New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-05

IIremaped there two months and worked the leads IN
the employment of Mr.. Newman, and also attempted
work ont gold from the rocks; the miners tooA ou'
under nv directions quartz from three separate pos
the first parts about three tuns taken from the sup
posed best beds yielded three ounces and some penny
weights obtained quartz from other beds aooL. Az
tnns altogether which yielded about two penny weighs
the next IL tuns yield Of less than ounce haa
or 6 miners and other hands engaged altogether ABOUT
30 the expense Of raising this quartz was about s per
tun the entire yield was less than hve ounces
were no ind locations of richer veins. ae FAR as my
perience goes the property there were VEINS III to
vicinity. but saw no gold; attempts were maze 70
work other veins bat there was no producer tue cps
the license for each is about $40; an area IS three
quarters OF an acres this property embraced eight areas
O Were these lands abandoned in consequence OF
their poverty
Objected to BY Mr.. Sedgwck.
Witness-I ceased working them after two months;
when left there the buildings. tools &C., were worth
about a40O goo; the property Ia situated miIes
back in the woods avery scrubby and rocky ROAD has
since been made by which horses but not wagons. can
got there believe that these areas form the properly
known as the Mooseland Gold Propery 1t is the same
property which Mr. Newman came TO New 0rk 10 sell
and did sell 10 Shirley and NOrton Know nothlng as 10
the terms of purchase except what Newman told mel
the property was not worth anything as iar as com
pensatng the parties working IL is concernedi tne
mines worked in July ls62 by other parties VINO
obtained some gold; about 10 cents man ior three
men, the work ceased on account OF failure To ger
any gold; the parties 10 whom Newman sold WORKED
the property but from my examination sno9u JIas IKE
work in June 1863 or 1864; think it was let4i these
licenses are assignable to a third party.
Conse gave notice to produce the title papers 10 the
property.
would be apparent by the fact that they have proved
there are no such papers in existence.
Mr. Stewart.-We have been trying 10 prove that'
Mr. Sedgwick-We have not got them and never
had. Al
Examination continued-I have no interest In this
property Whatever and knew nothing about this case
until within the last few days. as mineral engineer
and mine worker, would not from my experience gve
one dollar for the mines alone this property were the
machinery and buildings as good as when saw them
last / would not pay anything for them for the Plr.
pose of working mines with them; they are good Tor
nothing else that property the land is worth nothing
for any use To which have alluded.
Crossexaminaton-Am 81 years old and haye been
reporting surveys Of property in Cumberland Nova
Scotia az an engineer and miner MIR. Newman INes
in Halifax; never was in this city before, bat was
teegrlphed for by Mr.. T.. 5 Barrett; was on the
properly last in March 1903; do not know what mas
been done on the property since then OF my own know
edge; the mine might in the future yield greater
produce. -
Redirect.e1an nation-It two years ago last
Spring that was the property; Mr.. Newman ana
not claim to occupy more than eight theee'quarter
areas on the Mooselind property; have no personal
knowledge Of the Sheriff = sale on the property
The investigation was then adjourned TO next MOI
day morning at o'clock