Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-19
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Great Mining Suit at Phoebe.

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the published proceedings of the
great mining suit at Phoebe, and un-
til quite recently we thought the Ray
mond & Ely had along way the best
Of it. We begin to think now, how
ever. that the Hermes has at least an
even show to win, and thistoo in spite
Of the evident bias of the Phoebe Re
cord, and the very extraordinary
The testimony Of Colonel Lightner,
and also that of George Hears
throws much light onsthe subject of
the organization of the HermeS Com
pany. 1t is now apparent that the
amended complaint of the Raymond
&Ely, alleging, as it does, a cunning
~ conceived plot, and a most diaboli-
cal conspiracy on the part of certain
worthy gentlemen connected with
the Hermes, was all a very shallow
dodge, concocted, no doubt, with the
view of influencing public opinion, if
not the jury. AS George Hearst is
well-known in this community, we
append his testimony:
He b,ught the the Monitor title
from the owners because he thought
he could make money. Had no 20
y~ersation with Lightner or Perley
about that OF anything else. Did not
see them after his arrival until after
n had perfected the purchase Of the
Mentor title; paid his own money
for that title. AS a personal favor to
an old friend, he let Lightner have
enough Of the Monitor title to cover
numbers one, two and three of the
Mammoth. west, that being as far
west as they were investigating the
ttle, and as far as he understood and
believed the Raymond & Ely ground
extended, for $4,000, which Lightner
PaId about the l7th of September,
NJ ;about the 18th or 18th of Septem-
ger ne first talked with Perley and
Alshtner about the Hermes title,
Wnen they agreed to put in all the
.iles they owned to form a corpora
u0n; and they afterwards conveyed
al The titles to the Hermes Company.
ne was then and is still satisfied that
Us a geological imposSibility for the
IraNaca claim to conflict with the
nefmes. The Panaca is a north and
spulh location, and in his judgment
VIE whole leGge had ran north and
SSouln, Is situated in shaleS and cannot
I've IN quartzites. After he got to San
francisco he saw w. ii. RAYMOND,
fnu as agreed between Lightner and
ruiey' McCannon and himself, pro-
psed to give him 5000 shares of
IS%'h II ne would go in and put in all
a ny outside titles. He refused 5000
SlIailtS' but offered to go i'm for 10. 200,
w warei was refused. The negotiations
r %v,e lhen broken off, and they have
WT y talked about the matter since.
noa siad Raymond did so, for he did
his van" "n nm in it, as it would reduce
Ma Nnearsts) proportion of stock.
c III not believe the titles Raymond
company.
tb WI eross-eXamination he reasserted
nut ons oler of Colonel RAYMOND to take
Igaslhlrd IF the stock and 90 into the
the HES Admitted that he had said
cal aan riies was a gamble-a geOlogi-
and s sn ne. If the ledge pitched so
nat ~, then the Hermes had it il
Haaue; A great geological gamble.
cons" "rst AID Lightner had a long
conrt .a ai on the street after the
gethe, "uJonrned. and then dined to-
6enS;;a, against the expressed appre-
didien'l'ttss from many of a personal
HlArIc SALooN.-This is the
no.u Vi The new saloon first door
rI'u OF Billy Nichols Livery Stable.
tlniu 70 be thrown open to the public
esion IN grand style, on which oc-
prisinn NICK Raifaelovich, the enter
meet ! proprietor, will be happy to
many al OF his old friends, and as
venisr otherS as can make it con-
No. m.o call. He intends to keep
ASSURED uerS, and the public may rest
Advert OF Kind treatment. See his
New tosdanens under the head of
Seen Several kites were to be
Ward last evening floating heaven
tOn,a from Main street. Master Clay
the Modoc chief seemed to attract
spectstor.eS number of appreciative
send nm The attempt last night 70
varipatapa d huge Chinese lantern of
failure colors proved a disastrous
eOunteno a hundred or two men gave
lyyolnn,lce to the operation by kind
rihg to boss" the job.
Ar hD WEsT.-Senator VIM Stow