The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
WILLIAM ]. CRAIG.


broken line of success come to any
mining operator as that which has at
tended the activities of William ].
Craig, since he entered actively upon
the stage in the intermountain west.
Mining is such an uncertain calling,
there are so many blanks to be drawn,
that he who wins all the time must of
necessity be blessed with rare judg-
ment, intimate knowledge of all that is
embraced in the term mining, good
common, sense and, above all, honesty,
grit and foresight Billy Craig has
demonstrated in his career that he
possesses all these qualifications.
First Trial at Mining.
His first experience in mining was of
the toughest nature. When a young
man of % years he left his home in
Summit county, Ohio, to try his for
tunes in the wild west. Montana was
the field of his choice. There in the
Drumlummon gold mine at Marysville
he made his debut into the world of
mining. The school was a rough one,
but in it he learned lessons that are
above price, lessons that could be
learned in no other way. He was sur
rounded by men of the toughest, men
who have often since figured promi-
nently in the literature of the wild
and woody west" but even in these
environments Mr.. Craig made good,
and after making good there he had lit
tie to fear so far as actual mine work
in the far west was concerned.
When Craig Came to Utah.
In 1893 Mr.. Craig came to Utah, and
since then he has forced himself well
to the front in his chosen profession In
this community. His first work of i'm
portance in Utah was assisting in
building the Mammoth mill at Robin
sen. The actual experience he had had
in Montana was of great value to him
in this work, as it has proven itself to
be in all he has undertaken in this
state.
After the completion of the Mann
moth mill, Mr.. Craig became identified
with the interests of Joseph Dedrichs.
Together these two, under contract,
erected the Farrell mill in the Tintic
district.
Makes Money on the Yampa.
Six years ago the subject of this brief
sketch started the Yampa mine in the
especially fortunate and the founder
OF the company realized a snug little
fortune from his venture. After that
he became Identified with a number of
other properties in various districts,
and the same good fortune seems to
have followed him wherever ne has
gone. He is manager of the Kennebec
property, adjoining the Flagstaff in the
Alta district, and the outlook for this
venture is altogether rosy, in spite of
the depression which two months ago
fell like a wet blanket on the entire
mining world, due to the Wall street
panic and the radical fall in the prices
of the metals.
Deal for the City Rocks.
The important deal for the sale of the
City Rocks property to a number of
prominent Michigan capitalists was en-
gineered and carried through by Mr.
Craig, and the outcome has indicated
not only his judgment. but his integri-
ty. in dealing with men as well.
Buys Ore Sampling Works.
In company with a number of asso-
ciates. Mr.. Craig some time ago pur-
chased the Pioneer ore sampling works,
located in Salt Lake City. He is the
vice president of the company, and
takes an active interest in the opera
tions of the sampler. In addition to his
other work. which would seem to be
sufficient to keep any ordinary man
busy, Mr. Craig became associated with
the geological survey of the general
government, and played an important
part in the official report made by the
government on the Tintic district.
Wins Out in Nevada.
Like so many other wideawake Utah
mining men, Mr.. Craig was lured by