Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-07
Utah Mining Swindle.

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A Utah Mining Swindle.
-, orleans Capitalists the Victims.
r,s following card flom recent
...no of the Salt Lake Tribune ex-
plains itself:
A CARD.
iJ' lis the duty of all honest men,
-ho have a kindly regard for the
~slfare " of their neighbors and
,.;ands to caution them, if fore
lm.1rned of any impending calam-
i,v w that may threaten their pros
perity. , o,n r,,,r
otners. a victim of the cupidity
.s%I .ud srolndrelism of II ring of add
r.uturprs M who, by fraud and is
,sorpsentation, are fattening upon
.hp p well deserved reputation
which Utah has obtained 10y rea-
.on Of the wonderful develop
M msnt of mineral wealth within
thp t mast three years, | feel it my
duty to explain aud expose the
villain recently perpetrated up IN
large number OF estimab'e citl-
1eus in the city of New Orleans.
In the month of December last
A well-dressed and gentlemanly
sppearing person registered his
name at the st. Charles Hotel, in
that city, as Colonel w. J. Jones,
Salt Lake City, Utah. This indi-
yidual was accompanied by man
who registered as Colonel a. Z.
1llchnOr
These supposed to be gentlemen
occupied the most spacious par
lors in that elegant hotel, and inn
mediately began "a movement to
| the front" They hung upon the
walls of their rooms large and
beautiful maps, and prOtileS Of the
leading mines ia tine Territory,
and displayed upon their tables
numerous pieces of mineral speci-
mems, obtained, as they SAID, from
the various min of Utah. Upon
their table were prominently eX-
posed two large and beautiful
silver bricks" branded Stafford
mine, 222U ounces to the ton" and
Carrie Steel mine, ODD ounces to
the ton
Thus fortified, they commenced
to ocutivate the acquaintance of Il
few Of our leading men.
The great Importance of the
mining industry, and the advant-
ages OF Utah As Il mining section,
were earnestly discussed.
They claimed to have a bond
for limited time" upon two of
the most promising mines in the
Territory. They stated that these
mines were Of great value; that
several hundred tho, sand dollars.
worth of ore wa, in siynt,' md
as evidence of that fact they pre-
sented the two" bricks of silver !"
above named; report, together
with assays m de by one William
Gardner, an Ass ,yer and sO-called
mining expert at Salt Lake City.
These assays showed an average
OF S2O0 and upward to the ton,
AMI the report stated there was
lrom three to seven hundred thou
sand dollars worth of silver ore
IN sight" that this vast body Of
ore was unavailable to them for
want OF capital to erect mills for
Stamping the ore, t lie construc-
uon OF roads to the mi ,es. and the
aecessary cash itlay in build
sng| tools, etc.
Ipon these representations the
purchase of the property was en-
:ertained. A committee selected
rom among the party contem-
pallng the purchase was forth
Wlth en- route to the promising Ell
The Hon. Judge A. r. Levisee,
general Harry Hays and Pinkey
smith, ESP, the committee, were
atcompanied by Colonel Jones to
visit the mines.
."ey uulE arrived In salt Lake
vlly. and on the 2d of February
sney visited the mines. accom-
,panled by the expert, VIM. Gadr-
1ef, Major j. ID. Wooley. of ) 1t
LAKE City, the individual who
ppSaed the property. After clam
Terlng up the mountain side,
;Illnolng over the rocks and wad-
tnS through snow several feet in
TTeplh, the mines were reached.
Upon the dump were displayed
lrSe pieces of metalliierouS rock,
SSoile S.e p'eres Of which glistened
Ot,,'ghtly ,,g'ly in the noon day sun.
u me committee were invited by
rh %r. Iardner to Sc .ect specimens.
snsy were told hy both Gardner
snu s, Major Wooley that the entire
,aceof the ledge was silver-bearing
ise. toeA. Pieces of ledge matter were
nMAeh from the so-called wien by
hayes and Smith OF the com nit
nj, ~s, placed in u bag, and sealed
NV %'.h wax while on the dump 10y
suc xpOiOUiSt E.,rHnar nnI oa ara.