The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-22
LANGLEY MAKES A HAUL
Goldfield Operators Race to See Who
Can Pay Him $125, 900
First.

Goldfield, New, Oct 20-For uvaxzs +,..
are dark and for tricks that are vain tbe
mining investor has left Bret Hsrte,s
neathen Chinee training in the rearward
uusl. lime was, perhaps, when the b,,s-
mess or buying and selling mines was az
iree from guile as the buying and sell
ing OF sasSafras. That time bavino
passed, mine bartering absorbed some Of
ulae attributes OF the horse trade And
that wher nave reached such a pass
la ae Wnen mine worth buying is 10 he
psousnt the buyer who wishes to nut on
lIS competitors what Billy Baxter used to
c -. t, tne triple kejinks'' has to be shrewd.
sell oiiter than an ambassador and ~
70 snatter time apace In a "A. O00- horse
power motor car. In proof Of which. wit
stT9e she enaneuvers which attended the
olauggie Tor the Hailstone groun of
G a., ms In the Fairview mining district
In this locality ic''
IN the center OF the valuable ninine
properties that are making FairvieW 3
bigger game than Tonopab was az tha
same age, there lie three grouns Of
ciaIins known respectively as the Fair
view Eagle, the Fairview Eagles Nest
and the Hailstone. The big chief of the
tirSt OF these is George Wingfield. Cold
tleid original millionaire He is an in
qustrlous and persevering person. and
ndS S DurroWed Tor gold in the Eagle like
d Ierret after rats Among his other
DurroWlngs was shaft about thirty feet
from the sidelines of the Eagles Nest
tNot very Tar down he struck something
1t, got gladder and gladder. and then.
| just as the pursued vein of S5OO-to-the-
Ton ore widened out to eight feet. made
me painful discovery. that he was no
longer In the Eagle, but in the Eagle
Nest Bringing down the roof of his
tunnel with a dynamite cartridge, Wing
field sat down TO ponder.
He knew he couldn't buy the Eagle $
Nest, because that property is already
being mined by the Eagles Nest Fairview
Mining company Yet he didn't like to
think of that big vein and the argosy
1t carried, and think of himself, in the
same thought, left out of the potential
| rewards So he decided upon a middle
course He went to the Sullivan Trust
| interest, said that If they would sell him
| 100000 shares of Eagles Nest-and he
| couldn't have bought share from any
| body else-he would tell them a good
place to dig. And this deal promptly
went through.
Five minutes after Wingfield had left
the Sullivan office the Sullivan automo-
bile was scooting toward Fairview with
| wild Bill DeJarlais to drive it, and
with Jack Campbell. the Sullivan mine
manager, as a lone passenger. Campbell
did not even have time to annex razor,
| a toothbrush or an alternate sock for
what meant at least four days trip, but
neither is he q Beau Brummel at mop
! perfume crises. Mine managing and man
| touring are frequently at loggerheads.
When Campbell reached the Eagle
Nest and took a good long look at the
vein stumbled upon by Wingfield he
discovered something that Wingfield had
not suspected. namely, that while the
vein in question entered the Eagle
Nest with trend to the north. it almost
| Immediately switched off to the north
| west and that after a catacornered
| crossing of the Eagles Nest for about
| 400 feet. it cut across the Hailstone for
| 500 feet. traversing the Eagles Nest
| again further on.
Then the telegraph wires began to work.
and the gentlement who guide the desti-
MES of the L. II. Sullivan Trust company
| got together in their most private office.
and sat up. and took notice. Campbell
received instructions to corral the owner
of the Hailstone. ]. W. Langley the To-
| nopah broker. and either get an option
on the HailStone or never come back.