| Show 0 PUSH A LITTLE BOOST prior to the finding of the tonopah mine by jim butler and his burro the mining in austry of nevada had been in the dumps for quite a number of years the excitement following on the heels of this discovery has resulted in bringing almost the entire state of nevada to the front butler and his associates began to push as soon as it was demonstrated that the tonopah mine was the making of a bonanza after pushing a little the brosti boosting ng movement began and now nevada is the most popular mining state in the union and it seems as if gold and the precious metals were now being found in nearly every portion of the sage brush state the discovery of to started the boom movement and since then treasure has been found in localities cali ties in nevada where its presence was least expected and on almost every mountain in nearly every canyon deposits or of rich ore have been found while booming camps are springing up in such numbers all over the state that it is almost an impossibility to keep track of them and these present such an attraction to investors and capitalists that every means of conveyance is crowded to the utmost in rushing them every newcomer begins at once to push a blittle little then he begins boosting and it is not long before each and every interested mau man becomes one of a small army of enthusiasts I 1 whose influence spreads and spreads until the spirit is infused into every nook and corner of the country to engage in mining successfully one must be possessed of this enthusiastic spirit it is one of the essentials of progressive mining it leads to the discovery of the precious metals under circumstances and in localities that the alie hidebound hide bound prospector would ignore and pay no attention to and as success follows success a thousand men are soon in the hills looking for veins and ledges where before there were but a dozen or more it is not because nevada is possessed of a greater or richer than other western states that it is the most popular mining section in the west today but its rapid rise is due to the pushing the he boosting that has been done of late this pushing this boosting this careful investigation and the presence of ten thousand prospectors in the hills and canyons resulting in j such marvelous discoveries that one could not ignore them if they would each big E find leading to another in rapid succession t and each sale being but the forerunner of i another of greater proportions while from j every direction there is a rush of capital ests to see which shall first be able to pick up this or that embryonic bonanza every strike as soon as it is made is reported from sea to sea and in a day almost towns and cities spring up where but a few weeks a few months before the solitude of the tae wilderness held sway and the habitation of man was not known push a little boost there is hardly a mining state in the west that is not as good as is nevada all that they need is more enterprise more push take utah idaho arizona and several other western states an and d put an army of ten or fifteen thousand prospectors in each keep them there two or three years and it is safe to say that discoveries would be made in each commonwealth that would amaze the world that would turn the tide of popularity until in each of the states mentioned there would be as much excitement as much success and as much mining activity as is to be found in the great state of nevada today push a little boost and get into the swim |
