Show REPRESENTATIVE MINING MEN JT I s + 4 i I 4 i 1J + 4 iI 1 + I i 4 Htifit7 + + I L11ilbtI A ml + 4li3 m m t f p N U4 ¼ I f JOHN DERN + + + + + + + + + + 4 + + + + + + + 4 + + + + + + + ± + + + + + + + + + + 4 The subject of this sketch is the one man above all others who made Mcr I cur the Johannesburg of America what it is today When Mr Dell came tu Utah from Fremont Neb nine years ago there was no town of Mercur and no conception of the vast resources of the now famous camp existed He was one of the organizers of the great Mer cur Gold Mining Sz Milling company was elected as president of the company com-pany and has served the company in that capacity ever since Five years ago he became the general manager as wel as president and moved his family fam-ily from Nebraska to this city which is now his home Mr Dern is also president pres-ident of the GeysorMarion another prominent gold property in Mercur in addition to which he is a heavy stockholder stock-holder in and president of the Dexter Gold Mining company of Tuscarora Nev John Dern is a typical western man wholesouled goodnatured and very popular He came to America from Germany at the age of 15 and has lived in the west since first putting foot on American soil He first located in Illinois nois but made his home In Nebraska in 1SG9 engaged in stockraising the lumber and grain business and banking bank-ing his first venture in mining being the formation of the Mercur company Before coming to Utah Mr Dern took an active part in politics and from 1SSS to 1S90 served as state senator from the Tenth Nebraska district as a Democrat Demo-crat |