Robert C. Chambers
Robert C. Chambers, a former resident here, has carved his name high in the niche of fame. He is the noted silver magnate and is reported to be worth $20,000,000. The brief story of his rise from obscurity to fame seems like something in the realms of fiction. His parents were Mr. & Mrs. James Chambers, deceased, and they lived on the farm now owned by W.W. Cockley, near the northern limits of Lexington. Robert Chambers was an athletic youth when he left here. He aspired to wealth and fame and a brave and hopeful heart beat in his breast. He is now superintendent of the famous Daly & Ontario mines in Utah. He is president of the Salt Lake Herald Company and his financial transactions are stupendous. His mansions in Salt Lake City and Oakland, Cal., rival an oriental potentate's palace in splendor.
From Semi-Weekly News: December 29, 1896, Vol. 12, No. 102