Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-09-01
Prominent Visitors.

ington was visited by number OF
quite prominent Salt Lake people.
They were all mining men of note
and were here to look over the
copper mines and prospects in
this vicinity.
w. V. Rice was one of the visit
ors, and it was his first trip into
this district. Mr.. Rice is heavily
interested in mining properties in
Utah and several sections of Ne
vada. He is one of the owners of
the Silver King mine, at Park
City, Utah, and is interested heav
ily in the Nevada Hills mine at
Fairview, and also in the Bullfrog
district. Mr.. Rice visited the
Douglas and Mason Valley Cop
per Co.'S properties, and the sur
face of the Ludwig and the Blue
stone, and expressed himself as
highly pleased with the showings
all around. In fact he is so highly
pleased with the mining outlook
here that he will in all probability
become interested in some of the
properties here.
Mr.. George Gum, who was also
a visitor, came to inspect the Dyer
and Spragg properties which are
under bond to the Mason Valley
Copper Co. A great deal of work
has been done on both of these
properties, and the indications
now are very favorable for both
to soon develop into something
good. Mr.. Gum has visited this
copper district before, but at each
visit the properties are developed
more and the showing is much
better-so much so that he does
not hesitate to express himself as
agreeably surprised at the vast
richness of the district.
c. E. Luce, also of Salt Lake,
was among the visitors, also. Mr..
Luce is mining man of promi-
hence in Utah, and was formerly
interested in and a resident of
Bodie. He still has interests
there, and is also interested in a
power site on the East Walker
River a few miles this side of
Bridgeport. The company which
has been formed to erect an cleo
trio power plant at this site has
acquired $50 second feet of water,
and is now arranging to install the
plant, which will develop between
10000 and 1900 h. p. 1t is cal
culated to transmit this power to
Bodie, Aurora, and very likely to
Tonopah and other points south
for light and power purposes. Mr..
Luce came through this way to
take a look at this section of the
country, as he had never visited
Mason Valley before. He took a
look at the copper mines in this
vicinity, and was as much sur
prised as are others who visit this
district for the first time, at the
wonderful showings of the Lud-
wig, Douglas and Bluestone. He
was also surprised at the extent of
Mason Valley and her possibilities,
and it will be strange if, when his
plant is completed, line is not
run into this section for light and
power purposes. Mr.. Luce left
here Wednesday morning by pri-
vate conveyance for Bodie, taking
the East Walker River route to
inspect the section of country be-
tween this point and the power
site.
]. E. Game, of Salt Lake, and
who is a member of the Yering-
ton Copper Co, and the Wheeler
Mines Co., also spent the week
here. Mr.. Gaines visit was mainly
for the purpose of arranging for
the erection of the mill on the
Wheeler property on the East
Walker. This mill arrived some
time time ago from Salt Lake and
was brought from Wabuska to this
point by team. 1t could not be
hauled to the mine owing to wash
outs in the roads in that district
but it will be rushed along now as
rapidly as possible. The Yering-
ton Copper Co.'S property. east OF