Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-10-29

when Charles J. Gates came thither
for the purpose Of cutting his eye
teeth with a personal glimpse of the
Wild and woolly. The. youngest of
the eoterie of southern Nevada boom
camps was then at the height of its
glory and George Graham Rice was
spending tens of thousands of dollars
booming Rawhide Coalition The
boom was on in its full magnificence
and automobiles were refusing pas
sengers daily at the railroad termi-
nails of Fallon and Schurz. Goldfield
emptied its homes Of hundreds, who
converted their belongings into ready
cash for the purpose Of reinyesting
in ground-floor securities of the new
est conner in the constellation. II
was a huge gamble. Men and women
view with one another to get there
and, when they got there, to get
| their money down on something that
might turn into a fortune over night
It was the same old hilarity and high
pressure that has been witnessed in
every mining camp from the days of
the Comstock to the abandonment Of
Rhyolite.
It was day all day in the day
time and there was no night in Raw
hide. Charlie Gates came there on
the crest Of the wave and remained
in camp four days, during which he
played for high stakes and indulged
in wild pranks that only a million
aire could afford.
Charlie Moss, formerly of the Mon
tezuma club Of Goldfield, had the
best and swellest bar and gambling
house in camp, and there all the
high-fliers did their aeroplaning. The
place was the largest house of pub
lie resort in camp and the fixtures
were not of the rag variety, either
as they had been brought in from
Goldfield when freighting cost three
dollars a hundred For the short period
OF his stay Gates was the star at
traction of the Moss house, and fol
a short time, Of possibly eight hours
, owned the establishment in litera
sense. He paid good money for the
privilege Of running the place to sui
himself, and after one night tha
was long enough for his jaded palate
Gates turned the place back to Mos
without charging him dollar 70
the goods, although he paid Mos
$4,000.
The night that Gates owned tn
house viii never be forgotten by tn
old-timers, who had the time of thei
lives. Everything went behind tn
bar Charlie Gates officiated as bal
= tender in a faultless dress suit. an
insisted on filling all orders with hi
own hands. AS he made no charg,
there was no objection and no kicl
ing about mixed drinks. When tn
boss was not in the mood for ser'
ing cocktails, sours or rickeys h
served straight whiskey, beer or win
" and the crowd that lined the ba
ten deep drank whatever was o
= rered Gates owned everything
= . sight and the games went on as the
had never gone before The nigl
was a deirium, even in the ma
frenzy Of Rawhide, from which ii
leading actors emerged next mornh
with the day-after taste. Gates WI
tckled with the experience, and {
. soon as he saw Moss he turned baC
the whole business. satisfied with Il
1 novelty and spice Of newfour
!. pleasure.
40 Among the men from Tonopah
~ Rawhide We're Red Harding, Iat
4. Grant Arthur keenan,, Charles Bi
ID YOU, Owen Dougherty Bill Wate
o. and Carl Young.
or Subsequently Gates went to Col
Isl field and entered into negotiation
Al for the purchase of the Daisy mi
at Diamondfield, which then was
the prime Of its prosperity, and W
considered one of the best buys
or the southern camp. The price W
agreed ON between Frank Horton, I