The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-20
SOLID MEN BUY
into DUCK CREEK
Identity of Purchasers Of
Champion Mine in SteptOe
Valley Finally Disclosed.
ORE IN THE ROBINSON MINE
RAILROAD TO ELY MINES NEAR
ING COMPLETION.
Especial to The HeraId.)


Ely. New, May l9-M. Herman, who re-
Gently negotiated the sale of the Cham
MON lead mine. Duck Creek district. Step
toe valley. to Utah capitalists for $4,000,
and who at the time declined to name the
purchasers, announced yesterday that
they were William NJ. Miller of Penrose,
Utah. associated with c. s Martin of the
c. s. Martin Coal company, Salt Lake;
Bishop Brighton of the Mormon church,
Salt Lake, and S. n. Cole, president of
the Cole Banking company, Corinnes
Utah. At the time the deal was COM
pieted substantial cash payment was
made. and on May Is another payment
will be made. bringing the total amount
of cash turned over up to $4,000. The
final payments aggregating $4,000 Will
be made within sixty days of that date.
Mr.. Miller win take chargs of the prop
erty May Is.
Mr.. Herman has gone to Cobre. New,
to meet Bishop Brighton and Mr.. Martini
who will come on from Salt Lake in COM
pany with R. B. Sleem, who is now in
Salt Lake, for the purpose OF looking
over a number of promising lead proper
Ties which MIR. Herman controls near CO.
bre- He expects to go on to Salt Lake
as soon as this examination is concluded
to transact mining business there.
s. II. Cole. one OF the purchasers of the
Champion, gained considerable newspaper
attention a few years ago, when he sold
TO Alexander Dowie. the self-styled
prophet, Elijah Ill, the property near
Chicago. on which Dowie founded Zion
City.
Ore In the Robinson.
The Robinson has broken through the
Gaping which has held it back from the
ore BODY of the district and the bottom
of the shaft is now, at depth of eighty
three feet. in solid body of white car
Donate running to per cent copper. The
carbonate is solid in the formation, but
lfnmedi3tQV RXnOGur6 10 the
crumbses and disintegrates, looking much
like fine wheat flour. The company is
elated over the find. believing that it is
but the Gaping of a body of much high
er grade copper. The shaft will be driv-
rapidly III the hope of reaching the
ore body at an early date
Keystone Railroad Tunnel.
The work on the Keystone tunnel of the
Nevada Northern Railway company,
which is on the extension of the com
pany's line from Ely to the mines in
Robinson canyon, is being carried for
ward with great rapidity, under the di-
TeCtfOn of A. Judel, chief engineer of the
company A machine drill is at work in
each face of the tunnel and the work is
carried on day and night. The tunnel is
brilliantly lighted by powerful gasoline
lamps. and at night. when the drills are
not at work. gangs of muckers and car
tiers are hauling the debris left in the
face of tunnel by the miners. The tim
bering has been carried to the face of the
tunnel at both ends, and as rapidly as
the miners drive the work, the timbering
Is carried to that point.
Roadbed Finished to Ster Pointer.
There remains but a comparatively
short distance between the two faces and
- is thought, if the present progress
is continued. that the opening will be
completed within the next two weeks
The roadbed is completed almost the en-
tire distance between Ely and the Star
Pointer shaft of the Nevada Consolidated
and it will be but the matter of a week
or ten days from the completion of the
tunnel until the ties and rails will be in
place.
The Nevada Northern has been com
PEELED by reason of the great increase in
freight traffic, to plan extensive improve
ments TO their yard system at Elv CITY
The yards will be greatly enlarged I'M
der the direction of Chief Engineer Ju-
dell, and railway storehOuses. engine
houses and other buildings will be erected
at once
Phoebe Will Swamp SmeIter.
Attorney Joseph G. Vaughan has re-
turned from Phoebe where he went last
week on legal business He SAYS that
Phoebe is awaiting with keenest expecta-
ton the completion of the railroad to that
camp He says that all of the mines are
virtually at standstill, as they have
their ore bodies blocked out. and will not
hoist to the surface until they can dump
10 the cars.
The road is now thirty-six miles from
the camp, and the rOadbed is virtually
completed. Tracklaying is progressing
rapidly. He predicts that the smeiters
at Salt Lake, where all the ore will be
begins to move in that direction.