Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1907-03-26
Company Formed for the Location
and Development of Nevada Gold
and Copper Mines.
MANY PEOPLE INTERESTED
Matt Regan, David Scott. lanes
Weaver Among Those Behind
Enterprise.


announcement of the Nevada Pros
pectIng, Mining and Development,
company, which was recently incor-
rorated under the laws of Arizona.
The company is organized for the
purpose OF organizing and maintain
ing thorough and systematic cam
paign OF prospecting, locating and
otherwise acquiring valuable holdings
OF mineral bearing lands in the states
OF Nevada and California.
The incorporators Of this enter
prise are all representative busines.
and mining men. the greater number
of whom are now residents of Cold.
field, Nevada. Among them arc.
Arthur Kelly, formerly assayer for the
Barnes King Mining company of Ken
dali, Montana, and well known in
Il IS city as young man Of ex-
collent qualifications
John J. Campbell, practical miner
and prospector. formerly of this part
Of the country.
Dominick McDcvitt, also an old
Montana man and a first class pros.
rector.
James Whitta, practical miner and
prcspcctor, formerly OF this state.
Nj al
business man OF this city. Mr.. Regan
has had great dead Of experience IN
the mining business and his name is
synonym of faith and square deal
ing
James Weaver, formerly resident
OF Lewistown and now engaged in
business in Goldheld.
David Scott, the well known
Lewlstown attorney who is at pres
ent transacting some business in
Goldheld
Hon. Tully Scott, who is making a
great fortune in Colorado, is also in
icrested in the venture.
The company is capitalized at $lOO,.
600, divided into 100000 shares at
winch amount the ncorporators re-
serve one half AZ promotion stock,
the remaining one half, or fifty
thousand shares, To be set aside as
treasury stock, for the purpose Of
equlpplng and maintaining the men
while conducting the campaign and
for the further purpose Of creating
IA tar ~; 4 4
ment OF the eompany,s holdings
The field corps will be composed or
Messrs Arthur Kelly, John J. Camp
bell and Domnick McDcyitt OF
these three men, Mr.. Kelly is per-
haps the best known as he was with
the Barnes King for about five years
and during that time had direct
charge of the refining and smelling of
more than $2,OOO,OOO worth of gold
bullion. Campbell and McDevitt are
both practical miners of irrcproach-
able regulations in number of
western gold camps where they have
been employed
Kelly, Campbell and McDcvitt have
agreed to take to the field and re-
main there for one year prospecting
and sampling without one dollar of
compensation other than their bare
living expenses and equipment for the
work. Whenever they find anything
that looks good they will locate it
and stake it and perform the neces.
s&ry work 1t is their intention to
exploit the entire mineral bearing
zone Of the state Of Nevada and
their friends believe that they will
have some good prospects when the
work is concluded
The main Offices OF this company
will be in Goldfield, Nevada, and at
ter the field men are fairly under
way, detailed reports will be sent in
once week. Mr.. Regain who is at
present i'll this city, informs the Dem
ocrat that, in his opinion, the COM
pany will open up some ground which
VIII mean a great deal pecuniarily
speaking, to those fortunate enough
to hold stock They have certainly
chosen splendid field as Nevada is
'ust now furnishing some of the great
est gold mines ever discovered in the
history of the world. This together
with the further fact that the men
behind the project are known to be
thoroughly upright in every dealing
will lend popularity to the stock when
. portion of it is placed on the mar