The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-28

ment.
Joe Morris and Olive Bordeau
went from Nelson TO the Lily May
property, located by the latter and
Newlin Hoover In 1883. 10 do some
assessment work in June, 1888. With
them was Joe Bourgeois, whose OBJ
ject was TO look up a chance for mar
ten trapping and incidentally TO pros
rect While Morris and Bordeau
worked, Bourgeois tramped around
and by accident he found the large
groupings on Red mountain. at what
Is now the city OF Rossland He In
euced Norris to go over, and they
located four claims, the War Eagle,
the Center Star, the Idaho and the
Virginia.
Bourgeois and Morris put one
stake on a claim to the west of the
Center Star-an initial post-and
called 1t the Louise. Bourgeois pro-
posed 10 me that If | pay for record
Ing the claim they had located, he and
Morris would allow me to stake the
other. l, of course, accepted and
paid to Mr.. Griffin, the recorder az
that time, the required sum OF $40.
4 few days later ! visited the new
camp and named the claim the Lc
Roi, and even then considered [ had
the best claim in the district"
Mr.. Topping returned TO Nelson
sold his belongings and moved to the
mouth of Trail Creek. where he To-
Gated 3t3 acres, now tho city of
Trail His next move was to secure
capital to develop the LIE Roi He
cid not stop TO consider whether that
capital should be Canadian or Am
erican. He simply reasoned that
Spokane was the nearest city where
men with means could be induced
TO back him.
After he had presented his propo-
stion to the Spokane men, George
Forster. an attorney. then engaged
In trial at Colville, showed the
samples OF ore to Mr.. Turner and his
associates, including Colonel Isaac n
Pcyton. w. w D. Turner, Olive.
Durant, w NJ Ridpath and Alexander
Tarbet. who bonded 1880 of the
claim, agreeing to spend $4,000 In its
development and to pay Topping
$4,000 by juno /, 1901 The re-
naming 1870 interest. was subse-
quently bought by Mr Ridpath. who
shared IL with residents of Spokane
They stuck 10 the mine during the
most 6Iscouraging period They knew
they bod a good thing. They fore
ed distrustful bankers to lend them
money. and they did not throw up
the sponge when they found them
selves In debt with no money In the
treasury and with no credit
They encountered many difficult
ties and embarSassments in making
the lie Roi a mine, Several times
they were near the limit of their en-
durance. but they weathered the storm
and thus they fully deserve the pros
peritS which came TO them Mr.
Topping sold them the mine for
$50 .00G
When Whitaker Wright burst into
the financial world OF London he In.
Ioduced American methods, Al
though an EnGlishman. he had spent
a good many years on this side of the
water and was next" to all the
wrinkles of company promoting. Aft
er he had been in London some time
the Klondike cast the glamour OF its
gold over all the world Wright
formed the Brltish-Amercan corpora
ton. One of his main ideas was 70
operate largely in the Yukon. but to
get the large capital he required he
bad to have something more than
mere Klondike prospects TO serve
bait in London
Therefore, he determined to secure
tie lie Roi He offered 100000
for IT, Most of the Spokane stock
holders OF the old corporation, the
lie Roi Mining & Smelling company.
were eager to sell at this figure, but
an active minority was opposed to the
deal The latter placed all sorts of
obstacles in the way of the trans
fer OF the property II secured pos
session OF the seal of the company,
without which the lie Roi could not
belegally made over TO the British
American corporation. But Viii,
aker Wright had men of brains and
ideas working for him C. H Mack
intosh, formerly a newspaper man OF
Ottawa and eX-lieutenant governor
Of the northwest territories was one
of them. While the late Earl of DuC-
form. once governor general OF Can
ada, was the figurehcad chairman OF
the British-American corporation, Mr.
Macintosh was the resident director
a. Rossland
II required lively work in Spokane
10 get possession OF the seal IL
D1cessitated the hiring of a special
train 70 rush the seal from Spokane
over the Nelson e Fort Sheppard
railway TO Rossland but Macintosh
managed it. The seal was quickly
affixed, the minority was brought u
time and the legal transfer Was
made.
The British promoters organized
the lie Roi Mining company. Limit.
cd. capitalization $4,000. 900. divided
into 100000 shares having a par val
ue of so each The stock was sub
sciibed for abroad As high as $40 a
share. An enormous amount oi mon
ey was invested in the installation Of
machinery and OF smelter at North
port, Wash. and high salaries were
Paid to occupants of the London Of
tces
Even with the great prestige of
the Britlsh-Amerlcan corporation be-
mind II. the lie Roi did not find it al!
smooth sailing The famous eight
hour law strike in the Kootenais set
Rossland back. and later came the
prosecution In London of Wright on
charges connected with the accounts
OF one of his mining companies. He
was found guilty and committed sui.
eide almost at the feet of the Judge
who was ready to pronounce SEN
tcnce
The lie Roi now Is In the hands of
London company. of which A. J.