Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-09-18

al suaslou and Immoral. too. fa1sa
io spur or even slir me mule Jim
shot 4 yoliey u choice sobriaueit.
bui ihe barro's ears conilnpea - flap
idls. Isl though they hadn't heard
Then Jim Numbered a hrpadeidc n
unabridged epithe,s Mrs Butler Dis.
crcetiy moved away but not that
mule Butler. Ia rage. picked %
some rocks and hurled them AZ thar
mules TANKS with the strength Of
Christy Matihewson. The mule felt
the sting but mulishly could not
comprehend the cause, and stood his
ground Jim picked up another hand
fu Of rocks and again hurled them
at the stubborn burro Again the
mule felt the sting. but this time he
moved ahead little Then all at
once it began to dawn upon his null
ish intelligence that by keeping on
the move he might avoid that tantal
izing sting and thus outwit the pros
pector And that is how the little
caravan got under way at last
Jim has often said that It was his
own efforts that made the mule
) move forward Were we to ask the
} mule we should probably learn that
! the mule moved only because some
thing in his brain told him that
by moving he could outwit Jim But
Ter. OF course, who gained the point,
! whether Jim Butler or the mule. is
not of much consequence. but in that
struggle between jim and the little
burro lay what ultimately led to the
{ discovery of Tonopah
1t seems that something in the feel
of several rocks in his hand and in
their glance as they went hurting
a through the air against the stubborn
!, little burro attracted Jim's attention
S When the burro had at last gotten
+ under way and the rage of Jim had
somewhat cooled, the prospector
g walked back. picked up and looked at
some of those rocks He made a
y mental note of the place, took his
. bearings on the desert hills to var
d ious landmarks, and then as il heap
r ing insult upon injury he loaded the
chastising rocks to the mules pack
burden. He found water and then re
: turned to the site of his discovery
q Those samples led to the finding o.
4 Tonopah. AS everyone knows, tht
q penniless prospector was too poo
q to pay for assays. Assayers in sucl
q cases are reimbursed with a contin
q gent fee--a share in the mine an
q that is how 1t came to pass that Bui
= ler's lawyer agent Oddie. his assaye
a Gayhsrt, and one Brougher who aC
= vanced $25 on wagonload Of SUI
q plies. all became co.partners of jim
e Fortunate indeed was it for this pol
q erty stricken bunch that Tonopa
e ores began to pay from the very SUI
81 face-from the grass roots down, a
q we say although the saying, you VI
= derstand, is a misnomer in the de
. ert where there is no grass.
Jim Butler and his associates coul
. not coin money fast enough. Wit
= the customary prospectors instin
= few thousands in quick cash. il
. and his companions issued 21S leas'
= upon the ground for the year 100
= collecting a royalty of 25 per ce
= Of the ore extracted. In June BIZ
. Ter sold the property including Il
= unexpired leaseholds to o. A. Tur
= er for $936,0O0, of which $4,000 WI
. paid in cash. In that first year s
= 100000 was scratched from the 81
. face workings at Tonopah, and mo
. of the $1,750000 collected as roy
8 ties went to Turner and his bac
. ers, the Woodside syndicate of Phi
= delphia Turner and his friends h
= bought piece of property for 1913
- 600 and received about $1.00O,000
= rentals the first half year Imagi
e the position Of Jim Butler and
- associates who sold about $4,000
= worth Of rentals for ss36,OOO-a
= only $4,000 of this in cash-a
= gave away the mines to boot, too
- Tonopah, Tonopah Extension a
= Tonopah Belmont have paid sill
- 1902 a little over $14,500,000 in d
= dends Not bad rebound from no,
= hurled at mule. Jim Butler +;
- his associates though, reaped ha
-
- " over a million Of which Blu
= received five-eighths.
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