Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-11-01

/ the Alvarado Gold Mining company,
which has been organized to take over
the well known and highly-rated
Planet-Saturn property, which is locat-
ed midway between the famous Con-
gress and Octave mines.
The news of the early resumption of
operations at the Planet-Saturn will
be especially gratifying to everyone
interested in the welfare and prosper
ity of this community, because of the
| fact that the personnel of the new
management in itself constitutes an
assurance that the mine will be operat-
ed on business lines, by economical and
practical methods, and thereby insure
its becoming one of the great producers
OF the territory.
P. A. Johns, the secretary and gen
eral manager of the Alvarado Gold
Mining company, has been a practical
miner and engaged in the management
of mines during his entire lifetime.
He has been a resident of Prescott for
% years, and is recognized as one of
the best and safest authorities on min
ing matters. He has been connected
with many successful mining enter
prises, taking hold of the projects in
their inception and developing the
properties to the productive and re-
munerative stage. 1t is fortunate that
the Planet-Saturn group is to be in
the hands of man of such ripe ex-
perience, mature judgment and acknow-
lodged ability.
Frank L. Wright, the president of
the company, is a remarkable example
of a man who with no financial re-
sources has risen to a condition of af-
huence and position solely through a
masterful executive ability coupled
with keen foresight, business courage,
and indomitable energy.
These are the qualities that nave com
bined to make a success of every en-
terprise he has ever undertaken in va
vapai county. People call Wright
lucky because he has succeeded in ven
lures for which others predicted fail
ure, but those who have watched his
career, know that the fortuitous element
was not a factor in his success, but
that it was achieved through good
Judgment and persistent and untiring
effort He is a native of Ohio, but
came to Arizona from California. He
first gained prominence through his
success with the Little Jessie mine,
which he worked under a lease from
July, 1891 to December, 1898. With
the profits from the mining venture he
organized in 1894 the Prescott Flee
tric company, and in the following
year added telephone system under
the corporate title of the Independent
Telephone company, with lines ex-
tending to every mining camp in this
and adjoining counties. In 1904 he
organized the Prescott and Mount I'm
ion Railway company, which is now
extending its system to Fort Whipple.
A gas plant was the next enterprise,
and a few months ago he was the lead
ing spirit in the organization of the
Prescott Improvement company, which
purchased the Otis addition. With an
unbroken record of successes, it argues
well for the AlvaradO company that
Mr.. Wright is at its head.
S. R. Trengove, the vice-presidcnt
and treasurer of the company, is
graduate of the Michigan School of
Mines, and is a man of practical and
extended experience in the mining in
dustry. He is at present superintendent
of the Colonel Gold Mining company
at Crown King, and prior thereto sue
cessfully managed large properties in
South Africa, Idaho and Dakota. His
expert knowledge will also be at the
service of the management of the
A1varado company.
The Planet Saturn mines are To-
Gated 3ls miles from the Congress
mine, ar they are on the same vlii-
able Mic al dyke. The ,,r up is
also in close proximity to the Octave,
Rineon, Leviathan and other properties
of established repute in that vicinity.
A large amount of development work
has been done on the properties and
experts eoncede that the showing of
ore makes it one of the most promising
mines in this section. That it has been
inactive for several years was due to
the fact that upon the death of the
owners the estate fell into the hands of
minor heirs.
Located only four and a half miles
from the railroad, the Alvarado com
pany has convenient and cheap trans
portation facilities for the marketing
of its ores, and indeed it may truly
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