, 1870-12-06
Another r5ox1cnn Grant IN CAat
foxpin-Etva Leagues Of TIN Mtno

Another r1oncuu Grant in CAat.
foxpin-Etva Leagues Of Tin M1ncs
xlAimed.
The following communication appears in
the Cincinnati Commercial, of hosemoer =:
:. While tho nesspapesa a1o discussing the
oueetioue Of the McGarrahan claim, and the
probable reaeona for Grant takiDg 10 much
interest therein, it nay not be tmpropet to
call the attention OF the public to Anosh"r
fraud. that ts nearly. II not of quite eansl
r1far to the at'e.npt to daat Mexican grant
| on the Teme.cbal tin minezs in San BeEnAz-
| dino County. Cal ~
IA euccinct history Of this cAso may not Be
ct 1854, Leonardo 6euAno, native CA1isos-
nian, put in : claim, before the Board Ut Land
Coumis>ioue III, which wetn IN session 1t that
tirae in Caafornia. for Aa1iean gr1ns Of i've
leagues Of land to cover what WA knoEn ~
the Rancho do Ttmeeehal- Aftef due investt-
CATION his clain was rejected, and - tho mat
ter rested IN III 1853, when TN WAS aiscovered,
in rather romantic way, within tGres miles
Of tho Sey.ano house; but Ia tho interim sar-
1sno bad died. Upon the dircove.y Of tin, Mr.
widew 6erraao's claim- ste.zns, By
the xay, waa the frot man that ever
| ~ent ary California gold to the United States
Mint, ho haviug sent gold taken from the dig
cirge near the Mieeion San Fernando, twenty
: ays miles from Les Angeles, more than ten
. | y.z.s before Mar1hal discovered gold il Sus-
;er'e uitl-race, Ssearns took 1u appeal in the
Unite1 States District Court from the Land
| Commissioners decision. and after considera-
: ! bio delay obtained decree for five !exsuee Of
i lands. The locatoEs Of the mining claim-
then atpesled to tho supreme Court
|. Ut Washington, Hhere, in 1861, the
fnd,ng Of The court leloE WAS reversed. an1
tho ca,n and 1niues were declared public
:: land. pu1lpg tho pende1cy Of the Eea1lt ln
Washington, Pioch L Co., Of saa Francisco.
+ Tried unsuccessfu1lY to purchase some oi
:, the odes in the tin districts from tbs ozigink
j. Court. rioch tougtt the San Jacicto R.nche
h 1 grant that wae confirmed by the I4aad Com
mi4. iDners about sixteen ycars ago. md st
uated twenty-Bix railea from Tames. bal. riocl
J. IL now baio1n tie Land Cocmis.ioner =
Washington, t1Jing, with considerable show o
T. success, to float Ills grant On the tia mines
l. Here ne tin mines that wsro disco7ere
A. t,ktn which would yield over 60 per cent Q
e e tiu-iho only locshty in tbs GIFTED State
!. vhero lin has been found in p.sin
6: quantties; and yet they ate un1t
ae Tcloped. The only thing that III
n been done with Their, war to make tic boz
which Was pre- scented to ox-Secretary SaTart
~ and which was itenized BY every paper IN II
Ycs, a1l Of these years these ulincs have bea
dormant; the diecoyera1s Of the mines ha'
not been permitted to work them, and II
grant clalmArts would not work them for fe
of attracting public attention to theis trr
value before they had tho title arranged
\" suit themselves. It these m!nea Wefe equal
Bio as The New 1dlia Quicksilver Mines, get Il
80 country il losing revenue Which wolll be q
Of rir1d from the working Of the same: all b
Of Cause few men desire, BY fraud, to tako th
be which justly belongs 10 the paople-"