Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-12 | Page 10 | Nevada Mines Are in Splendid Shape

NEVADA MINES ARE j IN SPLENDID SHAPE William Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific company, has returned from a get-acqualnted visit throughout Nevada, and among tho mining camps which ho saw -were Goldfleld, Tonopah, Mason, Ely and several of lesser Importance. Impor-tance. On his arrival in San Francisco he was interviewed on his trip, and the Goldfleld Tribune carries this interview, of which the following Is a part: There Is more ore in Bight in Nevada Ne-vada today than at any other time in its history an'd more money is being made In the mining business than ever before. The boom stage Is passed and the mining business in a largo vay is on a solid foundation. The great copper smelters of Maon valley and Steptoe valley, at the two ends of the state, are In active operation, oper-ation, using the most scientific processes. pro-cesses. Tho mills of Tonopah and Goldfleld aggregate probably more than ever before- It will be news to many that quicksilver Is produced in Nevada In commercial quantity, and, I am informed, profitably, with the unusual feature that Nevada Is also the market for this product in tho recovery of precious metals.