| Show DESERTED TOWN TOV ON LAKE SUPERIOR Abandoned Copper Mine Near Site Explains Ex Ex- Ex- Ex ENGLISH MONEY IS WASTED I Money ioney la in Iii H Was iLS CI City tOe WIS WISS I S Success Hancock Mich Ieh Sept Sept hIdden Hidden behind the lie rock bluffs of or Point on the north whore shore of Lake Superior lies les the lie once thriving lug ing InS la village c of lon long a deserted de dc- IC- IC town of elf If former comfortable homes and wel well paved streets It I stan stands In tile the lie Ihl midst t of a thick wood and anti except for 01 the occasional hunter or tt ll prospector It Is never Je cr visited It I has 50 dwelling houses besides h s oiher aLit aLit- er Cl buildings nearly nearl all al constructed of or line fine white pine and ond a shaft shor house hO stamp mill mi and reduction works Near the site sie of or this titis deserted town lown lownIs Is an old and abandoned copper mine the attempt to open which explains the time existence of tho ho village the thc last Jast remaining vestige e of oC the tho folly foi of an au English corporation backed by 13 ly a a. mint of money The of mineral min oral eral were rich and anti on the thc str strength th of ot this showing even en e before the thc shaft shar was started that was to open the supposed supposed sup sup- posed copper coppelT deposit the corporation built t hu its ils town and stamp mill ml and reduction works a n Million Dollars Mote More than tItan was expended ed edIn In this way and ane at one ono time there than Oo on the thc were more men pay pay- rol roll ohl Money rone was spent lavishly Long and ind beautiful drives cs were laid lahl out out In Inho inho ho tho vir virgin ln forest and a steamer line lne was vas established between tho town own and Saul ault Ste. Ste Ma Marie Ie But nut copper failed to o show up to the dead loss los of or the stockholders The corporation was called Bed the Que- Que Lake jec-Lake Superior Copper Mining com pan Operations were for or several years and ond In iii 1884 were wre indefinitely since which line the town own has been abandoned to underbrush and ant weeds The Tho reman standing denuded of doors and windows and ond open op n to the snows and anda rains ains a ins It I was not expected h by the la last t troup roup of ot people which departed from flom he the place that the village viage would be dc in fact the majority of the muses houses were left lef furnished and tind the big ig general generl store well veli stocked cd with wih roods For a 0 time watchmen iv were rc to protect the property thieves but finally they too yore were recalled and all al was abandoned to o 0 fate As soon as ag It was discovered that no 10 one was loft left lef to take care of the thc mi nill shops stoic stOe and houses a spoliation was organized and ami dunder from the town was taken iway ay by the boatload Ono One Man nn No Xo Owns Onus O lIS It I. I The Time mining muting claim together with he the entire entre tract of land comprising acres T was subsequently acquired ed cd 1 b by W. W II I. I Plummer of oC the CanadIan Canad- Canad Ian an Son Soo oo In liquidation of a claim orsome of or some mine thousands of or dollars The Time main niata street of ot tho the town i is a amie amile anile nile mile In length A remarkable fact mie len In a connection with the houses Is that although h never painted thc they tota today look took almost like Iko new buildings The quaH of the lumber used Is probably responsible for this rite Tho plaster pla too remains white and clean clan 1 by hy the frost flost or rain There here Is not 1 one nc among amonS them that is not hot quite as cleanly as the ordinary tenant house houseIn In the cities cites MAKING JUG I MIM 1 G MAGNATES I G I Nevada Men ln Who hio hn Eat ICat Hard Jl Ob Oh A lithe limber ml muscular individual with wih a n boyish hI h fade face fu e. e dressed dle In Iii the prevailing khaki le registered at al the tho Hole Hotel hotel Ho Ho- tel le says lS a correspondent cone corre of f the New York 1 Mall a 1 Who hi ho Is lie hc demanded the Idlers Oh that's Chafey E. E S. S lies He's the follow fellow that walked into inlo Tonopah In lit Jar January of 1905 He lIe got gota ot a 3 job unloading hay there and when he got ot a little hittie stake slake walked on un to 1 From 1 un he walked to lo Bullfrog four eighty four four eighty miles m cs miles carry carryIng carry carry- hug Ing hiS his prospectors prospector's supplies on his hl hack back He lie le finally landed In Bratty Beatly In Inthe Inthe the lie Bullfrog district with wih 10 0 In his pocket TImings Things look d good there so soh h he went out and spent the 10 I 0 for Cor drinks und HIHl cigars eiarl lie day Ila he lie did odd Jobs for fOl wages at night he lie slept In lii the sage c brush h that grows ws r on the hills his A hearted good storekeeper credited him for grub and hauled him into the lie hills bills his First he located water rights on the river These he lie bonded and got fot rO down Afterward ho lie took tool a partner named and anti together they explored I tho ho Transvaal Nevada mountains The They didn't mind the little HUc walk of ofel eight el ht miles twice a day da to their prospect JIO pros pros- holes The claims tho they located looked good to them Item and 11 also to J. J S. S of Gold anti and R. R W. W Gorrall of ofSan Suit San n I Francisco Franciseo so UI those e men paid for fO a third Interest In tho ho Transvaal aal and Con Congo properties Lter Later for fOI half hair T. T L L. Oddle Oddie paid a Interest l In two tivo adjoining claims Now Chafey rides in iii a 0 big hiI auto aulo controls the Transvaal ll mine has has prospects prospect Cal Is in Iii big bIg's bigon at Emigrant Springs Cal oh on tIme the towns lowns of or Dyke and amI us ls an and in iii Humboldt county Jl has s a copper camp named after are him Ho lie Hois is ii shipping ore and has news of or COO ore from Transvaal aal Ye Yes lies he's made It I. I Chafey Chafe looks look like a working hard-working leam teamster ler and is just Jupt about as us m modest and reserved He writes ivi-ites his name like Je and thou then Invites a everybody everybody every every- body to have a drink Ask him hint about hl his hardships and he dont don't under under- stand These The e men num out hero here eat cat hardships hard hard- ships anti and oh obstacles acles It I Is h uI singular l' l to hear them talk The They have prospected prospect prospect- ed and ami mined In Alaska In C California In hi Australia in Cripple Creek Creel in Mexico and mite fine lt old grizzled scout COlt theother tho the other othel tin day said that hut ho he hopes hero thoro thoroIs I Is gold In lieu hell hel A hard lot No kinder erh er- er h hearted disposed better class of or men mer like Ikc than these e typical tent lent dwellers i J |
