Show YEI WERE COLLEGE CIU ChUMS IS II u i I c on I I I Career rece of InI lohn iii 4 4 A. A Yom I-Yom 1 U Boyhood TI The e Journal of Comm ee San Francisco after announcing the re re- of pC J John ohl A- A Kit by from fInni the lie management of uC the Tone Montana rono pah pahi company's properties ut ot Tonopah wih the expiration of hi his him contract on the last day ay o of the he present nt month fays t Mr 1 Kir Kirby Kiby by- by ps is s one omie of or tho the most moat In- In tc tn Jer personalities In II Nevada John Johnl Johnns l ns he I Is familiarly called by hy a legion of friends I was sas born horn on omi the lie gold hold digging dig dig- l ging of AustralIa of an American rather father soine sortie forty eight olt years yeni's a ago o. o but was vas brought to this country when still stillau tl an nn Infant When hien hen a 1 young man maui h lit lie the llac blacksmiths blacksmith's trade In Iii Oakland at ot a shop on Broadway un and subsequently ly secured a position in lii a agold agold gold golt at Newcastle Placer comity coun coun- ty California Here he lie acquired his first knowledge e of ur mucking drilling milling and Ju judging ln ore He lie lc moved to Utah gradually rising to tn prominence tn dice ence In some sorpe of th hat t states state's camps n sand and was then lien appointed superintendent super super- of the lie Daly West st In Park Paik City In six years year the lie mine under his supervision paid pall 5 In dividends He lie le represented the lie Gug- Gug In iii the lie nelI Held field pioneered In Nevada Xe before Tonopah was sas discovered discover er ed cd and In lii succession to 0 tl Donald Gillies of uC signed a years year's contract as os manager I the lie Montana Tonopah Ionta na h ni m mine In inc Nevada Drought Brought ht Fortune Nev Nevada lla has brought John KIrby good fortune For something l luss ss than he ime acquired a n sixth Interest In the Nevada hills His Mining Company at nt FaIrvIew and amid has already refused sot P t cash for fol his shares in that hint famous Camous mine mimic His ac- ac of if wealth will wi n-i n t n spoil himA him A man mami whose profession lc Is his first and amid last love he Is always a stu student ent anti and yet yel a capable practical man An Ana a assayer syer a Rua surveyor yO and amid a designer of mi mills and antl holst hoists li he hu can sharpen a adi l di ill and hit lilt It 1 but hu he Is also a n geologist geo gee logist and mineralogist and amid withal one of oC lie Iho most unassuming o of mep in the firm of Mr 11 Kirby Is a partner KIrby Lamb Stoneham of Tonopah and on n his retirement from rom the lie management man man- ant of or the lie Montana Tonopah mine will wi iiI assume sune an active Interest In iii Inthe of that hint firm the l business u lne s tw It I is understood tOJ that lint from Tonopah Air MiS Ir KIrby will wi proceed to to tn to consult with wih hr tw management of uJ If the Nevada evada Hills and that lint after r that lint he lie vIli come COle to 0 Utah Ulah lo to o devote devol otH much of wi his time to 10 the lie mann management o p th the Consolidated Flagstaff of Alta Alia which Im has n bel-n commended by ly him him from lom the tl lie first as ono one of oC great J possibilities |