Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-03-25 | Page 17 | Western Men Go East for Gold Mine

WESTERN MEN 60 GO EAST FOR GOLD MINE I EDGEFIELD S. S C. C March 25 2 F The Te Southern Souther Gold Mines Mines corporation corpora tion ton has been organized by a group of western wester men to reopen the old Landrum gold mine mie in I this county which has lain Jain idle for tor 70 years count An option opton on the mine was obtained ob oh ob tamed some time ago by Harry W. W WI Ingalls Ingals mining engineer of Mullan Mulan Idaho who Interested other western wester mining men in i the project project This week Jerome L. L L of Spokane Wash who was represented as one of the developers of the Drumheller Drumheler coal fields in Alberta Canada and the owner of ot the Fern Ferngold Ferngold Fer gold mine at t Willow Creek Alaska came to look over the property The Thc Landrum mine was operated profitably from 1853 to 1859 by Dr John Landrum the original owner with wih Colonel James Jmes Dor nand Captain Captin James Doris Dorn Dor as associates associates Business conditions at the beginning of the I Civil Civi war and the freeing of slaves during the war made continued operation opera I tion ton at that time impractical