Show MR HICKS ON NEVADA MINES nevada minin mining b press july 18 blue sky commissioner mr heber hicks has placed his official seal of approval with reservations upon several mining enterprises in eastern nevada according to a fulsome account of his visit to this state appearing in an elko paper A specific reservation is implied in the statement that mr hicks after examining the property of a company that had applied for a permit to sell stock in utah will recommend that the company install a certain type of mill after tests have been made on the ore this sup suggests tg ests an inquiry as to what particular machinery firm mr hicks represents if the elko reporter has not inis misquoted quoted mr hicks the utah commissioner con who is president of the western division of securities commissioners commented highly was very much impressed and well satisfied with the properties he examined according special praise to one mine that nevada opera operators tors have long considered of problematic value and essentially senti ally a stock selling enterprise this mine and its managers gained notoriety as a result of the statement widely circulated by its sponsors when others were unable to verify their sampling reports that the presence of a rare element in the ore prevented the recovery of the metallic contents by fire assay |