Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-23

dear friend-one of the first TO en-
ter this great mineral area, |
Mickey" Golden; he was the first |
to pay $4,000 for the lot where the |
Tonopah drug store now stands. He
was the first to erect a two-story
stone building here, showing his
implicit faith in the district. He
has passed to the other shore Let
him rest in peace He was my
friend. We all could tell of many
things that took place in the early
days. but it would take several
hours, and now will give the
floor to another brother"
POSTMASTER Lynch told of the
arrival OF Chris Mccarthy. who
came here from Randsburg. riding
a blind horse, and asked Mr. Nc
Carthy to relate his experience.
which was as follows: After hear
ing of the new discovery in this
section. had decided Immediately
TO cast my lot in the new El
Dorado, but did not have an over
amount of change for railroad fare.
so borrowed horse who, by the
way. was blind, and came overland.
Upon my arrival, the first person
! met was Tom Griffin, who sits
across the table from me tonight
Griffin was always a speculator and
willing to take a chance, so
broaehed the subject about selling
or trading the horse. Tom opened
J the animals mouth, looked at his
teeth. and the bargain was closed
Tom forgot to look at the eyes
and il was several days before he
found out the animal was blind.
About that time Cal Brougher was
erecting a whim on his lease and
needed a horse for the hosting
power "Old Bones was suggested
and Brougher closed negotiations
with Griffin, receiving a bill of sale.
The first day the horse was brought
to the mine Cal hitched him to
the whim, but Bones refused to
work. Cal then noticed the blind
eye and told his foreman that they
had sent up the wrong horse, and
TO get the other. He soon found
out Griffin had taken profit and
Bones was sent out to pasture
After a few days coaxing on the
whim on the Brougher lease, the
old faithful blind horse became the
horse power" that hoisted over
100000 in ore from the lease OF
the Brougher Bros. A few days
after the lease expired, on Januar,
l, 1902, Cal Brougher sent Bones
to ranch in Fish Lake valley
there to spend his remaining day.
feeding upon the green grass II
summer time and alfalfa hay In win
try days. The faithful old hors,
/ liver year in his life of ease ant
then surrendered the ghost"
, Patsy Bowler was called, and il
an eloquent address dwelled upol
, early history and the making o
; Tonopah. He said when he frs
arrived in Tonopah the Bonanz
7 greeted him with personal some
} thing like this: The Reverend Pats
e Bowler is in town; lock up you
e chicken houses. 1t is eleven year
= since | came to Tonopah, said Nj
4 Bowler. and the camp has grow
. from a small hamlet to a large III
: to-date city of thousands. Betwee
d the three yernal peaks that SUI
l round Tonopah for three miles
o the east and three miles to II
d west, the north and the soutl
?. there lies for an untold depth Il
d greatest deposits of ore in Il
d world. was the attorney thi
.e drew up the franchise that passe
IS the legislature. permitting the o
i narrow-guage railroad to enter tn
county. At that time 1t was co
D pie of rusty marks on the ties, b
, II did the work. and today '
" have the broad-guage road, ov
a whose tracks | viii venture to sa
'e that more rich ore has been tran
g ported than amy other line in Il
10 world This Is great eommuni
(" and the people are the best IN
a can be found in any part Of q
e. globe. miss several of the ol
r. timers tonight; many of them a
" sleeping In the graveyard Just b
Al loW town. They were our friens
4 but the Great Almighty has cali
m them away. Their names VIII ls
a. Ia our memory forever
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