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    THE STATE BANK FORMAN BROTHERS. I MISCELLANEOUS. PHY&iciANs. . Tf"-r- ^1, ,n, A unr T"° Young Who Hav. T IMIQM DRUG STORK .At ^ ^ HAMMOND & TRUST COMPANY Made Good" In Tonopah. C<lNTCTiN Ui\U`Jr O 1 ^ --------— (PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS) Office Tonopah Lumber Co.'s Buiiding ---------------------------- When Jim and Sam Forman Hrst ' GtBoe Honrs—MT at m. to It m.. The First to Enter the Financial Field in This no" Mp^"7^'u^a'S'of " Te!ephone at Office and Residence -trir bnt they did hope tohavejustapiain. ^R. p) g PiPER IvtarVeloUslYtininSfCamP. ordinary bed upon which to rest. They) PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS soon discovered, however, that aecom- —... "*"****'" i rl YblUAlN and jURLyC-UlN modati.ns were scarce in Tonopah and TOILET ARTICLES otBc. and Residence. Room. MS and IM. C.t- t The pioneer bank of Tonopah ha. the ! of the old-timer, in Nevada, and his that not .house, tent or bed ...Id be ,ccct? c, DC. rcr reputation'of doing as big a business [reputation is second to none as a man rented. They stood for a few moments j TRUSSES, ELECTRIC BELTS, Etc. TONOPAH..........................NEVADA M any^ bank in the State. Origiuaiiy and a banker. He is a big cattleman, ^ front of where they now^ave a —— itl^M agency of the Bui)ion &]Ex- ] owning thousands of head, and miles handsome drug store, and had about ___ DR. ELTON DAVIS, SJange Bank, but] in ]Juiy, ]I9O2, that and miles of grazing land in this State decided they would have to sleep out l?ank and its branches were sold to the ! and California, on which they range. the chiii night, with nothing bnt <x@`J DENTIST St^te Bank j&STrust Company]of Car- [ Geo. H. Myers, Srstvicepresident, chili night air between them and the TOINOF*AH = NEVADA soil City, one of the strongest financial i is one of the leading merchants of Car- s r spec e 8 y. Work Done Evenings by Appointment, institutions in Nevada. gi son City, where he owns a large general This decision had scarcely en OFFICE—Hudgens Buiiding. Upper Main St. *Geo.W.Richard^who]is cashier, merchandise store. reached when Dr. Smcia,r (Biliys,,RoBT.L.PROUTY, PHONE 62 TONOPAH - NEVADA came to Tonopah and ]opened up for] Geo. W. Richard, the cashier, is too father), came along, and stopping, said: Registered Pharmacist Cutting Building iQNOiAH. NEVADA. business [October 18, 1901. The bank weii known here to need extended "B(^ haveyou any place to sleep, to- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SURVEYORS was Hrst loca<ed in'Edward. &]Cut- mention. The success with which he mght?" When the Forman, answered ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tmg's store, but was iater moved .across ! has bandied the affairs of the bank is inthenegative.be invited them to bis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S.DEPUTY MINERAL SURVEYOR ^ street to theStock[Exchange build- sufficient proof of his ability and pop- ofSce. wherehe made a bed forthemon R)CWARDSON Ag. Finding it imperative to have uiarity. Geo. W. Cowing, assistant the Boor. The boys were grateful for ^ j. CASEY tV)CDANNEL ^ W. R!CHARDSON more room and a better location, the cashier, is thoroug).!y iiked for bis good Doctor's courtesy, and not a ] ^5- THOS ARDEN ^ — - , . . ... rvm , little curious asto the reason which AMUE.iv MINING CLAIMS, corner lot where [the OBeesaioon now geniaity ana couitesy. , . . PATENTS ___________________________________________ impelled him to select them out of a! ______ _______________________________________________________________________ crowd of eighteen Or twenty who were] —----------------------------------------------------------------------—------—----—---------------- P.O.Box mo Correspondence Solicited *T in the same predicament. Sam 6uaiiy ^ T V E=,,,, TONOPAH. NEVADA. asked the reason and Dr. Sinclair said !!!Hfr j nll!IH ------------------------------------------------------- simpiy: "Weii, you boys looked good ^ o.T.s*xToa oxkLSTODDxBD = —................................. -=. ..... = sroDDARD & SAXTON ^.NLvr,RST-CLASs HOTEL ^ LS.^ilia,ra!S.r„y.o is safe to say that the citizens of Tono- -r/-\ at a n Ottice—in building formerly occupied by 1 ' ; . ,. , ,. ,. . 'N TONOPAH Tonopah Mining Company. " < -.v pab after neariy three years of business R**d 8ociai relations with the Formans, ___________________________________________________________________________TONOPAH - - NEVADA wiil agree that Dr. Sinciair's intuition ^ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- was correct. In the language of the ___________________________________________________________________________ s.x. BRADFORD. j.o.BOOBZR. street they have "made good" both in a BOOKER & BRADFORD huancial way aud in the esteem of [ ^ _ , _ _ t H7F* C`jL t ! their fellow.. lonop^h Mining otocks! ovtLENONEERs Soon after arriving in Tonopah the U.S. Mineral Surveyors. Mining surveys Forman Brothers securedleaseNo.il Are now quoM lower than they will ever be ^ain. Soon the quiet midsum- nn tho Burro claim from which thev P^t< ^ud with the railroad budding into Tonopah, ad good °** "*eHurio claim, tromwnicntney stocks win soon begin to soar. WEST MAIN ST.. TONOPAH. NEV. extracted some of the richest ore ever _____________________________________ shipped out of Tonopah When this W!se Man BllVS When Stocks Are Quiet. W.S. Wiiiiams J.B.Meuardt. ,** lease expired they had cieaued up quite " (U.S.Deu. Mineral Surveyor) fi`' ' " " - . " r r ' a tidy sum, which has since been WtLHAMS & MENARD) greatiy increased by strict attention to ATT g ___________ _ iw ^ __ A g INTERIOR VIEW TONOPAH AGENCY STATE BANE & TRUST CO. business and fortunate investments. CXT 7VYCL^&rtriy CIVIL ENGINEERS SamueTD. Forman was born in Mis corre.oondents M* A M* * c. i n l Second Door Above Butler Building stands was bought with the iuteution Amoug the other stockholders are g^pi ^ 1866, where he attended the Sait Lrke and Boston Min- MMMng jtOCK DrOKCfS TONOPAH ef putting up a handsome bank build- such solid men as H. M. Yerington, schools, graduating from the ing Exchanges. NEVADA UPPER MAIN STREET ing. It was fouud impossible to wait vice president and manager of the V. & ^ligh Schooi Later h" took a course Will furnish you with reliable information regarding stocks in the mines of ^^ — iorthis, however, and in July last the T. R. R,Geo. W. MapesandC. T. Ben- ^ ^ budness coiiegeat Kansa.- City. Tonopah ami vicinity. We are agents for Tonopah-Beicher, 25c;Tonopah-Al- ASSAYERS. State Bank &Trnst Company moved to der, president aud secretary, respec which he went into mining in pi"e, 20c; Kansas City-Tonopah, 15c its present handsome quarters. tively, of the Washoe County Bank of Arizona. Hts mining veniurc there -----These sr*e All Good Buys.___ ASSAY OFF!CE OF The last statement issued by the Reno, Dr. T.L. Lee, leading physician ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bank shows it to be in a heaithy Bnan- and capitalist, Carson City; E. B.*Yer- ^ - .. UEORuE HENRY HEWiTT cial condition, and the high standing ington, secretary V. & T. R. R.; J. P. y . AGENCY OF THE of its officers and stockholders is a suf Woodbury, superintendent Comstock w * ^TAT`C ANITA T`O! TCT* f**lA UPPER MAIN STREET Hcient guarantee that it will remain so. M.&M.Co.;andW.Brougher,capital- -**- j J</\* H /VlvD T F(LJ ^ T vv*, TUMfiPAR NFVADA The State Bank & Trust Oompany has ist, Carson City; P. H. Peterson, capi- (OF CARSON CITY, NEVADA) ___-_______!____!_____I______________ a cash capital of $200,000, with $25,- talist, Carson City. Among Tonopah j —— 979.79 undivided pro3ts, and deposits stockholders are H. C. Brougher, W. J, .^-%*9CCl ! TOINOF*AB ....... NBVADA amounting to $665,085 97. Douglass, W.J. Sinclair and H.C. Cut ^ * w , Thus. B. Rickey, the president,is one ting. ; CASH CAP.TAL. S=oo.ooo. KNAPP & LUKE) DONALD L MCCARTHY [ JUDGE J. B. LINDSAY ^ASSAYERS. , . .. u ] i. c n rv j Hi M ^ OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: AT ANY T!ME[ TONOPAH A Pioneer of Tonopah Whu Has Justice of the Peace and We)i- ^ T. B. RicEEY, Pres. GEo.H. MEYERS, ist vice Pres. c.T. BENDER, M vice Pres. "on Success. j Known Mining Man. ^ p ^ PETERSON, j. p. wooDBURY GEO. w. MAPEs. w. BROUGHER. . Among the me. of Tonopah noted} Judge J. B. Lindsay i.on. of the ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ m.. I p. m. t.. p. **^*^.k S.^lay. a.d holiday. MISCELLANEOUS. $or their ability, enterprise aud large, colony of Southerners now residing in ^ ...................................................................................................................................... .......... . —' -i experience in the Held of practical min- Tonopah—(Say, but there are lots of DA! A^P- ing, the well known pioneer, Donald F., Southerners here, aud they are strictly rr\L/*\v^L McCarthy, holds a high and enviabie ail right, too!) He was born in North ' t VVb C UT L!/^kTCl position. As a prospector and mine-; Carolina, but soon afterward his folks flU I EL C$6 ewner Mr. McCarthy labored for over} moved to Texas, where he attended the F<iRM*iv CHARLES SNYDER, Manager. twenty years in the mineral regions of public schools and later attended Savoy ' . . . UPPER MAIN STREET. TONOPAH. the West, and on coming to Tonopah^ College. After leaving coliege he were fairly successful, but he was at- = = rNt^VAT$A. KENDALL AREtLLY. PROPS. in the eventful year of 1901, was well taught school for four years and in tracted by the stories of the great --------------------------- Only FifSt'CISSS Hotel if! Town. qualiHed for appreciating its tremen- j 1899 went to the Northwest, where he showing at Tonopah and came here 1 T*i f 1 < T' < , do., possibilities. started in mining, holding a number of with his brother in May, 1901. (JreS batlipled and JrUrChaSed in i TanSlt ! He lost no time in locating such good positions in that line in Montana, In addition to his interest in the ^ Eiegantiy Furnished. Pi.M.nt and ground as hi. judgment approved, and Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Cali Miners'Drug Store, Mr. Forman owns Hio-hpst Cash Price Paid for (Inid Sunny Rooms. Headquarter, for that he was guided by a sound, com- foruia and Nevada. a substantial interest in the Montana- r.., — , , . ' Mining and Commercial Men. Tonopah, and is a director and heavy Silver, Copper and Lead Ores . . ° stockholder in the MacNamaraCom- The bar is stocked with the Bnestof Wines. pany. Besides these he owns entire or Best equipped and most modern sampling works on this coast. Assaying and ''1"°**^ "*"* f^'Rars.____________________ has interests in a large number of chemicai work a specialty. Correspondence solicited, promising claim8clo8e in to Tonopah, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ spent his boyhood in Missouri. After Y WATER DELIVERED ALL OVER TOWN. ? \(i BUTLER CORNER, TONOPAH entered iuto mercantile pursuits iu \ .* TDTTCL f-1 . [-) L !-< t 1 . ^7* ADT*YQ aA f r\\ i -J ^issouriauu^iowa.^ in 1898 he joined ^ ^ a fljl! 7 v YA-tvLJj > ))) Standard ^Brands of Hoods ^ i.rg.)y interested io the Moutau.-T. RIND GRA!N FOR SALE? j. nopah, and owns numerous claims in / c ______________________________ Tonopah and the outlying camps. GOODS HAULED TO ALL PARTSOFTTIEC!ITY^^^^^^^^7 one of the original loLtors of the Com- j _____________________________________________________________________ A]3CX MCdt MdfKCt bination group at GoldHeld, which is —WATT & McCOURT. Props. 1 proving a bonanza. He has since m — bought interests in the Mohawk and H—— ,_ Snowdrift groups, which give promise H H _ ] — t)L.iLER tx ,rehensive knowledge of the Pecul ar. Mr. Lindsay came to Tonopah m ^ being among GoldHeld'. best prop- *- n..; M.,l4nt. a# geological formations has been fully I September, 1901, and a year later was He is also interested in the flllcSt DCCl, ifUIttOn,^3C demonstrated by the successes he has j elected Justice of the Peace, receiving} ^ Springs. On . a M <n ttC .[ready achieved hoidin.s ^^^^ vote polled mthe county, ^ the eight claim, in this group Th&t*<S WF*H^!<V ^Yeal, POTK & SaHSage Practicing before I^lg.,.nd thr.eh.v. 1 d=) VV ^ \______ . ^ efalargenumberof rich claims in the bis court are some of the ablest law- pay .re, the values being in ^***"^* cutty ing districts, particularly at Gold ! yers in Nevada and he has decided gdd, silver, lead and copper, and assays WT jf HA* ,.l SOLE AGENTS F*!CK!ed F*or!c Mountain, and with the cocnng of the tnauy iu,portaut cases durtng his term ^ ^ to the ton. iNeVada iViefCantlie - FOR NEVADA MAIN STREET --- TONOPAH Mi!road and the erection of miiis and j.eHce. Hi. decision, have given ^ . _L ^ I STREET 1DNOPAH reduction works, there is every cer- ^ ... ^ The iast,but not the least, ot J.ii. __________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________ taiuty that he will reap a stilt larger! Renerai satislacuon. Forman's mining interests of which we , , — - , u At t measure of success. I Judge Lindsay is president of the mention is the Cottonwood WILLIAMS & TRABERT, WONALOl! &HALL Consolidated Mining Com I gp^Qg. g^up, north of town. Little ^d"n t^"Z v^t!y re-} ^ work ha. been don.so far ..this prop-1 fQ\!TD A f`*T(lP^ ANH R!!!! HFRS Contractors and Builders moteregions. Heisawellinformedgen )towu, and he also owns a number o m-ty, but development will doubtless a ! a LF!\tJ L) LJ! LL^ L. !wsJ. tientan, unassuming in manuers, and ciaims in the outlying camps. He is prove it valuable. Miansanaspetmcawons warmly esteemed by a wide circle of ; an honored member of the Masonic ------------*----------- Dealers in Flooring, Ceiling. Rnstic. Sash, Doors. Biinds, Ser n Doors. and Estimates Furnished triettd8, including bis fellow mMnber8 j the Fraternal Order of Eagles, The winter climate of Tonopah is Moulding. Shingles. Yellow and Oregon Pine. ------------- ^ ^ respectability tmd agreeable "social I tbe Mizpah Club aud the Miners' keeping np its reputation these days— [ oniy Brst-ciass work done by ns. Finely JtHi<M Union. [itaiiau skies aud Cashmere sunsets. Job Work a Specialty. LumberYard, Opp. PaiaceHotei equipped Undertaking Pariors in connection