didn't tell the hal
of IT, II has magnificent showing
and reminds me very much of tn
Mizpah ledge. with the formation o
which It Is identical All over tn
country there Is the big brown POI
phyry, which we know carries tn
values.
"Of course no one can say anythin
as to the future OF the camp, but S
far as we can see now. it is the be-
that / have ever seen. Are ther
ledges there? Well, | should sa
there were In the kearns lease the
have ledge which is now twelve {
fourteen feet. and they tell me thi
the whole thing will go better tha
5000 ton, Kearns is shippin
twenty tons day to Goldheld An
the Kearns lease is only one pro
erty where the ore is being sacke
and stacked up on the hillsides
have never before enthused over al
mining camp. but Rawhlde has q
me, and ! am going back there in
Few days People are coming in a
the time from Schurz and 9th
points, three or four autos getting
There every day There is not NUT
money there, but Just wait for
month or so, and YOU may not ha'