Bonanza various times) Guy Williams, David Canary, Mitch Vogel, and Tim Matheson. The show is known for presenting pressing moral dilemmas. The title "Bonanza" is a term used by miners in regard to a large vein or deposit of silver ore, from Spanish "bonanza" (prosperity) and commonly refers to the 1859 revelation of the Comstock Lode of rich silver ore mines under the town of Virginia City, not far from the fictional Ponderosa Ranch that the Cartwright family operated. The show's theme song, also titled "Bonanza", became a hit song. Only instrumental renditions, absent Ray Evans' lyrics, were used during the
Dave Cartwright Ward, entitled "Bittersweet". In the year of publication, the book was voted third best biography in "Record Collector" 's review poll. Dave died suddenly and unexpectedly, at his home in Worcestershire on 8 August, 2015. "Dave Cartwright - - - - Number 1" (Highway Records HWY 6001, 1965) EP Dave Cartwright Dave Cartwright (April 1943-8 August 2015) was a British singer, songwriter, guitarist and author. Born in Haslemere, Surrey, he grew up in Amblecote, West Midlands where, on lead guitar and vocal, he formed his first rock and roll group, The Crossfires, in 1959. He then joined the Kidderminster outfit