Marshall County independent., 1899-05-05

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RUDEFEHA NINE "GRUBHOUSE."
able. in the miners eyes than the
richest of golden bonanzas.
A vein of copper ore. averaging over
seven feet in width, has enabled its
lucky finder to sail for visit 10 his
home at Cumberland England, with
900 in the bank to his credit with
which to administer comfort to an
aged father and mother, whom he had
not seen before in fourteen years.
During the early part of October the
first carload of ore shipped TO Chicago
brought a check of $664 above all
transportation charges. This first ship
ment averaged 33.1S per cent copper,
but no return was made by the smelter
for either gold or silver. The last
carload shipped to the ArgO smelter
ran over 80 per cent copper and l.96
in gold. and one ounce of silver to the
ton. For this carload check for 81 ,435
was received.
The story of Ed Haggerty and the
discovery of the Rudefeha mine is
plain but alluring Haggerty began
prospecting, as he says, because he had
never been able TO save a cent working
for wages. The first prospecting was
at Sandstone, about fifteen miles from
Grand Encampment. Wyo., but 1t was
not until the spring of 1897 that he
first saw the prospect that has since
made him a fortune and reputation
as a miner On this journey Haggerty
was accompanied by several copper
miners from Douglas mountain in Col
orado. The party camped a few days
at Battle lake, near the top of the con-
tinental divide One of these men told
Haggerty that he was looking for red,
spongy iron ore at the surface, as he
considered it to be much surer in
dication of copper than the green cop
per stains for which most prospectors
looked
On the morning of June 20. 1897,
Haggerty left the camp and headed for
a big QuartZite dixie some three or four
miles away. plainly visible at that dis
tance on account of its immense size.
but although it was in the latter part
of June, Haggerty was unable to reach
this dixie, as the snow had not yet left
that side of the mountain.
On July % he finally reached the
white 0uartzite dixie, for which a
month before he had wallOwed in vain.
He discovered that tons of ore had
rolled down the mountain side, and
that the quality OF the ore answered
the description of the Douglas noun
tain copper miner. On closer exam
ination of the ore he found a few
pieces of the hard sulphidc ore stained
green in places with copper. Haggerty
a, once set up location stake, erected
a monument, and thus took possession,
by Law. of a twenty-acre tract of min
ing land which he christened in his
location notice as the "Rudefeha Lode
Mining Claim" the name being COM
posed o. the two first letters of the
name o. each of the partners Rum
sey. Deal, Ferris and Haggerty.
Hagg srty was now convinced that he
had at least a copper prospect worth
working. and he Appealed to his part
ners to work the claim during the win
ter. Ferris and Deal were both will
ing int Rumsey was afraid the ground
was not worth the spending OF more
non :, and the work was accordingly
delayed and Rumsey's one-fourth in
teresi was afte:ward purchased FOR
s. goo by Ferris iiaggeriy then hired
cut to a man north CT RawiiIs. Wyo,
as sheep herder. in order that he
might maze his expenses until spring
opened up Not until the latter part
Cf June was he able to find a barren
place large enough on which to pitch
tent when he made location on four
claims adjoining the Rudefeha. and
prOceeced to trace the vein far up the
hill, finding it about five feet in width
at the bottom. He next began to sink
shaft so as TO catch the vein Oh its
dip, and at depth Of thirty feet ne
struck the original vein. At this depth
heavy flow of water entered the
shaft and H2ggerty went 10 Grand En-
campment to get mining supplies
While he was away on II is trip Ferris
went into the hills to see the prop
crty; and he in turn was 50 elated ut
the prospect that he instructed Hag-
Fcrty 10 cut 4 wagon ROAD up 10 The
n ne and prepare for more extensive
operations Supplies were then hanlei