Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
Young Lehi Man
Strikes 1t Rich

~ EB KENDALL. who is better
known around Tonopah and Cold
7 field by the nickname OF
- shorty" Kendall is Utah BOY
having been born and brought up NJ
Lehi, in Utah county, Just why he was
nicknamed shorty has never been
made clear to the writer because MT
Kendall stands six feet three inches In
his stocking feet. After an uneVenttul
career in various places In Utah, Mr.
Kendall drfted over to Nevada shortly
after the Tonopah excitement started
and was fortunate enough TO clean up
something like $4,000 or $4,000,
He operated around Tonopah In yari-
Gus places and purchased the Palace
hotel, the best hostery In that thriving
town, which has been a source OF pro-
fitable income to him ever since, and
notwithstanding the great migration to
Goldneld and the other new districts Is
filled to overlooking every night lit
tie less than a year ago he came to
Goldfeld and his lucky star still being
I'm the ascendant he,with Mr., b. j. Reil-
~, secured quarter interest with John
DIETER known as "January') Jones The
almost fabulous output Of this pheno-
menal mine Is elsewhere given, as well
as a cut of the property with the ore
piled on the dump In addition to this
he was part owner In the Yellow
Rose and has a valuable interest IN the
Quartzte, as we'll as other interests In
Goldned and BulfrOg districts.
GOOD ORE UNCOVERED.
In conjunction with Mr.. f. II, Lath-
rap, an old-time Salt Laker, and Mr. Is.
j. Reldy Of Winnemucca, who Is also
Mr. Kendulls partner I'm various other
enterprises, the Goldheld- Columbia
Mining company has just been orga-
nized This property Is situated at the
base OF Columbia mountain one mile
north Of Goldfed, and consists Of 80
acres. The property Is directly In line
with the rich lodges OF the January and
Combination and only a few hundred
feet distant. An excellent showing Is
now being made on one OF the claims OF
this company, called the Plaza. on
which near the surface $50 ore has been
uncovered. Work Is being prosecuted
by shaft and It IL confidently expected
that another rich mine viii be the out
come thereof
The company Is capitalized at 100000
shares Of par value OF 81 per share,
with 100000 shares In the treasury Only
a limited amount Of treasury stock Is
being issued and sold at 7la cents per
share The officers OF the company are
Zcb Kendall, president; b. j. Reilly.
vice president; +. Ii. Lathrop, secretary
and treasurer, w. G. Ralston OF San
Francisco and l.. l.. Bumenthal Of Ton
opah, together with the officers above
named, compose the directorate Of the
company
Mr.. y, ]. Reilly has lived In Nevada a
good many years at Winnimucca and !
Tuscarora. and two years ago came to !
TonOpah and purchased an interest |
with Mr.. Kendall In the Palace hotel |
He is largely interested In mining In |
the district, and during the last cam
paign took an active part In securing |
the election OF legislature in the inter- |
est Of his old associate and friend, Geo.
S. Nixon,
CAME FROM SALT LAKE.
Mr.. 7, H. Lathrap has lived IN Salt
Lake for the past six years, having
come 20 Utah from the copper fields OF
Michigan He came 10 T0nopah twos
years ago and engaged IN mining. Last
July he Joined the stampede TO Gold
field and was fortunate In getting into
some OF the most promising properties
here, He Is president Of the Gold Horn
Mining company, a director and stock
holder in the Velvet Mining company;
director In the Potlatch Mining com
pany,and also interested in some leases.
lie also has interests at Lone Mountain
In the Tonopah -Belcher and Tonopah-
Alpine properties, which consist OF sill