The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-27
RICH FIND OF COPPER.
PROPRIETOR UNCOvERS n rOp.
TUNE IN WYOMING HILLS.
4 0iner'o Coed Luck-Iarxe Boav
Of Valuable Ore La rOuna Near
Fort Stee1e-Sanple Lots Aver.
age d Per Cent. Of Copper.

HTDSpS(iBE
sheep herder OF Grand ERcampynent.
Wye, has suddenly become a bonanza
copper king. the owner ct a mine that
even now. in its infancy. Is shipping more
than Sls.0a worth OF ore q week. and Ii
believed 10 have nj least $50 ofa worth
OF the metal already in ssgnt after only
three months of actual mining work. says
the Wyoming correspondent Of the Chi
cago Inter Ocean. Ii Ii the FIRST real
discovery of copper made in new dis
tricc in years
A few months ago the western slope
OF Copper mountain In the Sierra Madre
range. IN Southern Wyoming. was unin-
habitased. save by elk. deer. bear. wolves
and mountain hens Today IL IL the seat
OF Wyomlng's greatest activity. where
the wand of the miners pick and shovel
has already brought 10 light the richest
copper prospect In the world. A shaft
e:ghty-fve feet n depth. a drift of forty
feet at fifty-foot level. and another Of
fifty feet at an eighty-foot level has dis
closed a vein OF copper ore averaging
over seven feet In width and yielding at
Chicago and Denver smelters a3ts per
cent in eopper-H.96 In gold, and an ounce
OF silver to the ton In car load shipments
This discovery has enabled Ed. Haggerty
10 SAL for visit to his home at Cumber-
land, England. with 10000 In the bank
TO his credit with which to administer
whom be has not seen In fourteen years
During the early part OF October the
first wagon load of the "Rudefena" ore
was hauled over the mountains to Fort
Steele on the Union Pacific railroad. a
distance of sixty miles from the mine.
Other wagon loads followed quickly, I'M
I'll a car containing fourteen and quar-
ter tons of peacock copper ore was sent
to the Chicago Copper Refining Com
pany's smelter at Blue Island. This ore
was largely from the surface, but the
fourteen and quarter tons brought
check OF $664 above all transportation
charges. The first shipment averaged
IS. Is per cent. copper. After this ship
ment the force of men working at the
mine was increased from eight to twenty
seven. and other car loads Of the ore was
shipped rapidly to the Chicago smelter,
all showing copper returns OF about $50
per cent. the ore getting richer with
depth Six or eight car loads OF the
ore have been shipped to Denver and
run through the Argo smelter. the ore
averaging q little more than 33H per cent.
pure copper to the ton. The last car
load shipped TO the Argo smelter ran
over IS per cent copper. sl.96 in gold and
one ounce of silver TO the ton. For this
car load check for $i,435 was received
Poor Miners Lucky Strike.
The story OF Ed Haggerty and the dis
covery of the Rudefeha mine Is plain. but
a,iuring. Haggerty began prospecting. he
saws. because he had never been able To
save a cent while working for wages He
had as partners John Rumsey. Robert Deal
and George Ferris, three Wyoming men.
who grubstaked him. and he came to
Grand Encampment, locating here two
claims near the Kurtz-Chaferton copper
mine. IL the spring OF isa. he went over to
a. .ytf ~
claims, and while on this Journey he FIRST
saw the prospect that has since made
him a fortune and reputation as a mi
ner. On this journey Ha.gerty was ac-
companied by several copper miners from
Douglas mountain In Colorado. The par
ty cantped for - few days at Battle lake,
near the top of the continental divide,
about twelve miles from this place One
of these Colorado mining men told Hag-
gerty that he was looking for red. spongy
iron ore at the surface. as he considered it
TO be a much surer Indication of copper
than the green copper stains for which
most prospectors looked. Haggerty
thought over this suggestion. and concfud-
ed that he would not rashly overlook
prospect Of red. spongy ore. but at the first
opportunity would try 10 demonstrate
either the truth or faisity OF the old min
er's theory On the morning Of June 20.
"a,
ore described by the miner. He made a
note Of the place but did not stake out
claim, as the ground there was too much
covered with snow 10 permit any accuracy
I'm determining the direction OF the lead.
Locacting the Big Vein.
On July q last. the snow having disap-
peared. he again visited the place whore
he had before found the red IRON He dis
covered that tons OF the ore had rolled
down the mountain side. and that the quail
isy of the ore answered the description OF
thu Douglas mountain copper miner. 90
closer examination he found a few pieces
OF the hard sulrhsde ore. stained green In
places with copper. This confirmed him
In the belle. that the red iron IL an indi-
cation OF copper. Haegerty NJ once Sc; up
a location stake, erected n monument, and
thus took possession by law OF twenty
acre tract Of mining land. which he chris
tened in hls location notice the "Rndefeha
lode mining claim" tho mama being conn
posed az the first two letters Of the narne
Of each OF the partners Hun,sey. Deal.
Ferris and Hsggerty.
A few days later he began a more thor
ough prospecting az the claim, with view
os finasns. the lead from which the iron
ere had been eraded. and after a month OF
work he Located. the vein. Haggerty was
new convinced that he had at Yeas. cop
per prospect worth working. and he ap-
rsai@d 20 mis- partners 20 work the claim
during the winner. Ferris and Deal were
both wiling. bat RnTnsey was afraid the
ground was nos worth she expense. ard
bis ons-fe8rth Interest vas purchased for
81 90 nv Ferris os'fag 20 this officially
IN creating harmony sraan- the partners.
HaEgsTfv supported himself during The
winter of 1897 - by working for a man
north - RswlfFss WNo as a sheen hersfeg
ard "a saor as tA- sno~ had melted away
enough for A8ra Ia find tsar~en place On
which 10 pitch \ tent. Haggersy made 10
~sfta@s on fouF Gains al faiHsux the ru
3efchs, auA preceded - trench or the
original vein, aaaiuE Il ia place Tass was
ssfe ~ rG~e fSsS PIE traced e far up the
h3U. ghe vein being about 1--WE se~s 10 width
~ the bottom 81 tAe srenca. He nexs be-
gan ~ sssk shaft 80 IS 70 catsn tire vstn
on It's t1p i, pitching fev degrees fror
'se vertical Ia this shaft re ssak through
shirsy-Avc feet ~ qSssrfxsea ana quartz
s1tftng two or three small veins OK good
iookin- ere.
A. depth ~ thirty fee. ne ssrack IRE
original vain. Tar WAS ~ Augssss q. and
I'D Hzxserty for ths fsrwe tine in his 10.
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