The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-15
GREAT FUTURE Of
STATE Of NEVADA
Mineral Discoveries in Region
of Las Vegas Will Make 1t
a Great City.
PROMISES TO BE CENTER
GREAT MINERAL EMPIRE
Several Properties in This
Region Which Are of Un-
usual Promise.

Las Vegas is on ON upward move. Tho
past eight months of quietness Is a thing
of the past New life, new vigor is no
ticeable in all directions, said well
known Las Vegas business man to The
Tribune Wednesday Business is increas-
ing and a general air OF prosperity is
apparent In every avenue OF enterprise.
Railroad building. the opening of new
mines and tho consequent enlargement Of
opportunities for the stand-bys OF Vegas
accounts for this,
The building of the Las Vegas Sc Tono-
pah railroad. the opening OF tho rich Vim
cent mining district, so close TO Las Vegas
and the supply point for the Furnace
Creek copper belt has brought TO Las
Vegas not only investors but given 1t
such an impetus as to provide a confident
assurance that Las Vegas Will make good
every promise made by It's promoters.
Future Great City.
There is no question but Las Vegas In
time Will be the most important city of
Nevada, the commercial center and min
ing headquarters for that immensely rich
mining section known southern Nevada
and which In recent years has revealed
such astonishing wealth as to be the sur
prise or the world in a mineral producing
sense.
Besides the vast mineral territory con-
tributory TO the Desert CITY, the Vegas
valley has many acres of land which at
present present a barren waste appear
ance and repulsive to the average In
diyidual that when put TO the test
under cultivation by modern methods re-
spends bountfuly In all those agricult-
ural and horticultural products that go
to supply the primary needs of man The
soil Is rich. Ii has as a fertilizer an ash
and phosphate that peculiarly adapts
this section with Irrigation TO the pro-
fuse growth OF all sorts of vegetables,
best of fruits OF rich flavor and of
preseryative quality unsurpassed by any
similar products in the world.
The best Illustration of this feature Is
with their rich soil, mellowed and irrl-
gated. In cooperation with the warm sun
shine and growing matter produce such
bountlful crops of fruits, vegetables and
cereals as to make farming an object of
great profit, These neglected fields pre-
sent great opportunities To those who
have the hardihood to bring them to sub
lection. Water for lrrlgatlng purposes
can be secured and the very necessities
of the surrounding country Will bring
all these resources into play and thus es
that will ever rebound to the prosperity
OF Las Vegas.
Rich in Minerals.
At present the great attraction towards
Vegas is the proof that the surround
ing mountains give In the way Of rich
mineral discoveries. This enhancing field
Tor the prospectors and mining investor
has within the past few months made
conditions lively in the southland The
most notable discovery OF recent times Is
that made by Gotten and Anderson on
the Quo Vadis group OF claims some
twenty-five miles southeast OF Las Vegas
The discovery was made in March. in
May 1T was sold TO J. r. Mckinne of
Colorado Springs and J. E, Philips of
Denver. two large Cripple Creek opera
tors. upon basis that means $4,000
wonderful showing. 1t is equal to any
discovery In Nevada. The new owners
are driving tunnel on the rich ore chute
and sacking ore. From advices received
today they are also sacking good. rich ore
from the shaft The Quo Nadis has one
outcrop that gives values SO extraordina-
ry as to be sensational Average sam
pies like $500. $500. 5000, $500 and a picked
sample of SS,oVu, greet one from this out
crop. The average width and length OF
this outcrop is 16 inches by 80 feet. From
tain side for 20 feet the lead samples on
surface an average OF $50 gold
Near Old Travelled Road.
1t is incomprehensible that this ground
should have been undiscovered Tor SO
long time. 1t is within one mile of an
old travelled road-a highway that has
been traversed by the gold hunter. the
empire settler and the many investors for
more than sixty years-the old road
travelled from Proche and Vegas ranch
into the Il Dorado canyon OF river coun-
This property presents strong flssure
veins that can be traced for thousands
OF feet-the crossing having revealed
them so boldly that one can stand In the
valley below and note and recognize
them. They are riches sticking two
four, six and In places twelve feet above
the ground.
Adjoining the Quo Vadls ground and
on the continuation lead the Golden Tri- |
angle Mining and Development company |
Is operating. This company has good |
ground, and has ore OF similar character |
as that of the Quo Vadis. 1t Is good |
property and with development and prac- |
tlcal mining Will produce its quota of |
wealth. The present showings on the |
lead giving best values are such as to |
make 1t the handsomest of the Quo Va |
dis property. The company has eight |
quartz claims and the Kuhn placer for |
townsite purposes. The company Is In a |
work that means the revenue. Tho own
ers and managers are not saying much |