Show LAS VEGAS HAS FUTURE gets county seat of dark clark county and railroad machine shops not for two years or more has las ve lincoln county nevada been iu iii better spirits than at the present time and this pretty little town never before had better or brighter prospects for substantial glowth and a prolonged season of prosperity las vegas a railroad town and a division point on the salt lake route is most admirably admi ably located and is a rattling fine business center for a wide stretch of country its water advantages cannot be excelled and while it has some agricultural and mining resources to depend upon its mainstay consists in the fact that it is a railroad division point and the round houses for the division are located there of late however and due to the fact that enterprising citizens have been shaking the tree several ripe and luscious plums have fallen metaphorically speaking into the board and spacious lap of las vegas the state legislature has divided lincoln county the southern portion of ulrch wh ch has been designated as dark clark county with las vegas as the county seat the change takes place july 1st ast of this year and with the county seat of the new county located at I las as vegas the and importance of the town is now doubly assured and more than this another plum ha haa fallen and the railroad company is no now engaged in the construction of shops at las vegas which means the employment of more wage earners of colu trade for las vegas business men another enterprise is pending for lay las vegas and this is the installation of ore sampling works by the western ore purchasing company of reno thus taking everything el into considers tion las vegas has much to be thankful for much to admire and a number of resources and advantages which lesi lesa favored localities might well envy I 1 while riot fiot a mining town still several mining districts are within easy distance di and several companies have headquarters here the alunite mining company the alunite mining company fred B irvine manager maintains headquarters at las vegas robert T hill of the U S geological survey is geologist for the company which is engaged in mine development twenty two miles southeast of las vegas the company is sinking three shafts which are equipped with fairbanks morse and witte gasoline gas olne engines and hoists the shafts are being sunk to catch the intersection of certain ledges the company is a close corporation with a capitalization of arden plaster company twelve miles south of las vegas th arden plaster company is running its ral mi to its full capacity the company own owl large gypsum deposits from which it i manufacturing a fine grade of plaster laster c paris now so extensively used in build operations in the arts and for other er pu poses the fredellen mine the fredellen mine is located aaboe abou twenty three miles east of las vegas I 1 is owned by fred siebert manager 1 charge and his goldfield associates nixon and wingfield the formation of the fredellen is a bi blowout capped by an iron gossan ahei the ore is not leached beached it carries gold an copper values the blowout is on a larg dyke which carries with it an extensive exten siv vein system mr siebert a working a force of fifteen men and a crosscut cross cut tunnel is being run t cut the main vein this is a private enterprise carried 0 by individual capital it is in the hand of men who are prominent in the minin world and these conditions lead one to bb lieve that the fredellen is the making another big mine by WILL C HIGGINS |