Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-23
TIPTOP is NAME
OF NEW DISTRICT

OF NEW DISTRICT
Judge Charles H. Burritt, S. M
Sample and d. +. Mccarthy arrived
yesterday morning from the Sierra
mining district, and the camp fot
merly known al Natchez, located ter
miles east OF Mill City, and where
the latest boom in Humboldt county
mining camps is now centered. Tho
purpose Of their trip to Winnemucca
IS to examine the county records with
reference to their holdings in the
camp, and also arrange for reeordina
the new townsite, which they have
Just plated, and which is known a.
the Tiptop townsite.
The following Reno people have
become interested with Messrs. Buc-
rift, Sample and Mccarthy in the Tin.
top townsite, and in mining claims in
the district: Captain ]. B. Menardi
OF Goldfield Red Top fame; p. L.
Flanagan. the well known sheep
man; A. H. Howe, secretary to Unit
ed States Senator Nixon; C. l.. Ha,-
wood, +. j. Peck, also j. f. Douglas
of Goldfield. These men are owners
of the Tiptop townsite. also of the
McBee and Paddock mining proper
ties, consisting of seven claims in the
heart of the district.
Unfortunately, although this camp
is by no means a new one, the orig
inal discoveries having been mace
many months ago and much develop
ment work having already been pros
ecuted, there has been no definite
title agreed upon by which the town
may be named. Natchez was the
first name selected by the pioneers
OF the district. including Messrs. Cur
ney, Mccarthy and Walthers. This
name. however, has not met with
universal approval, and the Reno in
vestors have named the camp Tip
top, after the townsite which thev
have taken up, while still anoth..
faction is holding out for the name
Sierra, after another townsite, whica
has been taken up, located about two
miles north of Tiptop. The mates
of a name should be speedily ad
iusted.
The merit of the camp has long
been recognized. The lodges are large
and the values have been found to h.
permanent. The district was once
one of the famous placer diggings ~
the State, and the discoveries have
opened up the lodges from which the
widely disseminating gold values
originated. A lack of adequate pup
licity regarding the camp has beea
responsible for the delay in its seeur-
ing a proper recognition before the
investing public. With the advent of
the Reno men the camp can be said
to be just coming into the limelight
where it properly belongs.
Mr.. Samples, in conversation with
a News representative, stated hat his
company had money to spend in the
camp and that they we're going %
spend it. A deep shaft will at once
be sent down on the McBee and Pad-
dock properties and extensive woes
will be done in making the Tiptop
townsite a desirable place of resi-
dencc.
That the camp is in for a boom
without question. Mr.. Fuller
the Pittsburg Silver Peak, at
Blair, Nevada; Mr.. Hunter ard Mr..
Murray, of the Murray lease at Raw
hide, and Captain Rose of Galdneld.
arrived in camp yesterday by auto
and it is understood hat they have
acquired some property there.
The camp should get together and
select a name satisfactory to all in
and then proceed to let the
public know about the mineral r.
sources of this region. The right
kind of a crowd are in there from
and the camp should soon az
.ain a top-notch location in the eye
the mining public.
Lots r already being sold at both
he townsites and those looking f1f
favorable business investments
investigate the camp at once.
State News.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.