Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-02
HOW COLBURN
WON IN NEVADA
Former Salt Laker Worked as
Chairman in a Surveyor S Gang
In GoIdfeId District.
RED TOP SHARES FOR PAY.
PLAYED in Luck IN Manhattan and
Round Mountain, Also at
Ealrtiew

Special Correspondence
Manhattan New, June 3o-Once for
time picks a fayorte. She is inclined 90
hc prodigal with her layors and no
better evidence Of the truth Of this
assertion could be adduced than Is
afforded by the te1aclty with which
she clings 10 D. L. Coiburn and w.. f..
Hughcy
Colburu came 10 Goldhcd boz the
carly days from salt Lake city, broke
md probably hungry. He ate pork
and beans with The old-umers. thrlted
on the rough fare and secured "a fob
es chairman with a surveyors outfit
Dick dragged the chain across The
greater portion Of the area now en-
EYlced IN the pay belt of the Goldheld
district. lost considerable flesh aud
gained considerable knowledge N min
& Ing. Among other claims surveyed
was the now famous Red Top, and IN
lieu ~ cash--not to- be- had -Colburn
accepted pay for his services IN stock
Of the Red Top Mining company. Red
Top shares had no commercial value
worthy of mention at that time, but
the property b. now one OF the biggest
bonsnzas On southern Nevada and Coll
burn Is IN line Tor admission into the
millionaires' club.
Hughcy came 10 Goldneld from
Kansas City. where he had been en-
plOyed as accountant I'm railway Of
Zee, II Is probable that ne had
little more money on the date Of his
arrival than ala his mining associate
Of later and less strenuous DAYS. but
the size OF his pile was not sufficiently
large 10 make him "a desirable asset
for the hold-ups Hughey secured
work and invested every dollar he
could spare In Red Top shares. To-day
he IS working from sheer force Of habit
and rides 10 and from his Office in an
Hrto.
The luck which attended Colburn and
Hushey I'm their mining operations nj
Goldfcld Is an important factor in their
operations iu The Manhattan Round
Mountain district. and u appears prob
able their success in this section Is 20
be on par with that attained IN the
bonanza. desert camp some 90 odd miles
20 the south u Manhattan.
:, Messrs, Coltmrn and HuEhcy are the
Owing spirits lu the Manhattan Rcd
No and the Round Mountain Red Ton
filming companies. and have associated
with them in tho enterprise Gurncy
Gordon. "a man whose name is syuon-
umous with mining success in south
crn Nevada. Tho companies own two
uf the choicest pieces Of mineral hear
ing realty in the Manhattan Round
Mountain country. and The latter cor
poation Is mining ore ~ shipping
grade
Aside from tho bonanza grades large
bodies OF milling ore having q yalua OF
$50 per ton are being blocked out. This
Is beng held in reserve until such time
AS the company min Is in operation.
but o shipment ~ the A ! product Is 20
20 out within the week The mach.r.
cry FOR the comp3nys l0-smmp mill has
been ordered. and viii he on the ground
within three weeks An adequate va
ter supply Is being conserved ON the
north fork ~ jefferson creek aui "A
larga force Of men Is engaged in digging
the trench Tor the pipe line from that
point 10 The millsite. The gravity pres
sure IS far more than sufficient 10 op-
crate a plant OF the capacity contcm
PLATED. and as the property rs DEVELOPED
Other batteries M stamps win bp 7dcd
TO he original equipment
An upralse in the drift from me 20-
foot level Of the Edith shaft is demo1-
ftfatiug the fact that high grade ro'i
values are continuous from that u5ut
20 grass roots. ana the mineraIiz.l
character Of the ledge iu general iadi-
Gates that Ike values win continue to
great depth. The showing u the Edith
IS far superior to that which obtained
IN the Red Ton mine ai Golddcld at
the same stage of development. anl
there Is little doubt hut what The SUE
cess a. the Round Mountain Red Ton
company VIII equal that attained by
its prototype the Red TOP Mining come
pany OF Golided
The estate of the Manhattan Red ~0p
Mining company consists of tho Oci1-
her, shutdown. Fraction Elephant IT.
ger and Triangle claims adjoining the
Big chief property and lying cln faat
north Of the great Manhattan CouslU-
dated mine
Surface treuch.ne ou toe TIGER claim
has exposed "a remarkably rich streak
Of gold and svcr-beaHuc ore Do
e. believed % D. au extension NJ ths
Consolidated ledge. which has been 90.
Nelorfd Go "a point 200 feet from The
dividing line OF ihe property Quluz
having value az from Sl15 to 500 per
Ton De- being mined and sacked from this
strelk and its minerauzei charae. @
indicates that 10 Is the Gaping OF n vol
liable and extensive body ~ shipping
grade ore.