The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23


sented at the Jubilee this week, and
besides those already here, who came
In advance of the opening of the fes-
tivities proper, more reach the city ~
every train. until it is now estimates
that there are fully 1000 persons from
along the Denver & Rio Grande, the
Colorado Midland and the other lines
of railroad in the state east OF Denver.
Said one man from the Centennial
state yesterday: We have all heard
more or less of your beautiful utah'
and have longed from time 10 time 20
make the people OF Salt Lake a Visit
And when you sent those cars of lilacs
and other flowers, potted plants anu
the like 10 our several towns Tor us''
distribution, those who could raise the
price. then and there made up theif
minds TO come to the Jubilee. Those
flowers were the greatest advertise
ment your city and state ever hae,
and The act should be repeated every
year. We are all having splenoia
time. royal treatment, and will come
again you may rest assured. we SIM
ply can't resist 1t when the next cell
ebration comes around"
The Colorado town with the lar2es'
representation is probably VICTOR
which sends over $50 of her citizens 20
assist in the Pioneer celebration The
delegation from this city is headed by
the Hon. Jones Doyle, through whose
enterprise and public sDititedness II
was possible for the city 70 have Al
elegant float in the parades. Mr.. Doyle
took hold Of the matter after p SRA
amount OF money had been raised, ana
made up by his own personal cneeA
such sum as was needed. And speaking
of DOYLE reminds one that he Is about
the best -.rustleT'' in all Colorado. with
perhaps the exception Of Senator IS.
Clark Wheeler Of Aspen, who IS wei
known 10 al Salt Lakers. Doyle nov
figures his income by the thousands
per month. but there was a time when
he did not. Born in Portland, Ne,
some 80 years age, he learned the
numbers trade, and at the completion
of his several wears Of apprenticeship
drifred, like many others to the west.
He was at Colorado Springs when the
Cripple Creek excitement broke out.
DOYLE packed his blankets over MS
back and hit the tyail." He located
a fraction on Battle mountain and
named it the Portland. His partners
were Jim Burns and W. S. Stratton.
The three worked the claim until pay
ore was encountered at considerable
depth. and when it became known that
The property was a mine about every
fellow who had ever known Doyle be-
gan a suit in the courts for gruhstake
interests against him. In the mean
time the Portland company had ae-
uuired other properties adjoining, and
the holdings of the company were IN
creased from a small fraction to some
five or six full claims and fractions.
This all took money and how TO raise
il was of no small Importance. Doyle
was equal to the occasion, however, for
at night, after having worked ell day
in a shaft Of drift. he would take out
a few sacks of the rich stun and sell
il to the local sampler This gave MIN
money to acquire additional Interests
ard to keep the mine in supplies Be-
sides the company did not want ire
fact to be known that il had ore until
certain properties were tied up. These
proDerties were finally secured under
lease and bond and otherwise, and are
producing millions every year. besides
having made Eve or six men independ-
entity rich.
Mr.. Doyle in the early days of the
Cripple Creek excitement also located
what Is known as the Uintah tunnel.
and by reason thereof has now one Of
the biggest fights on his hands of ary
man in the whole mining world. He
has the great Portland vein, and as his
IS prior location he expects to. and
in fact is already making II more than
interesting for the Portland comoanv,
as under the recent rulings of the
higher courts his tunnel rights are Well
established. Doyle, Burns and STRAIT
TON are the owners of the Portland,
which is an incorporated company.
Il have for some time been watch
ing closely the progress Of Utah in
mining way" said Mr.. Doyle, and it
is possible I may become interested TO
a. certain extent out here. / beliere
your mineral resources are as great as
Colorado. and that it is only develop
nelt that is now needed TO make
TFah come rapidly to the front. For
sons time I have heard OF the vast
mineral deposits of the Deep Creek
country. believe you call it. and from
all reports it has a greater showing
than Cripple Creek district had wiki
the amount of work done We are new I
something like $4,000, 600 in
gold a year at Cripple Creek, and tits
OUTPUT will he increased as greater
defth is from year TO year attained
At home Mr.. Doyle is still to the
miners lust plain Jimmy" Doyle. He
has once served as mayor of his town,
and did more for the good Of the civ
in an official capacity than any man
who has before or since served his
people He is an ardent silver advo-
este. though not owning a mine that
has ever produced & 25 cent piece IN
the white metal. Mr.. Doyle contributed
largely Of his means TO the silver cam
paien fund and to assist the BRYAN
electors. He could have had the nom
ination for lieutenant governor on The !
Aiva. Adams ticket, but declined the |
honor. Though he has an elegant /
residence in Denver, Mr.. Doyle sali /
retains his home in Victor and Is her
foremost citizen. Unlike many other /
millionaires who have suddenly come 1
;neo the possession Of fortunes. Mr.. /
Doyle still has a tender place in bis /
heart fer the camp that elevated hm /
from a Door man to one where thou-
sands are at his disposal. Speaking /
OF the gold discoveries in the far north, I
sfr. Doyle said he was almost per /
suaded to visit those digginss-
Bert jenkins IS an Ogden boy who
went 10 she Cripple Creek district in
the early history Of that camp. He
was soon made assistant postmaster at
Victor. and during his connection with
the office did much to so systemat.ze
matters that the handling Of the nasls
was greatly facilitated during the boom
DAYS when the work was hard and
quite enough labor piled upon sle
small force Tor a town of the impor-
tGnce of some Of the older cities Of me
Is OF late Mr.. jenkins has been
handling Salt Lake real estate there
and has done much 10 interest Coo
-ado investors here. He is largely re-
sponsibIe for the big crowd that cane
from the Core OF the Cripple Creek
district" and villa remain IN salt Lake
;ntil The Jubilee festivities are over
md then make trip TO Ogden.
. &. .
Though feeling the depression Of the