Show BIG SLATE DEPOSIT ATTRACTS CAPITAL Preliminary Work on Great Project in Nevada Is Under Way SALT LAKE MEN BEHIND IT Blue Mountain Near Winnemucca Winne- Winne Said to Contain Acres of Slate An industry the successful ful el de development develop develop- P- P ment nent of or which means a great deal to 10 WInnemucca and this part of or tho the state is 11 the tho projected opening up o otho of tho the ll largest l building and roofing stone quarry In tile the world on Blue mountain 20 0 miles west of or this tills place lilacs says the Humboldt Star That the tine preliminary work worl of or this great industry has been undertaken is tho the announcement of Surveyor II H. II 11 Sheldon who has las returned front from froma fronta a 0 weeks week's trip trill to Blue mountain where he was Ws employed h by G. G Sumner Sumner Sum- Sum ner nor of o lleno H no the tho th originator of or tho the slate quarrying project to do the tho necessary work of surveying surveying- The rho company compan represented by Mr 11 Sumner and amid which comprises a number of ol Salt Snit Lakers has acquired thirty thirty- eight locations of oC IGo acres each the tile claims having hd been taken up as placer ground The area acquired Is nine nimie ninean an and ono half square miles covering Blue mountain almost entirely It Is i said ald that the location work necessary to hol hold t this large area under under under un un- un- un der the mining laws la s 's has all an been performed performed per per- formed the outlay required for or this thle alone being being- a large one The compan company com com- pany pan will have ha a monopoly of Blue mountain as os a slate producing region It is said that practically the thc entire mountain is slate containing all u of f fI I th the tle different of the material ma mn- tonal which can be used for buildIng building build build- I ing purposes That the slate plate Is 18 oCI of oC I tho the very finest quality for building and roofing rooting material has been proved b by exhaustive analyses B and practical 1 tests IV io With the completion of or the tile Western West nest ern Pacific which will viii pass alon along the base of or Blue DIlle mountain it is said to tobe tobe tobo be bo the intention of the company compan 10 ro begin heln the tile quarrying qU of or the building slate for shipment Spur tracks willbo will willbe willbo bo be constructed from tho the main line into the quarries which will be bo opened up so the product can be loaded di directly dl- dl Into the cars car Providing reasonable reas reas- J- J transportation rates can be he secured there i is sail said to bo ho no ques que- question tion that the building material will willbe willbe be secured and the tho promoters of th tile enterprise expect to make shipments abroad as well weli as ns over the tile entire country countr The Thc enterprise 11 is of or course only In Inthe n I the preliminary stage e. e but it is one of oC the greatest possibilities J If the ex expectations cx- cx of ot the promoters are arc realIzed realized real real- the Blue mountain slate Quarries quarries ries will wilt within a few years ears employ hundreds of of oC men men and t another nother great industry will wiil be added to tire Ure many which In a comparatively el short time are suro sure to be contributing to Winnemucca's Winnemucca's Win Win- future commercial great great- n ness ess I |