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Show BIG FOUR MINING CO. - Pifjt UlnUg Corp i ration with Htad-quarUn Htad-quarUn At Lh i ( Pevcralof thecltlsens of thl have heon Interested In mining property lor ' tlio Inst twenty-flve years. Xotable ninone them la Mr. John Beek, president presi-dent ol the Bullion Beck ami Champion , mints located lu Tint Ic, Messrs. Thomas ' It. Cutler, Ira D. Wines acdW. E. I. tckur of the Utah Consolidated and Sluux mines located In the same ditrlct, Messrs. Frank and Newburn llutt tho original locator! of the now famous Sunshine mlno In Camp Floyd 1 milling ilialrlct, alto a great many other citizens I tile rested In various' other inlnca nnd clnlni in the Tiutle, Camp .' - Floyd, Lehl, Prepstone nnd Filh ffpriaeje dietrlcte, buttli Big Four Consolidated Mining and Milling Company Ii iUa 4 llrst to make thetr headquarters At Laid. Thacsmpany filed their Incorporation papera with tlio secretary of State latt ' Monday, April !!u, 188. Tba company It) Incorporated lor 150,000 shares of tba par value of $1.00 each, SOO.tXM) aharei f iiro held by the individuate forming tho c mp.-uiy and 60,000 eliaree aro eet tisi'l-s tie treasurer etock to bo eold for thi! purpose of developing the niinee. The company owne the following clalmi In tho Tiiitic mining district; Tho Illtuemnn, Goodwin, Anchor and tho l)i:o Hox, they being the four original , claims They have alao acquired the L l!ln' Four No. I, Big Four No. 3 and the High Fivoc'aima adjoining the first feur claims. Among the owners areaoch well known cltlsens aa manager T. K. Cutler of tho Utah Sugar Co., W. E. Hacker and 8. 1, Goodwin, chief clerk . of tho 1'cople's Co-op Inst, Mayor W .1. . .JVIoaloh Evans, E. A. Uoodwlu, Ilobnrt Qsv Vox, John 'Molt, Henry Lewis, "joRn '9,7 Kmith, S. J. Taylor, James Fox, Qustav " Hunger nil of Lehl and John C-, C-, " Kdnards of Salt Lake City. riie ofDrers of the company for the , first year are W. E. Rocker, president: V. A, Goodwin, vice-president; 8. I. (ioodnln, secretary and treasnrer, and they together with Moslah Evans and I Hubert I'oi ronstltuto tba board of I directors. Tho board starts out under A cry promising beginning having had twnnsuys on the first two feet of their a'liift. Tim first one assays $f 13 In ; ild and tome silver and the second one (6 20 in gold and some silver. Thoy now have n force of men at work under M'.'ssrtt. Tux and Ooodwln and are , ti iking u one compartment shaft to begin with nnd will erect a mill for the treatment of their ore as soon as the (; body will warrant the erection of sauna. , . Wo bespeak a very promising future for thin company, knowing that the parties ,1 inteicelcd are men of push nnd enter , )n too and perfectly reliable In all their I undertaking! nnd look for agodthlng ' j for those that may be fortunate enough ( ' to bo among the stockholders of this II company. Of the 80,000 ahsree set :i I niddfl na treasury stock the directors '1 linvi" iilaccd only 20,000 shares on the imirkrt to be sold at two cents per share expecting to sell the remaining 30,000 S rhurcs at n mnch higher figure as soon jit in they have gone dawn tome depth or. (3 their Hhnlt which la now being pushed m ns fast as the present force can doit. ' K The IUn.nkb wishes this company every ' K micccfi and hopes that the greatest K vx pcctittlon of the tUckhodrs may be " S. utilized to the fullett eitent. |