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Show WEIH ON" RHYOLITE. How' Salt Lnko Tnlcnt Is Prosecuting Its Work There. Col. John "Weir, who has been studying conditions over In tho Bullfrog region, Nevada, says that at Rhyollte moat or nearly all of tho properties aro being developed de-veloped by tho companies thomselves, which may glvo slower production In tho early stages of the camp, but will eventually even-tually provo tho making of tho mines, In substantiation of this sir. "Weir polntod out. tho class of men who are taking up properties here, naming C. itf. Schwab of is'ow York, W. V. Bice, J. M. Farrell and D. IT. Peory of Salt Lake City, Malcolm " Macdonald, J. H. Shockley and many others, oth-ers, representing tho best mining talent nnd greatest aggregation of capital that has ever gono Into a mining enmp Isolated Iso-lated as this Is at this porlod of Its life. "Tho very fact that such eminent mining men wero In horo," said Mr. "Weir, "and had taken up properties, was really tho best proof to mo that somo of theso great stories in print about tho camp must navo somo foundation in fact I havo como. and now I respect their Judgment moro than ever." Concluding, Mr. "Wolr stated that, excluding ex-cluding ail tho hlgh-grado valuoa or all ore over JIM per ton In valuo from his estimate, and judglnsr the district upon Its merits as a hlgh-grado milling district (say $25 fre-mllllng ore), ho bellovos there 1 no gold-mining district of rocord In tho world that can bo compared with Bullfrog, and It Is theso milling ores that will ovontunllv moko this tho greatest mill camp of this country In a comparatively compara-tively short time. |