The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-16

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 a visit to his
home at Cumberland, England, with
$50, 600 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 q check Of 1854 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 IS per cent copper and 1.s6
In gold, and one ounce Of silver to the
ton. For this carload a check for s., 4S5
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 10 save q cent working
Tor wages. The first prospecting was
# Sandstone, about fifteen miles from
Grand Encampment, Wyo., but II was
not until the spring Of 1897 that he
drst saw the prospect" that has since
made him a fortune and reputation
IS a miner. On this journey Haggerty
was accompanied by several copper
miners from Douglas mountain In Col
orado. The party camped q 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,
money iron ore at the surface, as he
sonsidered II TO be q much surer In
iication Of copper than the green cop
,er stains for which most prosDectors
looked.
On the morning Of June 20. 1881
aaggerty left the camp and headed for
, big ouartzite dixie some three or four
miles away, plainly visible at that dis
lance on account Of its immense size,
INIT although 1t was in the latter part
If June, Haggerty was unable to reach
This dixie, as the snow had not yet left
that side of the mountain.
On July rs he finally reached the
white quartzite 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
nation Of the ore he found q few
pieces Of the hard sulphide ore stained
green in places with copper. Haggerty
AZ once set up a location stake, erected
a monument, and thus took possession,
by law, Of q twenty-acre tract Of min
ing land, which he chrlstened in his
location notice as the 'Rudefeha Lode
Mining Claim" the name being com
posed OF the two first letters of the
name of each Of the partners-Rum-
sey, Deal, Ferris and Haggerty.
Haggerty was now convinced that he
had ct least q copper prospect worth
working, and he appealed 70 his part
ueI8 70 NlEk Aac S44AA- oeA - e-&e /" -
ter. Ferris and Deal were both will
Ing. but Rumsey was afraid the ground
vas not worth the spending Of more
money, and the work was accordingly
delayed, and Rumsey's one-fourth In
terest was afterward purchased for
1000 by Ferris. Haggerty then hired
uut TO q man north OF RaWlins, Wyo,
IS q sheep herder. In order that he
might make his expenses until spring
upened ND. Not until the latter part
n June was he able to ind . barren
place large enough eE which TO pitch
tent when he made location on four
claims adjoining the Rndefeha. and
proceeded to trace the vein far up the
I'm. hnding II about i've feet In width
4 the bottom. He next began to sink
4 shaft 80 as to catch the vein on It's
1in. and af q depth OF thirty feet ne
truck the original VEIN At this depth
4 heavy COW Of water entered the
thaft and Haggerty went to Grand En-
.ampment to get mining supplies
While he vas away on this trip Ferris
vent into the hills to see the prop
rrtv. and he IN turn was 50 elated "a
he prospect that he instructed Has-
Ferfy to cut = wagon read up to the
uIns and prepare for more extensive
-,.~affone aurnIIos we're then hauled