Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-26
Returning Colony of Tono-
pah Men Say that New
Camp Has Biggest Show
ing of Any Place They
Have Ever Seen.

"The town is booming, and real
estate is still on the jump. People
are going in there in droyes. Every
body who goes in there, with a few
possible exceptions, comes away very
much enthused over the outlook, and
the future of Rawhide."
James Morris, one of the proprie
tors of the Tonopah Miner, returned
yesterday morning from his first trip
to the new camp. To say that Mr..
Morris is an enthusiast over the pres
ent appearance of Rawhide is ex-
pressing his views mildly.
'If were footloose here" said he,
Il would return to the camp tomor-
row and stay with it. Such surface
showings were never seen anywhere
in the State. l do not propose to
predict what may happen at depth,
but the present outlook is enough
for me. was prepared to see a
good deal, hut certainly nothing like
what did see l held an option for
! two hours On a fraction between the
Balklon SiN and the Grutt lease, for
$4,000. btAt could not raise the
money, and had rot enough to make
payment, for nothing else but cash
will go, so / had to release the OPP
ton. I had barely let go of it when
it was snapped up by new conner.
don't know what he paid for it,
but l saw his check for the first pay
ment, and it was for $4,000.
"They can say what they like.
They knocked Goldfield in the early
days, but Goldfield was not marker
to what Rawhide is today The
crowds are something wonderful. Co
ing along the main street you have
to edge your way through the mobs,
not on the sidewalk, but in the mid
die of the street. That's certainly
going some. l do not believe that il
is possible to stop the boom. Raw.
hide has the call in Nevada for this
year, and if she develops values al
4 depth, she will be the greatest camr
that the world has ever known"
Il Frank Pittman, who has been il
Rawhide for nearly two months. wa,
: another of those who came back yes
! terday. He did not come back Il
stay; not he. He is going back t.
the camp in a few days and is goinl
/ to remain there for a long time tt
t come.
l "She is a great camp" said Mr.
| Pittman, 'the greatest for her ag,
that has ever been seen in Nevada
: and all the indications are that sh
/, is going to be- greater one. Th
I gentlemen who have their money in
vested there are pretty well satisfie,
. that the camp is all right and tina
s the ore will go down. There ar
t many men going in there and the
0 are going in to inspect, and then t
a invest. There is more excitement i
IrI a minute that there ever was in an
e other camp in day. I have talke
e with many mining engineers, an
l. there has not been one of them VIII
: has not said that the showings wer
e the most remarkable that he ha
d ever seen anywhere.
E. E. Burdick, the contractor, VIII
l. has considerable interests in Raw
d hide, was another arrival from ther
ID yesterday morning. Mr.. Burdick
t. naturally enthusiastic over the ou
,e LOOK, and he says that he is going I
ii put in more money and more bnil'
m ings.
Of The Nevada Commercial Leagu
h. composed of the principal busine
,e men of Reno. left tsat city yesterds
morning for an excursion to Schur
III Rawhide and other points. with Il
Il chief objective point Rawhide. The
he are going to look over the situate
ke and satisfy themselves as to Il
", merits of the camp and, incidental
Ie. study the business outlook