Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-04-01

under the guiding wing of the head of
the household must be carefully chosen.
With this object in view A. j. Orem
started from Kansas City for Salt Lake
City in 1890, studied carefully the min
ing field, and in 1896 entered actively
into the mining business, his first par
ticular venture being with the Utah
Apex. This property he had consider
able to do with, and that it now stands
a popular and proven mine is to his
credit. Yet Mr.. Orem quickly realized
that this property was not just to his
liking. He chose other fields, and soon
became interested in the Yerington
camp. Here he inspected and purchased
the Nevada Douglas estates. taking first
that portion of the property known as
Douglas Hill. Later he took over the
Ludwig property and made it part of
the Nevada Douglas mining territory.
This latter piece of finance was interest
ing for several reasons.
Mr.. Orem personally bought the Lud
wig and then turned it over at the very
price at which he bought it to the Ne
vada Doulas company. He set about
then to perfect his forces and choose his
working associates. How well he sue
ceeded in this part of his venture is now
matter of history, and it is sufficient to
state such parties as Duncan MacVichie,
David Eccles and many other prominent
people are associated with Mr. Orem in
his mining and railroad enterprises.
The Nevada Douglas property was sit
uated some distance from the Southern
Pacific Railroad and Mr.. Orem arranged
to finance a road to his mines, and now
has that road running and actually earn
ing money. One who has been for
year an interested student of the Orem
properties writes me as follows regarding
these mines and their affiliated enter
prises;
LAS an evidence of the kind of prop
erty that appeals to the interest and con-
fidence of the firm of A. ]. Orem & Co.
and which becomes the beneficiary of
the firms methods, the Nevada Douglas
copper mines of the Yerington district,
Lyon County. Nevada, stands as mon
umental example. These mines, which
give every assurance OF ranking among
the great copper producers of the eoun-
try, are not of recent discovery, but the
earlier owners lacked the means and the
enterprise for their proper development
and utilization.
Their isolation from railroad and re-
duction plants deferred their receiving
proper recognition until the Orem inter
ests took hold of them. They needed
those who would not balk at the prob
lem of transportation and other essen
tails to bring them to the producing
stage and they found what they required
in A. ]. Orem, that venerable and sturdy
old gentleman, who is 90 years young,
who undertook the solution of the tran
sit problem by organizing and financing
the Nevada Copper Belt Railroad Com
pduyt SoinR SoHSSihs
Mr.. Orem would even have under
taken the building of the smelling plant
if it had not been for the fact that the
Mason Valley Mines Co. assumed the
burden of this contribution to the dis
tricts requirements and the smelter
being constructed by the latter company
at Thompson, Nevada, will be completed
and blown in by the first of the coming
summer, with capacity for 500 tons of
ore daily, fully one-half of such ore
coming from the Nevada Douglas mines,
for the latter has contract with the
Mason Valley Mines Co. to furnish $50,
600 tons of ore to the reduction works at
the rate of not less than 10000 tons a
month. This will mean bushes for the
Nevada Copper Belt road. ("
The Nevada Douglas Copper Co. has a
vast estate and its development is being
carried forward in an energetic and
forceful manner The 20 claims in
cluded in the companys property con-
tain, according to competent engineers
reports. 10, 900, 900 tons of ore with an
average copper content of 81 per cent.
A latter property to enlist the aid of
the house of A. ]. Orem & Co. is the
Castle Valley Coal Co of Emery Coun-
ty, Utah. This company is already
shipping 500 tons of coal daily and ex-
poets soon to reach the S,000-ton mark.
While have devoted considerable
of this space in telling of the enterprises
in which Mr.. Orem has plunged his firm
and associates, it is best to revert for the
rest of the story to the man himself.
Mr.. Orem is energetic. a seasoned
veteran at both mining and finance,
and one inclined to push ahead carefully
and only after much consideration and