Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-23
Many Amusing Incidents Related by First
Arrivals" In What Has Now Proved to Be
the Greatest Silver Producing Camp
In the Word--Those Who Have Passed
to the Other Side Were Remembered

forty-three Tonopah pioneers supped |
and drank. Pioneers of 1901. men |
who brayed the dangers of the
desert In their search for wealth
Those who blazed the trail that
brought in Others who have since
grcwn rich and retired. 1t was
jolly reunion, and the handshakes
given had that tingle of friendship
tnat afcunded in the early days.
The walls of the dining room
were decorated with photographs
taken when the camp was in It's
infancy. The banquet tables con-
sisted of plain boards and remind
ed one Of the olden times The
dishes unbreakable tin cups and
plates, took the place of Haviland
china. And the feast--one of the
oid-time mulligan dinners feed
the hardy prospector can always
rely on
When all were seated, Mr. Tom
Lynch was elected toastmaster,
who, after thanking the assemblage
for the honor bestowed upon him.
he told of his early arrival in this
city. when it was but waste of
sagebrush. How the camp had
grown from a settlement of but few
inhabitants To a city Of thousands.
He called upon Mr. Un b. Cur
tis. one of the 1901 boys, to
relate how he found the first high
grade ore in the camp.
Mr. Curtis arose amid cheers and
handclapping. and said In part
Mr. Toastmaster and Fellow Pho
neers IT is pleasure assure
you To again be back in old Tono-
pah the backbone city of the state
OF Nevada. have been away
from you town for the past three
years, but II was no fault of mine.
got so far away that I could not
get back But | was patient and
am happy tonight to again be with
those who first constituted the pop
ulation of Tonopah have often
thought of Tonopah people and
knew that that brotherly feeling
existed that abounds here tonight
Ten years ago today. when | was
i'm Philadelphia, on business, re-
ceiyed a telegram from Mr. Mason
who was my foreman on the Frac-
tion property. that a ledge of high
| grade ore had been encountered. Al
the time | gave ii little consid-
GRAFTON. thinking that Mason was
trying TO keep me in good spirits by
telegraphing glowing news. A few
hours later | received another wire
from billy" Booth. asking me tc
wire Mason TO let him go dowr
the shaft Right then and there
knew that If Booth wanted to &c
down that shaft, high grade ore
had been broken into. so I jumped
on the next train and came home
Sure enough a great body of orr
had been exposed and from tina
time on the influx of people int
Tonopah was great They called tn
mine when work was first starte,
the Curtis Well, but we finall
made good What brought me L
Tonopah was an article in tn
Tonopah Bonanza telling of tn
: character Of the ore and the spe
cial treatment that was require
= to reduce it to bullion. had
newly invented dry-wash coneentra
! tor that had been successfully use
5 around the Mojave desert. so
thought il was Just the ticket
reduce the Tonopah ores. loade
the machine and shipped 1t her
But before II could be unpaeke
I had secured the Fraction grour
and was in a good way 10 mai
fortune. aud the concentrator WI
forgotten ! don't know where
Il went to
"a am going to Los Angeles 4
morrow but will be back In Tom
pah again shortly aud make n
q home here in Tonopah the graz
ie old city that put Nevada befol
"a the world ia "l90f And, iiftlT
p their glasses. All present drank
Il lthe future prosperity Of "Tonopah
Se Mr. Tom Murphy was then eall'
es upon hy the postmaster TO =
ie spond % eEary Days" Nj Mu
~ phy said u brings hack ne
visor Is again see the faces th
we're ia evidence here IN lao
d Those we're good old days We
II banded together like brothers. VII
Mas mine was yours aud what "