Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
oIND MOUNTAIN In point OF ag

- - llAN ebAAlNtnN VI AAAN biNtNN ~
IN nanza gold camps OF southern Me-
vada, but It may literally be said
that 1T was born with gold nugget IN
its mouth and has been cutting rs teeth
on them ever since"
In reading the outline story OF this
great camp i must be remembered tnat
little over six months ago what IL
now known as Round Mountain was
nothing more or less than the usual
vista OF sand and sagehrush, rolling
country, foothills and rugged noun
tains peculiar TO tnis region OF the
country. A lone struggling prOspectIr
would occasionally he met and here
and there, too. fur apart r int. chang
OF cOmpanionship one would find tn
n,ue canvas shelter dlgnihed by tie
owner with the name Of camp
THE STRIKE THAT DID l'r
The strike that brou. ht tie attel-
ton Of the pu0ic 90 Rree and the
mining word especially TO Rouul
Mountain. was made on ground ,oeatid
by Louis II. Guldon ana on a tease giV-
en- by him soon af,er 10 G.. r. scott
"Sllm" Morgan ana l.. II. Scott on
claim that Is recorded as the SJnnys side
No, 9 Mr. Gordon located, what was
known as the SunHysidc group, consist
ing ot three claims and a fraction.
Then began the discoveries OF gold
that was destined to star.le the MINING
world and which today Is but IN It's IN
ception, Paintings Of free gold Of al
most incalCulable value were made from
surface sand. loose rock--ln fact where
ever pick or shovel could 20. A pound
OF dirt would when panned leave a
stringer OF gold grains around the pan
ranging In value all the way from 81
10 S25
MR. GORDON A YOUNG MAN,
Mr.. Gordon. who is a young mining
man on the "sunnysIde" of 80 lost no
time in striking out for Goldfeld. where
he succeeded in getting the halt-heart-
ed interest OF some % the active mining
meu-enough to get them to come and
look at his property
II didn't take these gentlemen very
long 10 realize that there was "a whole
lot doing aud the result was that a
strong company was formed TO open
up aud explore the group,
The Round Mountain Mining COM
pany was the result OF MIR. Gordon's
liying trip to Goldfeld and was the first
of the great corporations to begin OPP
erations there
Before going any further 1t Is neces-
sary here to state, IN order 20 give Il
fair idea OF the richness OF this proper-
~ that the three men, the original
owners Of the lease, sublet IT. and draw
n good royalty, after paying the owners
of the property their percentage and
the men who are now sub-leasing can
stand all this and still make very
handsome income.
WHEN THE RUSH BEGAN.
Then began the rush to stake off
property In the new gold country. From
Goldheld, TOnopah. Manhattan, Austin,
Reuo; from all points OF the compass,
with Round Mountain as the magnet.
outfits began pouring in Claims were
staked on all sides and held with guns,
There was bitterness and strife and i'm
pending law suits and all the petty bad
blood that stirs when one man seeks
to outwit or Guido another In the
mad rush for golden wealth. But to the
everlasting credit OF Round Mountain.
when differences were adjusted and
every man knew what he owned--tem-
porary chaos was at once followed by
peace and order, and that without the
shedding Of n single drop OF blood OF
the discharge OF a gun.
STORY OF MERGERS.
The story OF the gradual merging OF
various claims into great mining COM
panies by capitalists, the phenomenal
results OF individual and unaided effort
and the marvellous finds of leasers, to-
gether with the growth Of the camp,
erection OF mills, power plants and
water lines, each forms It's integral part
OF o remarkable story Of sudden wealth
uncovered Each OF the more Import
ant Will be briefly related, for IN each OF
these separate enterprises viii be found
the energy push and controlling power
which collectively reveals the charac-
ter OF the men on whose master minds
Round Mountain must depend for the
uncovering OF its untold wealth In hon
est. busnesslike fashion.
MUCH WORK GOING ON.
Already score or more of organized
and capitalized mining companies are
actively pushing development work,
1t would be mere repetition to con-
slider them all so thar only few OF
the companies whose work goes far
thest In proving up the ground and
whose workings embrace the greater
area OF the Round Mountain district
need be considered, not necessarily In
the order Of Incorporation
ROUND MOUNTAIN FAIRvIEw.
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inr comnnnv ster5s ,,,ong ,bo rinh
properties Of the camp, The gold dis
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bleb r,rajs or ricb OF rinsors ~ a.
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peaee "a WonnIor ,7cs,1.nt. .Ta ~,
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