, 1901-11-28
ALSO INTERESTED In COPPER.
Claims in Cow Creek Canon-the
Promoters are Satisfied that
This Will be a Great Mining
Camp and That a Road Will
Pay From the Start.

o. ID. Johns, engineer in charge,
and Edward S. Cartwright, arrived
here last Sunday evening with a
party of five surveyors, running a pre-
liminary survey from Riverside to
Walcott. They remained over here a
few days and then proceeded with
their work. Mr.. Cartwright who is
interested in the work, very kindly
gave The Sun some facts in connec-
ton with the venture which we pres
ent to our readers. Mr.. Cartwright
said:
"The enterprise we are now engage
ed in running the preliminary survey
for is in the hands of l.. Auerbach,
my uncle, f. S. Morrison and Daniel
S. Pratt, all of Boston and all monied
men. If the survey is satisfactory,
and their is nj doubt about that, the
road will be built. We will begin the
work OF running a permanent survey
when we make our report and it is
accepted. 1t will take us probably
ten days more to run the preliminary
and the work of running the perman-
ent survey will depend largely on the
weather, as will also the
ment of the work. If the weather
will permit work will begin by Janu-
airy LIST, and possibly before.
My uncle and the other men inter
ested with him are the owners of the
"Buelah" mine, up in Cow creek can
on. The fact that we think we have
a good property there has been one Of
the inducements to build this road
but not all by any means, as we are
convinced that you are going to have
one of the GREATEST mining districts
here in the known world. The
amount of traffic in this valley is
something enormous and there is no
possible reason that | can SET why a
rail road should not pay here now, to
say nothing its probable extension on
into Colorado in time.
"The movers in this railroad prop
osition have an abundance of money
and are largely interested in Wyo-
ming. They have just organized an
oil company, in Unita county, this
state, with 10000 acres of oil lands
and they have another one on foot
with 5000 acres. There is also a
large oil trust on foot, to be com
posed of the men above mentioned
and some California parties, which
will have a capital of S400,000,000.
"My uncle, l.. Auerbach and the
other two men who are associated
with him, are the owners of the great
Trinity Copper Mining Company, in
Shasta county, California. So far as
means are concerned the enterprise
we are now engaged in is a mere bag
attelle compared with some of the
ventures they are successfully hand
ling"
From Mr.. Johns, engineer in
charge, we learn that the survey al
ready made has aimed to miss every
ranch possible. He says they began
the survey at Riverside, running down
the Grand Encampment river to
where it empties into the North Platte
river. From Saratoga on he says the
survey will keep on the east side of
the river until Lake creek is crossed
and then they will leave the river and
RIM straight for Walcott. They are
now driving stakes every 400 feet.
When spoken to with reference to
the probability of the road being
built, Mr.. Johns said:
~ haven't the slightest doubt but
what the road will be built at once.
OF course it is not a dead certainty
nothing is of that character until it is
completed-but | feel quite certain
that these men intend to build the
road, and there can be no question
but what they have ample means with
which, not only to build this road,
but a dozen just like it, if they wish
ed to. | expect to be ordered to go
to oss-sectioning and setting grade
stakes just as soon as | send in a re-
port of my preliminary survey"
Mr.. Johns is a young mi N Of MOI
est appearance, yet giving evidence OF
considerable ability. He to
this place from Colorado Spril g
though a native of Philadelphia.