Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-10-20

He is essentially a fair. square bus
mess man with especila adaptation
the ? b Q great mining interests
Of Nevada and not . politician In
the narrow sense of the word. He
II not yersed In thee game of poilt-
ical trickery but plain. ordinary eli,
izen with the splendid enterprising
qualities that have done much for tn
development Of Nevada's great nat
ural resources. nd In bringing the
mining worlds attention to these re-
resources.
Az . mining engineer he IL at the
head of tht parofession in this state
His very strong ability in this re-
spect i ,ttractde him to Nevada
yeas ago rand ever since his resi-
dence he has been through mining
journals, the press. and In contact
with financiers. an ardent advocate
Of the great resources of Nevada. and
has done as much as ny iandividual
in the state to develop these resour-
ces and attract capital to aid in the
upbuidling of Nevada and bring the
state to the proud position 1t occu-
pies today as the greatest gold and
cooper poduce of the Western con-
tinent
In field workalon g the Nevada
mountains and desert plains. there
none that has had the experience an
practice that s. K. Bradford has hda
He is thoroughly conversant with
the geology of this state. AZ min
eralogist he has no superior. On
thereclmtion of the arid areas Of
Nevada. and making them fruitful
and of benefit to mankind he ha
psacticral knowledge and ides that
areo incalculable benefit to the cit-
izenship and proress of the state.
He understands how to direct and
how to mkea these barren. yet fer
tile field, of Nevada responsive to
the magic touch of man and make
grains, fruits, cerials and vegetaa-
bles grow whree none grow now and
thus cause a material development
of the state that will enlarge our po
ulation with staid and sturdy class of
permanent citizenship.
On the mining side he has been pa
ticularly active In bringing to the
foremost the mineral features of Es-
meealdar. Nye and Humboldt coun-
ties What. is now the great Bel
mont mine in Tonopah Is one of his
creations or.ratherthe result of his
foresight as to the real ore deposits
of Tonoph deapth. 1t was his
geoolgic insight that portrayed the
large taple body of ore tht makes
tn Belmont today one Of the very
great mining properties ofthe West
The Toncpah water system Is the
result Of hi energys and engineering
As consulting engineerofths great
Azuerite and Malachite properties .
Atwood and wagner he will in time
be credited with having another Ely
OH Nevada territory With its millions
OF production In copper. gold
and silver and an erDy of well-paid
men at work producing these neces
sary material for the arts and commerce.
Nationa loves much to the fore
sight, geologic and engineering g.
agacity of s. X Bradford. It is ow-
ing in large measure to his xe-
animation andreas oning as to the
Chaelston H i'll tht the first leaasers
went to work ON thot bonanza noun
and brought into relief the richest
and most remarkable gold-silyer cam
of recent times. His intuition and
knowledge as a practical field man
caused him and his partner. J. e.
Kendall, to do the first work on the
Charleston Mountain and uncover th1
first high-grade, which since thta
time has led on and produced such
fortunes as that of the National min
and which promises to makee the
National mining camp the greatest
gold and silver producer Of modem
'timse.
AS an employer, Bradford has eve
been fair always conforming to I'm
ion rules, regulations and wages.
As an an employee and wgea earn
ee # he has been mindful of his
just obligations. For the reason
that those who know him know him
to be- square and able man. all hi
acquaintances urge his election.
BY education. prasctise and inter-
est and brod uns derstanding as to
the various needs Of Nevada to max
it foremost in the sisterhood Of the
States, he is fully able to make an
Intelligent. honorable and useful re
resentative of the peoplee Of Hum
boldt County in the Nevad Sente.a