Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-16
Mr.. GORDON'S
CHUNKS OF GOLD.
Nevada Mining Man Returns to
Salt Lake With Valuable
Collection.
FROM ROUND MOUNTAIN.
Tells About Nevada Millionaire
Scenes I'm Prosperous
Gold6eld.

Gold In great chunks-just "slathers"
OF gold is what Louis d. Gordon, the
wealthy young mining man Of Nevada,
brought 10 this city from the west last
night.
He simply has the finest collection OF
god ore specimens ever seen In Salt
Lake and II Is doubtful II there ever
was a better lot exhibited anywhere
else, and Mr.. Gordon Is prepared to put
the widest Klondiker on the shelf II 1t
should come TO a show down. The en-
tire bunch OF samples came from the
mines OF Round Mountain, New, OF
which he is the founder. It is worth
intrinsically at the least 81 900. and Mr..
Gordon was offered that much for it
cash yesterday by passenger on the
eastbound Overland Limited, but the
bid was promptly turned down. II
would take good many thousands OF
dollars TO induce him to part with this
rare collection. He especially prizes
the lot because this gold came princi-
pally from the ground on which he
made his first discoveries in Round
Mountain and which brought him his
first fortune. 1t is just such stuff as
the high graders" Of Goldfeld, Round
Mountain and other camps have been
accused Of making themselves rich az
the expense OF their employers and II
cannot be wondered at that mine oper-
ators OF those camps are insisting on
maintaining exchange rooms where men
working underground will be required
t. make a complete change OF clothing
each time they go on and off shift.
When asked to say something about
conditions in southern. Nevada today,
Mr.. Gordon declared that people who
have not been on the ground and seen
for themselves cannot begin to realize
or appreciate the tremendous wave OF
prosperity that has swept over that sec
ton. But 1t ia just like being In New
York to walk about the streets of Gold
field at night. Millionaires are as
thick as mosquitoes In Plainfield, New
Jersey, a little hamlet down east which
| had occasion to visit during the past
summer. People talk about millions
where they used to think only of hun
dreds. 1t Is simply bewildering to Wit
ness the transformation that has taken
place IN GOldneld curing the past year
and particularly during the past few
months. The boom is on in Nevada in
earnest and believe 1t IL only just be-
ginning.
OF Round Mountain Mr.. Gordon
speaks enthusiastically and says mine
development there has far exceeded
all expectations The Round Mountain
Mining company has opened up great
property and making money rapidly;
the corporation has over $4,000 in Its
treasury at the present time and leas-
cas- are working with dry washers on
the placers and are realizing hand
some profits from their labors. The
Round Mountain Combination Is doing
little in the way Of development at the
present time, but other properties are
working and the camp as whole IL ac-
tive.
The town OF Gordon IL improving and
Is on the eve OF q boom. Several new
buildings are going up right away.
Regarding the hold-up Of the Manhat-
tan-Round Mountain stage by lone
highwayman last week. Mr.. Gordon
says the robber did not get away with
over 5000: the money to meet the pay
roll of the camp having preceded this
stage held up by several days. The
outlaw succeeded In getting away I'M
der cover OF darkness, after an exciting
chase by a posse organized at Round
Mountain.