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Show I WELL-KNOWN MINING MAN OF SALT- LAKE Is President of Con. Merctir Company. NATIVE OF GERMANY Came to Utah in Year of . 1890. John Bern, president presi-dent of tho Consolidated Con-solidated Merctir Gold Mines company, com-pany, ono of the bonanzas of Utah, aud who is also interested in Tin tic properties, is a native na-tive of Germany, and camo to tho United Stateq in 1865, settliuc in Illinois. Il-linois. In 1869 ho John Dern moved to Fremont, Nob., and engaged in farming and livo stock business, and lator in banking. In 1S90 ho camo to Utah, and has Binco that timo been cngagod in the mining industry of tho slate. |