Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-01-16
The Rush to the
Pioneer District

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Not only is the passenger traffic in
creasing, but there are substantial
signs in the way of numerous freight
outits going to and from between
Rhyolite, Beatty and Springdale,
hauling in lumber, merchandise,
tents, etc, for the establishment OF
the new town in the heart of the
Bullfrog camp, says the Bullfrog
Herald.
The wagon roads that were not
frequently travelled a few weeks &
are today alive with all kinds of out
tts. including the swift-winged bird
OF the desert-the automobile-ply-
ing between the several Quitting
points and the new mecca OF the for
tune hunters.
The town of Pioneer is springing
up rapidly, and combining the forces
of the original townsite and the west
end, there are now fully forty tents
and buildings, with one general mer-
chandise store, two saloons, restaur.
ant, boarding house, laundry, town
site office and barber shop, and DUR
ing this week there will be another
saloon and another boarding house,
and perhaps the second lodging
house.
Things are Just humming'' at
Pioneer. and nearly everybody who
has the price of a round-trip ticket is
going there, and many are going to
take their chances in the new loca-
ton, for a time at least. Rose and
Palmer, of Beatty, are stocking up
the first store building with all kinds
Of merchandise, the jovial John
Doser being in charge of the estab-
lishment. w. l.. Marks, the barber,
Is giving the ~Pioneerites as close a
shave as possible for two-bits, and A..
Deck OF Beatty, is dealing out liquid
refreshments with a velocity that he
had not previously attained in his
extended campaign in the Bullfrog
district.
A couple OF days ago when a Her
aid reporter was upon the ground,
the e laundry had a back yard
full OF clothes swung out to the
breeze, so it looks as il the people OF
Pioneer are determined to keep
clean, even II there is considerable
h%igh-grade gold dust floating about
Smoke arising from either end :
the Pioneer settlement indicated that
the streets were being made ready
for traffic, and numerous men with
picks and shovels and some dynamite
were clearing of places to put up
tents and dwellings.
w. j. and Richard r. Tooin are
satisfied to remain upon the ground
for a time, and they have made ar
engagements with Captain e. p. Miner
TO supply them with some OF those
fine portable houses. which Will be
installed at prominent points on
Boulder hill. from which elevation a
splendid view OF the entire town and
surrounding country is afforded.
Daily automobile service has been
installed between Springdale and Pho
neer. and a daily stage service has
been inaugurated from Rhyolite.
Numerous private parties with rigs
and automobiles are upon the scene
every day. coming from all direc-
tions.
Representatives OF the Tonopah e.
Tidewater railway and the Las Vegas
and Tonopah railway have been
much in evidence around the Pioneer
diggings the past several days. Traf-
&C Manager w. r. Alberger, General
Agent e. F. Jenifer and Chief Engi-
neer John Racer, OF the Tonopah G.
Tidewater, came up from Los An
geles in a private car especially to
visit the Pioneer, and the following
day Superintendent f. M. Grace and
General Agent c. E. Redman, Of the
Las Vegas G. Tonopah, made a hur-
ried trip to the scene
The ore-hauling business of the
Bullfrog Pioneer Leasing and Mill
ing company is worth hustling for,
and either railway company would
IKE to handle all of it, Manager
Bryan, OF the leasing company, has
been generous in dividing the pat
ronage, some of the ore going over
the Tonopah & Tidewater to Gold
reld and Vallejo. and some over the
Las Vegas and Tonopah to Salt Lake.
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