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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
UNCLE SAM CONSOLIDATED
MINING CO.

OF the best known properties in the
Tintic district there are few known
more favcrably for results in a pre-
ducing and dividend-paying way than
the property belonging to the Uncle
Sam Consolidated Mining company.
The holdings of this company have
been recognized as among the most
valuable in the Tintic district for the
past few years. and there is every
prospect that the value of the property
during the coming year will not only
became greatly enhanced, but Will YER
ify the predictions the men who own
the property have made for it as
big producer and a property than
can be economically and proitably
worked.
The development work planned at
the close Of 1906 for the property has
been carried out to the letter, ands with
results that have exceeded even the
expectations of the management of the
property. A systematic plan of devel-
opment was laid out and closely fol-
lowed, with the result that ore bodies
were struck which give every indica
ton of doubling the producing ability
of the mine during 1908. An through
1907 the management pushed the
work on the property with the great
est possible speed, as the new ore dis
closures which came constantly TO
light were of a most important nature
and gave evidence Of richer strikes
lying further down I'm the mine. The
most sanguine hopes of the owners of
the property were exceeded when the
ore bodies on the lower levels We're
reached and developed. for much had
been predicted for the ground, and
stockholders in the company were
anxiously awaiting results.
Situated in that part OF the district,
the eastern, which it would seem is
destined to slowly but surely run the
older part of the district a close first
in the matter Of production, are lOcat-
ed The most important holdings of the
company. During the past year the
most important deal with the company
above ground was the sale Of the
Humbug claim to the May Day COM
pany, an adjoining property. The May
Day purchased the claim to be able to
more economically handle the ores
from its mine. AS it was formerly
worked the ore had to be hoisted and
then carried to the mill. With the pur-
chase of the Uncle Sam claim the ore
can be put through by tunnel to the
shaft of that mine and thence carried
TO The mill, the hoisting of the May
Day ore being done away with. as the
Uncle Sam claim is on a much lower
level than the May Day property.
Well Paid.
1t is understood the Uncle Sam COM
pany received a handsome figure for
the claim sold the May Day company.
and that at the price paid they could
we'll afford tn let so of the property.
The claim was a good producer. how
ever, and the May Day company pur-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1907

and backed it have the greatest con-
fidence. There is an uncertainty, of
course, as to what lies under ground il
every mine, but in the Daly-Judge this
uncertainty has been eliminated to the
last possible showing. Men who have
lived with the mines of Park City
since that camp was born, men know
every ledge and corner of the great
camp have predicted great things for
the Da1y-Judge in the producing way.
and this, of course, means from in a
dividend way, too. 1t will take some
thing extraordinary to stop the DAILY
Judge from being one of the biggest
producers in this section of the coun-
Try ana to put permanent quietus on
its dividends. No one expects such a
oisaster to happen, and the men back
OF the property are showing their faith
IN the ground by going ahead i'm the
race or reVerses and setbacks from
various causes and putting their money
into the ground.
Inc development of the mine year
AFTER year shows more and more ore of
dlvldend-paying kind. AS 1906 was a
Dig year with the company, so has 1907
oeen. In the former year the manage
meht pushed the development work Wig
orously, with the result that one of the
biggest strikes in the history of Parl,
city was made on what was known as
the l,6O0-foot level of the mine. A cross
cut run from the older workings of the
NINE toward the Bonanza flats section
OF the camp ran right into this body of
ore which proved TO be one of the Iarg-
est bodies yet struck in a Park City
NINE. The results obtained in this
work by the management induced them
10 push their development work even
harder than formerly, with the result
that strikes were made on the levels be-
tween the 1000 and the 800 levels that
caused increased activity in the mar
ket operations of the company's stock.
The more richer bodies of ore were
openee on the 1900 the 1880 and the
l,5OO-foOt levels. and these develcped
far beyond the expectations of the man.
agement of the property. Beginning
with 1907, the work of developing these
strikes was pushed with all the randi
ity possible, with the result that during
the early months of the year the DAILY
Judge experienced more activity than
ever before along these lines. A sys-
tematic campaign of development work
was inaugurated and put into opera
ton effectively throughout the year.
This will be worked out more complete
ly in the year that is to come Great
things have been planned for 1908 on the
Daly-Judge property, and if they work
out even to 80 per cent of the expec-
tations of the management of the mine,
the property will be one of the greatest
producers in Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
DALY-JUDGE MINING co.

Park City, with its big dividend pay
ers and big producers, knows no better
standby than the famous Daly-Judge
property, for the past few years re-
corded as one of the best propositions
from both an ore and stock end in the
western mining country
The labor reverses and contentious
which have affected Park City mines
the past year, have, of course, had their
effect on the DAILY Judge, but the mine
is one that overrides the average OBJ
stacle with ease. 1t is property in
which the men who have worked with it
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
M'D0NALD-ELY.

In the history of the development of
the properties of the famed Ely dis
trict during the past two years. there
has been no record made that has ex-
ceeded the growth, development and
contribution to the smelters of the Nc
Donald-Ely property, one of the COM
panies backed by Salt Lake brains and
capital
OF all the companies which entered
the new district two years ago, none
have reaped richer harvest than the
! Mcdonald corporation, doing more than
was expected, even, to prove that the
good predictions made for the district
were not idle dreams. While the re-
verses of the past few weeks have had
their effect on the properties of this
camp, as well as throughout other
places in the west, it is but temporary,
and there is every reason to believe
that with Nevada in full swing again
the showing of the McDOnald-EIy
claims will Guido anything that has
teen brought to the surface in the dis
trict thus far.
There is not a camp in all Nevada or
the west that does not reflect in some
measure the ideas, push and Drawn of
/
Lakers have gone into every new dis
trict that has shown any indication
whatever of becoming a producing dis
trlct, ana taken the good with the bad
until results have come. So it has been
with the hackers of the McDonald-EIy
property. e
David Keith President.
The company is incorporated for one
million shares. David Keith is presi-
dent; Colonel E A Wall. vice presi-
National Bank of the Republic is
treasurer. and George W. Parks. sec
rotary. The board of directors include
such men as Thomas Kearns, Frank J.
Westcott, D. c. Mcdonald and W. c.
Lamb. These men need no introduce
ton to Salt Lakers or to the mining
world of Utah, Nevada and the re-
mainder of the west. David Keith's
fame has spread from his operation Of
the Silver King. Colonel Wall is
known as the father of Bingham,
Utah, and is recognized as one of the
most influential and successful mine
owners in the country. Former United
States Senator Thomas Kearns is ia
nous for his connection with the Park
City mines and a dozen other big
properties scattered throughout Utah
and Nevada. When such representa-
tive men as these take hold of a prop
erty putting their money and expert
ence into its development results are
sure to come. Mr.. Mcdonald has lived
in Ely for twenty-three years, COM
mencing work there in 1888, and locat-
ing as his first big find the Ruth mine,
the nucleus of the eXhaustless ore de-
Dosits of the Nevada Consolidated Cop
per company. It was Mr.. Mcdonald
who first realized the wealth of the
copper zone of the Ely district He was
largely Instrumental in securing the
first outside capital to come into Ely.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

tllaCnlEGIY has lOnONEQ OiA llE OLnGT
workings as rapidly as possible.
McDonaId's Work.
Mr.. Mcdonald has had the work OF
handling the mine almost TO himself
since the company was formed and
work started on the property. His
knowledge of the Ely district and his
energy and confidence in the ultimate
richness of the mine has had their eff
feet on the development of the prop
erty. and the Mechanically is the mine
1t is through the endeavor of Mr.. Nc
Donald more than anything else. He
has absolute confidence in the prop
erty, and has instilled a like confidence
into the hearts of his associates. This
confidence, born of knowledge of the
mineral formation of the district pos
scssed by Mr.. McDonald's associates.
has kept the development of the Nc
Donald-Ely a live issue with all con-
cerned. Salt Lake capitalists Of the
stamp of Messrs. Kearns, Keith. Wall
and others have never vet been known
as, pikerss They have been willing to
take chances and have gone into camps
with the knowledge thai there were
chances to be taken. The combination
of influential backing and brains is
hard to beat at the mining game, and
when this was given the development
of the Mechanically it won out hands
down.
The public mas watched the progress
of work on the property with great in
terest and confidence in the success
and richness Of the mine has grown
with each new strike or improvement
until the property is firmly established
as one of the solid propositions Of the
copper district in the public mind
The slump i'm copper will never be
able to cause a permanent shutdown
of the property. II is bound to become
one of the big producers and, with cop
per back on a paying basis, the mine
will be worked to it's capacity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
Electric Haulage System.

The one big improvement of the year
was the installation of an electric haul
age system that is by far one of the
finest pieces of mine equipment ever in
stalled on a Park City property or any
other property in the state, for that
matter. The big engine and dynamo
were installed late in 1906, and the re
mainder of the system put in this year.
This Improvement has greatly facilitat-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

References
MCCORMICK 6 CO.. Bankers
WALKER BROS. Bankers
Salt Lake City. Utah
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
Well Paid.

1t is understood the Uncle Sam COM
pany received a handsome figure for
the claim sold the May Day company,
and that at the price paid they could
we'll afford to let so of the property.
The claim was a good producer, how
ever, and the May Day company pur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
'POSSUM-AN-TATER JOYS.
n, tha 1onisville Conrier-Lournal.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 At thIse time of the year it Is customary for the poets to sing of the golden rod and the frost-painted leaves of the autumn woodlands. The possum and the yam have never received their merited share of attention from the bards. Per hape Judd Mortimer Lewis and Frank Stanton occasionally let the <utumn leaves and the golden rod take care of themselves and give the possum a pean or so, but generally speaking he is sad ly sighted by our makers of fleeting verse. This is due largely to the fact that much of our poetry that is "close to the soil" is ground out in New York where poets move and have their being in a forest of skyscrapers and subsist upon coffee and sinkers. ham and Boston," and Welsh rarebits, in the order men, toned. They know nothing of the joys of battening up a fat possum wreathed in yams and almost afioat in his gravy. If they did poetry would be born within them and not made by grinding toil It is in the south that the sweet potato and possum reach their rarest perfection. appreciate the feeling of the old negro whose response to his master who said he should say potato" and not "tater' was: Dem aint DO taters, dey's fat taters." Fat taters and fat possums com mingling from a dish the like of which the noblest Roman of them all never served at a symposiac and washed down with old F'alernan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
Distinguished Tennesssan Dead

Col. Arthur S. Colyar, who died yes terday at his home in Nashville in his 90th year, was one of Tennessee's most esteemed and distinguished citi- zens. He was a lawyer of marked ability and was also far-sighted and successful business man. He was pres ident and sole manager of the Se- vance Mining company for 15 years, and it was he who changed the name of that concern to the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. Its op. erations were then confined to Ten nessee. After the company changed hands and entered the Birmingham district Colonel Colyar ceased to be identified with its management; but he continued to feel lively interest in the Tennessees affairs and watched with great satisfaction Its rapid de- velopment in the new and larger field.
 Colonel Colyar was twice elected to the Confederate Congress. served in the state legislature after the war, and was for five years editor of the Nashville American. Not many years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
Reuardinu Optimism.

"Atlanta people have been well trained in the art of boosting their city," said Birmingham man. There seems to be something in the Atlanta air that stimu- lates local pride. I met man recently who had been living in the Georgia metropolis only two years, but l found he had the booster trait well developed. l asked him about business in Atlanta and he told me it was never better. He went on to say that the volume of Att lantas business had greatly increased within the past few months and that the money furry in New York in October had helped, rather than hurt, his town. Now, optimism is all right, of course, and every business man should cultivate a reasonable amount of it. The people of Birmingham just as the people of Atlanta and the whole south as far that matters, have good cause to feel optimistic but when every bdoy knows that trade in Atlanta IS duller now than 1t was early in the fall when the whole country was booming, it is simply anus ing to hear a fellow with the Atlanta boosting habit overstate what all accept as fairly good conditions. Birmingham men as a rule do not boost enough; but the Atlantian has a way of overriding it, especially when he finds himself in com pany with Birmingham people,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

athletics and liberty of action and against the bequest. of the maidenly daughter of a dead-and-gone dry goods merchant.
 This decision has aroused the spirit of Quakerism and those earnest men are pouring communications into the columns of the favorite Philadelphia newspapers. What" says "Simplie- ity" in the Public Ledger, lis an inter- collegiate athletic test but an ap- pointed exhibition of callow schoolboys straining every nerve to secure a bootless victory, in many cases risking the destruction of their bodies, all for bauble so utterly worthless as the minimizing multi tude's applause" This Is staggering blow, but there are others. "Instead of promoting intellectual develop ment," one writer goes on to say, athletic sports cater to a sensual ex- altation of the mind, and they are a refinement of brutality which neces- sarily interferes with healthful intel lectual and spiritual growth. Their influence on physical development is also baleful because they promote an unsymmetrical development of the vital organs of the body, and the fu- ture stability of physical manhood is ruthlessly imperiled for the sake of a momentary triumph of adventitious brawn."
 The decision of Swathmore is final, but that fact does not prevent the gen. tie Quaker from firing protests at the president of Swathmore or in entering pleas in support of the lady whose be- quest led to the burning problem that has at length been declined altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
Denver's Contribution

Publicity of campaign funds is de- handed by all honest men. It will be henceforth a democratic policy. It is one of MT. Bryan's strong issues and it is sure to appeal to thousands of thoughtful, right-minded voters, who are familiar with the way republican managers have carried elections by the shameless use of enormous slush funds. Any candidate who is not only willing but eager that the sources of campaign contributions and the ob- iects for which campaign money is used should be made public in detail, unouestionably frees himself from the slightest suspicion of corrupting in. fluence. But those members of the democratic national committee who maintained that only so much of Den- vers $10O,O0j offer for the convention should be accepted as might be needed in defraying the actual expenses of that body, took an unreasonable and strained view of the matter. The ex- penses of the convention will hardly exceed $25,000, and the balance of the $100,000 will be applied to the ex- penses of the campaign.
 Denver, with commendable liberality and public spirit, raised the money as an advertising venture, and it will prove a paying investment. All classes and conditions, regardless of party lines, contributed and they did 1t from the viewpoint of local pride. The business men of Denver, filled with the Denver spirit, opened their purse strings and went out honestly and with characteristic energy to win. They did this just as the people of Atlanta, Birmingham or any other live city might do under similar circum- stances.
 To have raised only such an amount as would have paid the conventions expenses, say $2O,O0O or $25,000, would have made little impression as an ad- vertisement. It would, on the other hand, have looked small, for any town could do that much. But $100,000 gift was highly creditable and adver- tises to the world Denver's foresight and pluck. With the best sort of grace, therefore, the committee could well afford to accept the gift and apply 1t in the spirit in which it was rendered.
 As campaign funds are none too easy to raise under most favorable conditions, the democratic finance com- mittee will find the residue of Denver.s $1O0,O0O donation especially helpful next summer. Certain it Is that the most straight-laced democrat would have no cause to feel ashamed, even if the names of the contributors were made public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
Iron Market Prospects.

There certainly Is a more cheerful tone in the iron trade this week than has been the case recently" says Mat thew Addy & Co.'S Cincinnati report. "The absolute stagnation which has been prevailing in the matter of buying and selling has ceased and today there is a considerable inquiry and there has been some little purchasing. The purchasing has not been in any proportion at all to the demand, as for every thousand tons of iron asked for only about 100 has been bought, but the demand in itself is significant. It shows that consumers are approaching the time when they will have to buy, and even if the inquiries which they are now sending out are in many cases merely requests for informa- ton, yet back of them is the stern busi- ness necessity which means that iron must be purchased or the plants will be compelled to shut down.
 Tt is very remarkable fact that this time when prices have declined there are no stocks of iron on hand. In other years great declines in price have been gradual and furnaces and consumers alike have gradually accumulated large quantities of iron in their yards, but on this occasion the slump came so sud denly and the necessity for retrench- sment was so immediate that the fur uaces did not stop to argue the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
Mir. Bryan's Southern Record

Tn all the south and among demo- cratic newspapers the Nashville Ameri- can stands alone in the making or attacks upon MT. Bryan. That paper attempts to assail the record or MT Bryan on strictly southern questions. Inc Memphis Scimitar meets the American fully and promptly, when it says that MT. Bryan has often ex- pressed himself upon the negro ques- ton. He has said that he believed the solution of the race problem in the south was in the hands of the white race of the south, and that was as it should be.
 The Scimitar goes on to say that "Mr. Bryan voted for MT. Springer for speaker. The latter was from Illinois, the old home of the former. They had long been friends. It was not expected by the friends of the other candidates that MT. Bryan would vote for anyone  other than MT. Springer. He never said he wouldn't vote for Crisp because he had been Confederate soldier or came from the south. MT. Bryan and MT. Crisp were very intimate. Each had the highest regard for the other. Speaker Crisp recognized in the young Ne braskan the superior ability and at tainments which have since won him such distinction, and although new to congressional work and but 30 years of age, appointed him to membership of the ways and means committee, the most important of the house commit tees. It was a marked compliment"
 In these days when harmony reigns in the democratic party and all are pulling together to win great vic tory the American should not sound a discordant note. It should swell the chorus that is acclaiming the Me- braskan the party's leader and the country's hope in the fight for reform and genuine popular government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
RAILROAD IN A WILDERNESS.
From the Chicago News.


 Russia has at length completed the great steel and concrete bridge across the Oxus at Karki, on which it has been busy ever since the autumn of 1905 This bridge is the last and principal link in the new strategic railway which is be- ing built between the great city of Sa markand, in Russian Turkestan, and the little village of Bosaga, on the Afghan frontier, and as soon as the rails are laid, which will be in a few months time, the Czar will be able, should he so wish, to mass easily a million men upon the borders of this debatable ter ritory. Another of these strategic rail- ways has also been recently completed from the Caspian to Penjdeh, by way of Merv. This means that Herat the tra- ditional key of India" Is now within easy striking distance of St. Petersburg These great trunk lines have been con- structed secretly. They have never been opened for traffic, except local on. cer- tain sections. They are, in fact, rail ways built for war. The sterile regions through which they run can, for the most part. never support any permanent pop ulation. They stop short on the frontier of Afghanistan, amid a tumble of noun tains and morasses and uninhabited salt desertss