Show THE article on n non on assess assessable able stocks in a recent number of the review is bearing fruit and many eastern stockholders in western mining enterprises are arriving at the te conclusion that it is safer to own assessable mining securities than it is to run the risk of losing a portion or all of their holdings through the non assessable clause in the articles of incorporation of various companies offering stock for sale A careful study of the question of assessable vs non assessable stocks cannot but result in favor of good stocks which are assessable should occasion require ANOTHER thirty days and the eastern portion of utah will be in the throes of a genuine oil boom and the excitement will be based upon the acquisition in the locality named of several producing oil wells already the situation is most encouraging and the indications are that it will not be long before the oil industry will be a prominent feature in connection with the magnificent resources of the state As it is encouraging disclosures have been made of late in oil drilling opera tiodos many new rigs are going in and oil lands are changing handy hands at a rapid rate the same condition prevails in the oil fields of uinta county wyoming and this section of the west is also on the verge of a boom in oil and this along substantial and permanent lines WHAT do we think of nevada well we believe that it is one of the greatest min eral producing states in the union we have seen it stated somewhere that nevada mines in in the past have produced a billion dollars in the precious metals and hon A 0 cleveland one of the most prominent of nevadas citizens informs the mining review that the mines of the comstock alone have produced nearly the abovementioned above mentioned amount A billion is a magnificent sum when one comes to think of it and yet the mines of nevada have not been exhausted and the mining industry of the state is still in its infancy while new bonanza districts are being found within the boundary lines of the commonwealth with startling rapidity utah and eastern people have not been slow of late in acquiring some of the best properties in this state and much interest everywhere is now being taken in this promising section of the west IT is high hiah t time that an effort was being made for the collection of utah ores and metals for exhibition at the worlds fair which will be held in st louis in 1903 the department of mines and metallurgy of which dr david T day is chief will be one of the leading features of the exposition and many exhibits will be made by foreign countries which in magnitude value and importance should not exceed those that will be made by bi 1 the united states and especially by the mining camps of this intermountain region already several western states are beginning work in the collection of ores and minerals and it is none too early to make preparations in this direction no state in in the union has a more diversified or more valuable deposits of the precious and baser metals than utah and it would be a pity on account of 0 neglect or indifference to have other sections of the west outdo out do us in the way of a mineral exhibit at the worlds fair at st louis which promises to be the greatest gathering of this character and description ever yet recorded A GREAT deal of credit is due to E A summerall formerly of colorado but now of green river this state for the effort he is making to prove that the green and grand rivers are navigable nava gable to a point a short distance above the cataracts of the colorado river mr summerall Surn merall has launched a new steam boat at green river and has already made a trip as far up the grand as moab ore one of the objects bing being to give river transportation between these two points thus obviating the long wagon haul to market and the rail road another and a very important feature of the enterprise however is the possibility of opening 1 I the way to points up and down the river which are known to abound in i n rich mineral deposits but which are practicably in accessible excepting by water it is understood that mr summerall has concluded the purchase of oi five more steamers and that he e will establish a regular steamboat line between green river and moab the ri review blew is of the opinion that the project is feasible and that it will prove profitable the nevada miner published at golconda nev by C D van vanduzer duzer is the latest journalistic nali na listic stio venture from the battle born state to reach this office the miner is a neat and tasty publication its aim in life being to advertise to the world the really marvelous mineral resources of our si sister JL ster state the mining review extends the fraternal hand with well wishes for the success of the miner fred mitchall itchell Al the well known mining man will prospect in the thunder mountain region idaho this season for himself J 0 stewart and J D keifer of this city |