| Show celebrates ITS SEVENTH BIRTHDAY sunday may was a memorable day for the state of nevada this it may well be said was the date of its resurrection of its rejuvenation for it was on may seven years ago that jim butler found the great mizpah vein way out in the wilderness where today the great mining camp of to is now so securely established we well remember when the first accounts of the discovery of tonopah were received at first the news caused hardly a ripple of interest in mining circles and butler and his burro were considered but fig ments of the imagination the story of the find being looked upon as a fairy tale invented for the purpose of catching suckers of fleecing fleeming flee cing the unwary as nevada in those days was classed with the has beens of a bygone age a state with a past history but with no hopes for the future but tonopah was no myth and the reports of its great mineral wealth were not misleading slowly but surely the accounts of the riches of the mizpah were confirmed and the foundations were laid for the up building of a camp which today has made millions for those who had faith in its future and more its discovery has been the corner stone rejected at first in the rehabilitation of the fabric of the mining industry of nevada now regarded as being one of the greatest of the mining states of the union the humble and somewhat obscure discovery of tonopah has been the means of calling attention to almost every mining camp and district in nevada the won wonderful der success which crowne crowned d mining operation and investment within its environments shortly after led to the discovery of goldfield now conceded ia 6 be the greatest gol gold d producer of the age 21 and investigation of mineral fields were prompted which aich has given to the mining world such splendid districts as bultro bullfrog Bul frog fro fairview wonder round mountain seven troughs rosebud searchlight and almost a hundred other camps which promise much for the future jim butler was making history when he accidentally found the mizpah lode and more he was blazing the trails which have since been traveled by many thousands at the time the future of nevada trembled in his hands although he knew it not and now that the state is the mecca for seekers of golden wealth now that its iame fame has been heralded from one end of the world to the other it is well indeed to commemorate the birthday of tonopah with fitting ceremonies |
