The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-04

FORTUNE GAINED,
GOES FOR BRIDE
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Former Utah Man on Way East
to His Wedding.
MADE RICH IN GOLDFIELD
WITH PARTNER, TOOK OUT $780,
600 IN SIX WEEKS.
aADE RICH IN GOLDFIELD

W. Roy Ridge. who, with his part
ner. Ur B. Curtis. took 100000 worth
of ore ont Of the Jumbo mine at Cold
field New, in six weeks. arrived in
the city yesterday and is temporarily
quartered at the Knutsford hotel. He
viii leave in couple of days for Kan
sas City, No. his former home, where
he win be married Thanksgiving to
Miss Louise NJ. Lowdon, to whom he
was engaged before fortune smiled up
on him and while he was earning a
daily wage swinging a pick and work
ing drill in the Silver King mine at
Park City and the Montana TOnopah
mine al TOnOpah. New
Mr.. Ridge is the grandson of DR. I.
y. Ridge, one Of the pioneers and one
of tine wealthy men of Kansas City.
He vas born there twenty-eight years
ago, and lived there until the latter
part OF 1901. when he came 10 Utah. The
day he stepped off the train that
brought him 10 Salt Lake ne was with
IN few dollars of being broke. But
he was young. vigorous, ambitions and
not afraid OF work He came to Utah
expecting hard knocks, and he got them
IN plenty. After a few days spent in
the city he obtained employment as
common miner or lsborer in the Sill
Yer King mine at Park City. At that
time mining was to him a new and
strange occupation. but ne was deter
mined TO acquire a knowledge of it by
practical experience. He worked iE
the Silver King three months and
then Quit and went TO TOnopah. where
be went Ia work as a miner in the
MOntana-TonCpah mine. couple Of
months there sufficed. and he took the
money he had saved from his carr
ings and began dealing in mining stocks
In a small way.
Starts out For himself.
My first venture in a mining propo-
sition was TWO years ago" said Mr..
Ridge, when / organized the Gold
Mountain Consolidated Mining COM
pany, on which the work required by
law has been done. but we haven [
taken any ore 10 speak OF OUJ of il
Yet. w. viii begin active work on this
mine early in the spring. Il has shown
good color and / believe il viii prove
TO be a valuable mine.
Now as 10 my real start A year
ago the first Of June I was prospecting
with Charley Taylor at Goidfeld, and
helped him stake out the Jumbo claim.
He was about all in financially, and
a
interest in the mine, which at that
time was only a prospect. But 1 didn't
have the SO. and although ] was con-
WINGED that it was a good thing 1 was
compelled to pass il up. On June Is
of this year I took a lease on the
Jumbo. BY that time there had been
some work done on il and il was show
ing up good. l gave Uri b. Curtis
who had beer my financial hacker in
a number Of ventures, half interest
i'm the Jumbo lease Curtis was one OF
the pioneers Of Touopah He is at the
head Of the company operating the
waite system at TonOpah and is inter
csted in several good companies
Among other things, we started the
Belmont anc Fraction mining cOmpa-
MES. We have the Gold Crater mine
located twenty-five miles southeast Of
Goldfeld. which we boUgh from the
men VINO located IT, paying them SIS
600 for IL. We are working two shifts
on II and il has every earmark of a
first class mine. Before coming here
] spent four days i'm san Francisco
buying machine'-- with which TO Opc-
rate the mine and to reduce the ore. 30
How much do YOU figure YOU are
ahead IA cash or cash values OF your
spcculatioUs ard opera tons at Tnno
pan and CcldGeId?' MIR. Ridge was
asked.
Takes Out 100000 in Six Weeks.
1T might SOUND like Boosting OF
stock-boosting if 7 were to tell the
public through The Herald" he re-
piled. All ! viii say on that subject
is that Curtis and 1 took opt 5000 coo
worth of ore in six weeks in June and
July from the Jumbo mine That will
furnish a basis for those who are in
terested enough 10 try 10 figure out
what we are worth. We have invested
ia the Goldtield ORC Mining company.
which owns the Midnight group Of
mines. and have turned over our hoist
ing works and machinery to the COM
pany and taken pay for them in stock,
none Of which IS on the market
"GOldheld has population Of about
5000, and il is. increasing at the rate
of 100 a day. The streets are packed
with people every evening. and people
stand I'm line ia front of the postofice
until 10 and II O'Clock at night to get
their mail. Lumber and provisions Of
all kinds are scarce and high because
the railroad cannot haul them in fast
enough 10 meet the demand"