, 1873-12-27
THE EUREKA MINE.
Cnpfs NVtrd'H SlNo Of the St0ry-.f1oxv
altH Mining Expert yss Clactttdts--
AIN insight into tho Why ThDy ts Eix,s

IHhoIl lLHllf III ll0nE. lu0 JuttoI slluu0uDLGuly
hna many frionils in Utai, md tho Associated
lroas agent Ii ono Of them. Thefo nro ynq,1cs-
tiunhbly many pooplc tl,uro who boovo hin to
l'o III l!ooRt usan, nnti tho Eaioka allt'o to be Il
ya!.nDte l'roporty. It Is eyeu whispered .nenrcr
boar tho stock, n1rt TINT whom tho onl aimol at
Inns bcun accomplished The proHountions ngniI,st
Whitney and Lawronco Will l'o dropped, and tho
whole nlattor will gradually fads away md dis
eppoAr from public Wow. Tho rather extraor-
tlinary oscnlo Of WIiitnoy whtlo on route to this
city, md tho remarkable ma,.tlor IN which tho
uaso o[ Jnwrcnco ltnnga flrc IN Now YorI, hnre
giyon color to this sllppositfon in tho minds OF
Bo'no., It ts sail Tint Capt. Ward is y pretty
clotl-llcadod mail, and It In not likely that ho
las been taken in and awindfcd In tn manner
roprosented; that ho las rot into . controversy
With Lnwronco hul Whitney about tho control OF
Tho mine, n'l now comes tlle rub to SEQ which
party will como ont nllohd. For Tho purpose OF
nscoltaininE, II pusniblo tin tr71o state nof Tho
case, n rep0rior Of tho "osi culcl tl,oh Capt.
Wa!,l yesterday, at'd asccrtained tho following
particulars:
Tho negotiations for tho purchase Of the stock
WAS pending between Wnrtl Ansl lawroIco nnd
Whitney ior Hoyoral wcc:s, mud tinn!ly cu1mi-
nnted, ns ias boon already Btatcd, In tho closing
Of tho transaction III Octobor, 1879. Boforo
Curtis. n mining expert, to.cxamno tho mine
Upon tho strength uf biz report, asl also tint Of
circular Rotton up with reference to c1.ritaliz-
ing tho property OH Il baais Of SJ,00o. 600, which
circular contained tho ropDrts and Statements Of
aoveal mining exports and u largo number Of
reuidents Of Ulals, a,ll upon tho guarantee OF
Lnwronca tint tho mine would pay n monthly
dividend Of per ocnt upon tho the then capital
Of 900. Ward accepted tho proposition with
tho expross proyiso Tint al the facb got forth III
tho circular we're true. His suspicions wcro first
AROUSED By tho failure OF tho 1nino to pny tho
dIyidonls promised. 1Ic then lccamo satisfied
that he Ind Eepn clloatcd, md TINT tho nino ,yaa
not = d., what It Ind boen represented 10 he.
anything about his nlapicions,- ho quietly
dispatched MI agent with 1t to Chicago with
Instructions to sell 1t back to Lawrence to gut
AZ much for 1t MS lie could, hut at all eyents to
that Lawronce and Whitney had disposed OF ali
their own stock, mud TINT thoy would not buy
hack Mt my price. In tho moantimo Ward and
his agent Ind become satisfied TINT It wan not
beatinG gnnc on their Inrt, for he, controlling
the bulk Of tl!o stock, Ind elected himself Pros.
iaont and Ind put hia own men into tho Doara
of Directors, mud lad come into actual poBses-
sion OF tho mine aud nll its boolss ntld papora.
a full investigation Of tho ngent mado on tho
had also becu led into purchasing stock ii tlo
beliof that the rlino wns \ good and valuable
one, aud especially becnuso Ward Ind invested
in It, developed plenty Of evidonoc TINT tic
whole thing wns Q nwindo from beginning to
end. Capt. Watd Inns In his poaBeHeior aIldavitH,
and the originals Of letters from Whitney, which
cstnblish tho Bwindo beyond any controversy.
Sumo c1tracts from tho sworn statements OF a
pernon employed at the nli,,o will show low tho
tnttng wna !4. uonn. aa'i. IL, ne says: -. ,n,.,,
noy, in company With ". III. Curtis mud Georgh
w.. Lee {tho men hcnt Ivy Capt. Ward to oz-
anino tho property, ca,nc to my hotlso at Eure-
i Ma VA1ey, opposlto Enreka ii!n ana Enreka MIN
1 won't on tho Euroka Hill with tllon1, in1nol-
utc1y after their arrival, and we went over and
ylsited oyory portion Of the property Of said Eu-
roMa :a aiming company anu renamed III tho OK
hhilnatioh ol lho aahlo until ! O'CLOCK r. IN.
eSihnsicd more Eoou senso ana sllrewdness IN
tile lnvestgat'on or tho Character and qnnlsty
o. mine, noS one VINO o1nlolted moro patience
IN hiy onoeavor to ascertain the exaGt e quality
Mo TOOK samples MI oyer tilo hlli aud carefully
wrapped sn1hi ~ paper hnd married. them, nH
alno QUO sackful from Bec. dump, shovoled in
Pre- ttoa .s unftls was Tory careful
what no wanted ,!s Mas only an average After We
atnra ~, nav, ~. ~ a. t una ts aacA,
oco W., %van . ~ tno asss
W1;s': oA. n'T nnu tneIenpoh mr.
NH mtIs nn 'faeIa o ~ ".u stlpnS ,s urSou r: oe.s
saIoon to oateran them wc HS'f tov ~ d1 a1
"ta i"n snn ra,ucaany on .he paft OF All
sA ontsla ~. nau 1ecn expressly M oruorea aug dl-
aLn,.'ro y Z, H. onn - ~: Whitney W naha
1r1s a,,onI'i nssaV TX ea ~ o.,, tat amou
srio,,aid result, afr, john T H. Whincy ind h,,J" by
s ~ 1;s is'c, ' y, n ',, ~ ao's written no IN regaru
@ nIa att"r sai1 III, H., iues9 3 oono an aa aa IN
nm1 %vn,, ~ n s,,r w +nt n!a }u ara lolenoon,
gaod orn from fla nn ~, ,r ni ta ,Sii ,Ee Soe
Soou H.. ,.,,art t4o a", nnu tnns sney VII! 1Ro
a, mu an y. y cl,onaa Mm,'s ley .. Eooa gre on
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Sr na;' ~ ,nu H. n Wlahgs o.
a, m,. ."nu H. "Iauee % no iloa'Aene o. tho Com-
pay lno aehonGhh h ~ connection %lth anothor
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s i hch n,o ~ olv m x,ont egnt onnah Of .vo pup
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