Show AUGUSTUS 33 D BYRAM 3 AM DEAD Was Waa One Ole o of the Original Horn Hot ori Silver Owners Chicago April 7 Augustus B Byram Byrant I one of the pioneer mining operators of the far tr west is s deal dead at his home in inthis Inthis this Ulis city aged 78 Mr Byram went from Kentucky to California during the gold excitement of IS 1819 19 and later l t r en engaged engaged engaged in freighting fr from orn the Missouri river to the west over tho the old Santa Fe trail tran Subsequently he became interest interested ed with Jay Cooke and others in min ruin mining mining ruining ing properties in Colorado He Heat Heat at one time was sole ole owner of the great t tHorn Horn silver sUver mine Dine in Utah The death of oC Judge Byram will wUl awak awaken en the recollection of many ma v in this state He was never the t e sole sale owner of the Horn Silver mine ast us as the dispatch states and the property never neer was by one man manThe The ground gound AX was ups as located in hi the fall of 1873 18 by b Sam Sant Ha kes and nd Ryan Ran two Nevada N miners They worked it i for or a while and then sold out to to Allan G Campbell Matthew Cullen Culen Dennis Ryan Ran and A 1 B Byram BYm The sum paid was wan wa abo abot t Campbell and sUJ Ryan had been partners parter in Montana while dge Byram and rd nid Cullen bore bor or l similar relations hero here here when the Uie mine mme was bought te It I is a remarkable rem fact said sald C b Ewing last tt evening that these thoe four tour men did business busine together t for r years never disagreed and at no time was I there thee ever a scratch of a pen to show i that such were their business relations When they went tent ent in together and bought the Horn Hor Silver Siver mine mine they worked It i shipped and sold their ores ore paid their heir expense accounts and then profits This his continued till thi tho th mine was wa finally sold sOhl in 1878 to to an English syndicate syndi ate for ur I be l ee My l it recollection ton is that that Judge Byram yram negotiated the sale cab and in that sense he might be classed casse as us being the sole owner list but in no other Mr Cul len and ad the judge hive h ve e always been fast fat s and whet wie in Chicago Mr I Cullen Cul n sent much muon of his time at the Judges home it I is 1 more like ly that he ac was with wih him when nhen he lie died I |