, 1922-03-01

OuncemenC InaC the properties
r 10 DO operated on a large scale as
soon as equipment can be installed.
Negotiations for tho purchase Of the
properties. which have been in prog
ress for a number of months, were
successfully concluded during tho
past week by Frederick b. Andrews,
district manager OF the Prudential In
surance company. who is to be the
secretary OF tho syndicate. The other
officers n Noah Young Of Gienrock.
for IL years inspector OF mines OF
Wyoming. presidene Donald J..
Smith. superintendent OF construction
n mechanical operation for the
Standard refinery. vice president:
Harry C Young OF Gienrock. presi-
dent OF tho Young on company and
tho Merieo Royalties company. treas
urer.
Prominent among tho directors are
George Richard Turley. Junior MEM
5sr OF the firm OF Edwin McNeal &
Co. Investment bankers of Chicago.
and A C. Andrews. superintendent of
the gas plant Of the Midwest Rein
ing company. Salt Creek. The board
OF directors consists in all of five men
who Will be associated with tho ofI-
GERS in h management of tho gym
dicate.
For manager of the mine. the gym
dlcate has secured the services of one
of best mining engineers in the
Rocky Mountain region who has had
y years of experience as n miner. a
foreman and a superintendent In
such mines as the Homestake mine
OF Lead. S. D.. the Mofratt-Smith com-
hine Of Cripple Creek and Leadvi1e
Colo, the Portland Gold Mining com.
pany OF Cripple Creek. and numerous
Others
The syndicate VIII operate under
then name OF The Miners Delight Cold
Mines Syndicate and its exec,,ttvc
headquarters win be located in this
city.
The Miners Delight Is without
doubt one OF the most famous. as
wen as one OF the richest, gold mines
In the country. according TO the opin-
ion OF experts who have examined thu
property from time to time in the IN
forests OF various owners. II WINS dis.
covered more than SO years ago in
1857 when South Pass and Atlantic
CITY were fourishfng settlements ON
tho old Oregon Trail, and according
to h statement of Noah Young. presi.
dent or h syndicate. who as a voutb
worked in the mine. moro than n NH.
lion dollars was taken out in the Ar,
$50 feet Of depth while about saoo
600 was carried away by workmen
and others.
1T used to be a Eo-as-yuu.pleaseI
mine, any and everybody carving
away rock" Mr.. Young states. .It
was quartz sticking to gold. instead
" gold sticking to quartz
The first operators Of the mine en-
countered many difficulties, the chief
being the active hostility OF Indians
and one group OF miners were even
forced to fee for their lives.
Among those who have from time
to time been connected with the de-
veiopment of the property are such
well known men as the late Edmund
8. Wells. pioneer resident of Converse
county. Major Baldwin OF Lander
and Capt. H. G. Nickerson, discov-
erer OF many OF the rich deposits OF
the South Pass region.
In 1907 the mine became the prop-
srty Of a group headed by ex-senator
c. d. Clark of Wyoming after n gen
Grafton of abandonment and active
steps were taken to unwatcr the mine
and equip It for operation. The fnan.
cial depression of that year halted
this work. however. and the mine
PASSED into tho hands of a group
headed by Judge II. H. Henderson OF
Ogden, Utah. Negotiations for the
4 purchase Of he properties were be-
gun with Judge Henderson and Ar
thur Kuhn, former secretary of state
OF Utah, some months ago, and these
were successfully concluded by Mr..
Andrews February 20.
The engineering staff which has
been selected by the syndicate com
pleted plans for an initial production
OF 100 tons OF ore a day, and the mill
capacity Will be increased as rapidly
as possible to handle the tremendous
quantity OF milling ore in the mine.
Machinery and equipment will be in.
stalled as rapidly as IS possible as
soon as the winter season in the
South "a region is over.
The syndicate also owns placer min.
ing rights of tho property and win
realize from this source on several
OF h claims. II is anticipated. Many
! old miners have been visiting the re.
5 gfon for years to wash out dust and
nuggets from h Miners Delight
gulch and those adjoining and 1t /.
estimated that in excess of 81, COO. oor
mas been taken out in this way.
Inc members OF the new syndicate
1 nave received congratulations Owe,
the completion of the deal from many
: sources n old mining men, an
prised of the plans of operation. hay,
been unanimous in their assertion tb,,
the mine is one of trenieodon, 49,