The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-28
THEY STRUCK IT LUCKY
Peter Grant and Larry Sullivan Making
Ten-Strikes in Nevada.

rs. r. Mason, Jr., formerly clerk OF
the municipal court and custodian OF
tickets at the Lewis and Clark Exposi-
tion, returned Friday from Goldfeld,
Nev. Like great many Portlanders,
Mr.. Mason went TO Goldfeld early in the
gold excitement, and has done well finan-
cially, as have all of the Portlanders
who cast their fortunes in the new min
ing camp. Mr.. Mason stayed in Goldfeld
until he was forced to leave on account
OF illness. He has fully recovered and
will return in the fall.
IL have not been SO fortunate as sew
eral Portland men who went to Gold
field said Mr.. Mason, last night, but
have been well paid for the hardships
have suffered. The most successful of
the Portlanders who went to Goldfeld
are l.. Sullivan, P. Grant and ]. Marshall.
These men, together with two wealthy
New Workers, have formed the L. NJ.
Sullivan Trust Company, and they have
made money from the start. They have
paid-up capital stock of $500 en-
ploy IA typewIiters and have the finest
equipped office in Nevada. Mr.. Marshall
used to be cashier of the old Ainsworth
National Bank, and was also president of
the Portland baseball club the year it
first Joined the Pacific Coast League. In
addition to running the trust company,
Sullivan and the Grants, for Jack Grant,
of Portland, is also interested with them,
own three of the best camps in the dis
tric. One of the biggest deals that they
floated, and one that is still being talk
ed about, is the sale of the BullfWg
Rush mine, which was sold to C. NJ.
Schwab and his friends, the figures run
ming into something like five millions.
"When Larry Sullivan first went into
the Coldfield district he tried hand at
almost everything that turned up. He
even referred fight or two, but since
he has made rich strike he has dropped
this sort of business. People of Port
land, of course know Larry Sullivan, and
they know that he is game to try any
thing that comes up. A short time ago
well, shortly after strike at Emigrant
Springs across Death Valley-Sullivan
his two mining engineers, ]. D. Campbell,
who formerly was with Schwab, and
John McKane, started for the new min
ing camp in an automobile. Sullivan and
his party undoubtedly ale the first pros
pectors in this or any other country to
go prospecting in an automobile The
trip came near costing the lives of the
entire party. The water ran out and
the guide that they had employed became
bewildered. and but for Mr.. Campbell,
who is physical giant, they would have
perished in Death Valley from thirst.
''When Campbell saw the guide, Sui
livan and the chauffeur acting wildly, he
took several cans and began to walk to-
wards place where he thought there
was water. He was just about dead him
self when he came across a man filling
water barrels at spring Mr.. Campbell
filed his cans and hurried back to the
automobile. Sullivan and the rest of
the party were in bad way, but, after
drinking sparingly Of the water, they
were able to make the rest of the jour
ney. The trip was tough one, for Death
Valley is ll5 feet below sea level, and,
with the June sun beating down on them,
it was a corker. AT Emigrant Springs
they found that the story of the $4,000
ore strike to be true, and before leaving
the Sullivan Trust Company bought this
property. On the way back Sullivan
avoided Death Valley.'"- -0regonian.