The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-24

ished The Joe Bowers was named for
an old teamster who went by that Gu
phoniOus cOgnomen and who had a rep
utatlOn as whistler. 1t was a pro-
ducer for many years before it was
dreamed that large deposits of galena
underlaid the rich cash veins Oh the
surface
Quite similar case of ownership was
that of the Isabella Victoria. on Treas
ure hill. 1t passed into the hands of a
Chicago crowd. who shipped some good
ore and secured a United States patent
TO the mine. They finally ceased oper-
atoms, and other parties located il as
the Gum Drop. After extracting sew
eral hundred dollars worth of ore. they
sold 1t TO Finch Bros. of Goshen. About
the time the brothers got ready to
make their fortune. a representative of
the Chicago company produced title
deeds and took possession
Lost a Fortune.
II the two men who located the Bos-
ton claim on d stormy day in Novem-
Der 1872, could have peeped under
ground few hundred feet they Ger
tainly would not have abandoned If "a
they did After passing through several
hands, among them those of Banker
Frank Knox, it became the property OF
the Lower Mammoth Mining company
under its new name, the Hungarian.
ana contains within its confines ar ore
body in which are found gold and sill
YER lead and copper in rich quantities.
Traded for a Mule.
The June Rose, now a part of the
marina Washington, a property which
Is just now awakening Considera BILE in
terest among stock spectators. was 10
Gated in the centennial year BY George
Scheli and William Hatfield. That was
before the last named gentleman had
been rewarded by his indefatiea bic ef-
a lraa hsa
winner. Happening to need a mule
pretty badly, it is related that he traded
his half interest in the June Rose to
ms partner for a long-eared beast of
burden. Schell found some good ore in
the Rose, and Hatfield afterwards
bought the claim to incorporate with
others into the present group.
Made a Better Trade.
A few months later Ar. Hatfield
made another trade. giving to John
Beck a one-fourth interest in an 11nde-
veloped claim north of Eureks for a
tease IN the BulliOn-Beck mine. to cover
a period of three months The lease
mad almost expired when ore was
struck, but Mr.. Hatfield, by crowdina-
his men as close as they could work.
and putting on three shifts. managed 20
clean up several thousand dollars to
the good. That was twenty years ago.
and the Beck was supposed to be q
dead card but has paid several hand
some fortunes since. and recently. ac-
cording to reports, has taken on a new
lease of life.
Very few of the old-timers who To-
Gated the big bonanzas were fortunate
enough to hold on until Dame Fortune
smiled upon them The Mammoth mine
though yielding rich ore from the very
surface. almost unbrokenly to a depth
OF nearly :. 600 feet, has had many own
ers, and at one time a considerable in
terest in it was traded for a team Of
mules.
N p. Lake, the locator of the Cen
tennial-Eurel1a, sold out for a trihinE
sum, and went to Montana to prospect.
The original locators of the Eureka
Hill, the surface richness of which was
beyond compare in Utah. are scattered
everywhere. John Beck. who at one
time owned the magnificent Bullion
Beck mine and other very valuable
properties, after losing half a dozen
princely fortunes, is living in retire
ment. And so the list might be con-
tinued indefinitely. but new blood
rushes in, undaunted by the adverse
fate of predecessors. over in the south
end the few old timers that are left sit
around the stove when the days are
chill, or bask in the warm rays of the
sun ana recount to each other incidents
of the good old days when most ny
one could get a lease and clean up =
few hundred dollars against a rainy
day.