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Show TONAPAH, NEV. (Correspondence Intermountain Catholic.) Tonapah, Aug. 24. In less than six months Tonapah has trebled its population. popu-lation. Conservative figures make it 3,000 persons. In 1900 the outside world was ignorant of such a place as Tonapah. Tona-pah. Only last year, 1901, was there anything known of its fabulous wealth. Our esteemed and enterprising townsman, towns-man, James L. Butler, .was the first prospector whose grit and. perseverance persever-ance succeeded in discovering the hidden hid-den treasures of the barren mountains. moun-tains. This was in 1900. Since then $7,000,000 in silver and gold have been extracted from the mines. The Mizpah, first located by Mr. Put-ler, Put-ler, was sold to a Philadelphia company, com-pany, together with several other claims which adjoin it. Before the sale the mine yielded $3,000,000 to lessees." - Another mine, leased by Lynch & O'Meara, yielded, from April to August of the present year, a quarter of a million In gold and silver. Three hundred hun-dred men are working this property at present, with a prospect of increasing the force in the near future. 6ther prospects are developing into big mines. The Catholic population is Increasing in proportion to the increase of the camp. AlUare proud of the great change In the exterior of, tlie church, which has been pain ted -recentlj'. The body of the church has received a coat of light French gray, which contrasts beautifully with that of the roof, painted paint-ed dark slate. The. .roof, surmounted by a large gilded cross, gives the entire en-tire building an artistic and devotional appearance. ; Capitalists from the coast are daily Inspecting our mines and go away well satisfied with what they see. PROSPECTOR. EUREKA, NEV. Sentinel: B. F. Dolan, one of the oldest and best known' locomotive engineers en-gineers in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad company, lost his life inan accident which took place at Wadsworth, Nev., last Saturday night. : A switch had been set wrong and Do-lan's" Do-lan's" train, which he was bringing in from the Salt Lake division, crashed into a switch engine. Dolan's back Is said to have been broken in the accident. He died on Sunday morning. The commissioners of Washoe county haye appointed John Hayes sheriff v to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sheriff Mclnnis. Mr. Hayes was deputy under. Sheriff Mclnnis. ; . -. $ Doc "OToole of Tonopah passed through Eureka Wednesday on his way to the Silver party convention at Reno. |