The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
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II UREKA, May 26.-By a clever
piece of work Joe Raleigh. detec-
tive. of Salt Lake. and Dan Cronin.
sleuth and sheriff of Juab county, yes
terday enriched the Golfers of the Nam
moth Mining company to the amount of
S1.45T.35 and, at the same time, ban
f. ished dreams of great wealth from the
minds of L. A. Copeland. manager of
the Taylor & Brunton sampling works
and a syndicate headed by Dick
! Winder, J. II. Give, George Kelly of
Kelly & Co. and several other Salt
Lake gentlemen, each of whom has been
! living in q fever of expectation await
/ ing the day when he would become the
possessor of wealth that would put
Senator Kearns and Mark Hanna in the
Kindergarten class. At this time, in
deed. MessrS. Give and Winder are
bowling across the desert 100 miles west
Of here still dreaming Of the great
/ riches ii store for them.
How all this came about covers a
period of three months, and is a history
of intense interest. Some time last
winter an Italian made his appearance
at the Taylor & BruntOn sampiing
works and offered for sale a small
amount of rich gold spar, receiving
therefor $3.50. Five weeks later he
brought in a yet smaller consignment.
carrying away with him three $50 gold
pieces and 81 in silver. On the 18th of
! this month the same man came again
riding on wagon loaded with dirty
sacks OF buTlap which contained LOO
pounds Of gold rock for which, after a
confab with Mr.. Copeland, he was paid
S1,S25 in bright gold pieces.
Thrilling Tale of Hardship.
Upon the occasion of this visit Mr..
Copeland questioned him and the son
of Italy stated, in his broken English.
that the ore came from a property in
the wilds of Deep Creek He told a
graphic story of the hardships endured
by himself and partneF-hOw the ore
was mined by his partner and packed
on the backs of burrOs over WelI-nigh
impossible trails across rugged noun
tains, and again over the burning des-
ert. He was eloquent in describing the
hardships endured and pointed to blood
on the ore sacks which, he said. was
the blood of game they had killed for
their subsistence. He said that he and
his partner were not citizens of this
glorious republic, and for that reason
could not locate the ground on which
they had made their rich discovery He
readily acquiesced in d partnership pro-
posed by Mr.. Copeland, and agreed TO
return today and escort that gentleman
TO his treasure house in the rocky fast
ness of the mountains so far away
from the haunts of civilization. This
compact was made at Mr. COpeland's
own home, where the foxy Latin had
been Wined and dined as he never was
before. According to the tale he told,
Bergen, as he gave his name, worked in
the Mammoth mine to provide the
means to develop the Deep Creek prop
erty, but now that its treasure vaults
had been unlocked, he would go back to
the mine, draw his check and return to
Salt Lake with his family.
Enter Mr.. Dick Winder.
But now the plot thiczens, and cir
Cumstances arise that lead to the burst
Ing of the bubble. Mr.. Copeland has a
brother-in-Iaw, Mr.. Dick Winder, who
was a confidential emplOye Of the same
establishment and a gentleman Of fine
business instincts. He, too, got next