Show VANCOUVER ISLAND COPPER CLAIMS C special correspondence spokane washington dec 9 conrad wolfe a spokane mining man has admitted that he and his associates h have ave sold a portion of the old sport group of copper claims near the north end e nd of vancouver island in the ella mountains mountain district the price pric is said sa 10 to be ostensibly the purchasers are WW M va 1 W B E cullen but bacon and mining ine men believe the ownership passes to the group in control of the stewart mine in the coeur calenes dA lenes W M bacon is manager of the stewart and has been associated with P F augustus heinze in butte for several years W E cullen a spokane lawyer was a dir director ector of the stewart until last A august and he handled that corporations legal business under the heinze regime for several years the lead on which the claims are located has been traced for feet and a part of it still is held by the conrad wolfe wolf syndicate the new owners plan to construct an electric railroad eighteen miles in from the coast about has bee been spent the last four months in preliminary minar exploration the spokane men who have sold t the he holdings first became known with the S suc u i cess of the united copper at the chewelah Chew elah camp in washington of which conrad wolfe is president F R wolfe his brother and W G collins of seattle one of the heavy holders in the united besides one or two others of the united syndicate have been interested in the vancouver island deal they took up the claims there hard ly a year ago under a two year bond with an agreement to pay if they decided to take up the property it is understood the new owners are to take care of the original sale price in addition to paying the to the spokane syndicate the copper mountain mining company recently organized by these men is planning active development of its extensive mineral holdings in the quatsino district on vancouver island the properties comprise the merry widow group of six claims on elk mountain and are regarded as among the most promising in the quat qua sino region work will be begun soon 0 a railway line from port mcneill and a aa through line froni from end to end of the is land running near the properties is being J built now it is believed the mines will have been sufficiently developed to begaii bagi shipping by the time the railways are 0 01 era crating ting |