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Show GEO. WINGFIELD A GUEST OF OGDENITES George Wingfleld, ono-tlmo cowboy cow-boy but now one of tho biggest mining min-ing men in tho west, left for Gold-field, Gold-field, Nev, today after two days passed In Ogden as tho guBt of John Tingree, II. M. Rowo, A. P. Blgelow and C. E. Kai6er. Wlngfleld Is not only regarded as the victim of unbounded luck but he has continued to make good In a multitude mul-titude of enterprises wltih phenomenal phenom-enal regularity, being at the present time, president of the Goldfleld Consolidated Con-solidated Mining company, which controls the largest gold-producing mine in the world, the Nevada Hills Mining company, the Nixon National bank of Reno, the John S. Cook & Co., bank of Goldfleld, the First National Na-tional bank of Wlnnemucca and several sev-eral other Institutions of wealbb. and Importance in the west. Wlngfleld Is only 3G years of ago and a large portion or his life was passed in wandering 'about tho state of Nevada, prospecting' "punching" cattle and similar or kindred occupations. occupa-tions. In the early days of the gold rush to Tonopah, George S. Nixon Is said to have grub-staked Wlngfleld with $500 and sent him to the camn "for better or worse " it proved "better" for the young man's claims proved immensely- valuable and the deals that he entered Into doubled his money with such remarkable regularity reg-ularity that he was regarded almost In the light of a wizard. Not only did his operations make Nixon independently wealthy but a number of his associates also fared well In several big deals. Wlngfleld was asked by Governor Oddle of Nevada to accept the United Unit-ed States senatorshlp. following the death of Senator Nixon, but the offer 1 was refused owing to his extensive J business operations which required j ibis, attention. Yesterday several members of the I Weber club took Wingfield for a trip up Ogden canvon and he was greatlv I Impressed with what he saw, slaUng that he felt confident that Ogden presents a wonderful field for inr vestment and that he and Mrs. Wlngfleld will arrange to nass a por- i tlou of next summer In this city. |