The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-02
LIKES THE MINES
OF THIS SECTION
Prominent Michigan Man Is
Very Much Pleased With
Utah Properties.
TAKES IN SEVERAL
OF BIG DISTRICTS
Former Mayor of lsbpeming EX-
periences the 0ld-Style
Utah Hospitality.

George r. Persons of Ishpcming,
Mich, of which city he at one time was
Mayor. after spending a month in the
different mining camps of Utah in the
company of his brother, j. r. Persons,
is making preparations to leave for
Butte, thence to his Michigan home.
Mr.. Persons is an old iron miner, be-
ing thoroughly familiar with whole
sale mining and ore transportation, and
his experience, gained during the many
years of such activity, lends 10 his
statements regarding Utah properties a
great deal of weight To The Tribune
Monday he summed up his impressions
of Utah and her mines by stating that
he was delighted with the results of
his visits throughout the State, and that
when ii came. to expressing himself he
selt that he could not picture the fu-
.ure sufficiently emphatic.
During the past month he has spent
several days in Beaver county, Bing-
ham, Alta and elsewhere, having been
given ample opportunity to see real
conditions for himself, Wherever he
went he found that same character OF
hospitality on the part of the Utah
operator that is so gratifying and
sincere, aud, he states, one must be
the recipient thereof to fully appre-
cate its extent and the splendid man
ner in which it was offered. He leaves
Salt Lake CITY and Utah with regrets;
he likes the city and State. and 1T is
safe TO predict That al some early future
date be will be found out here again
20 follow up his impressions in a most
substantial manner
While in Beaver county Mr., Persons
Inspected the Utah Michigan property
regarding which he has enly prophesies
Of fne import. With the Cactus or
Newhouse property he was especially
pleased While in the section that con-
5ains the Star and the North Star dis
5ricts be inspected the Talisman, Cedar,
Hub, Moscow and several others, all OF
which pleased and impressed him. The
Moscow. he states. is splendid prop
erty. aud were the company TO squip
he group as becomes its merits, and
were il TO mine its resources as they
demand, there would be very few prop
critics in the State that would mann
lain more creditable record. He looks
for long and useful future for this
company.
South of Milford he visited the old
Lynch and the Hecla properties. He
considers the Hecla one of the coming
mines of Beaver county. As to the conn
ty itself, he expressed himself as as.
tonished with the naturalization of It's
districts At Alta Mr.. Persons was the
guest of Mr.. Jacobson, manager of the
Columbus Consolidated and the South
Columbus Consolidated companies, md
at both, he states. he found wonderful
showings Of rich mineral. At Bingham
he was the guest of the Utah Con-
solidated company and expresses the
opinion that the reports as to the Utah
Consolidated ore body being lifted up
upon another portion of the camp are
entirely unfounded in fact,
81 like Utah, her climate, her people,
and her mineral possibilities and her
mineral achievements of the present
You can not put my enthusiasm too
strongly" he stated in closing very
interesting conversation