Show A PROMINENT MINING MAN during the past few years but few men in this intermountain region have met with the successes as a mining operator and promoter that have owned crowned the efforts of willard F snyder who has been so successful of late iti in the placing of gilt edged and meritorious propositions with heavy eastern syndicates in addition to which he has made several valuable acquisitions to his own personal holdings mr snyders first efforts as a mining in utah were centered in gold mountain district the home of the great annie ann ae laurie mine and it was this property that mr snyder after persistent and untiring efforts was able to place with a big pennsylvania syndicate his next success in this line was connected with the sale of ii a copper bonanza the dixie copper mine of st george to a strong new haven conn company soon after which he made the transfer of the dalton lark of bingham to the bingham copper gold mining company the properties mentioned in each instance all being of undoubted merit and value and worth every dollar spent in their purchase the consummation of these three deals bringing several millions of eastern money into utah besides which several hundred men have been given employment to say nothing of the new life and activity infused into the localities mentioned on account of the successful termination of these enterprises other mining deals have also claimed mr snyders attention and to his string of prospective future dividend payers he has added a property in mexico a placer mine in colorado the boss tweed of tintic gintic and the sampson and yosemite of bingham this state the new pass gold mine in nevada while several other propositions require his care and investigation vesti gation cration his business having reached such splendid proportions and his time being so fully occupied that it became necessary to systematize his work by the organization of a stock company mention of which is made elsewhere in these columns his associates being men of high financial standing and of almost unlimited means the mining review has watched the career of mr snyder with interest and pleasure the writer being familiar with his undertakings ever since he pitched his hig tenton tent on gold mountain and this paper is of the opinion that his efforts in the profession he has chosen merit the praise and commendation of those who know and appreciate the good he has done for the mining interests of utah and adjoining states |