Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-01
The Great Mining Suit.
MONDAYS FULL PROCEEDINGS.
FORENOON SESSION.
MONDAY, March 81.


their own assayers, aud that they assay
the same class of ores, that the reports
may not vary from assaying different
ores. Proposition taken under advise
ment.
John n. Lee called for plaintiffs-I first came
into Meadow Valley about o'clock at night, May
s, 1864 spent that summer in Meadow Valley ex- |
cept month; there We're no houses in Meadow
Valley when arrived the first house helped
to build in Meadow Valley, and Bill Hamln
built the next shanty; afterwards Sherwood,
Townsend, Ralston, yself and others built sod
houses: built sod or adobe forts; that summer
and fall five Indians were killed in Meadow Val.
ley; the first attacked; the Indians at
tackled me with butcher knives; one Indian stuck
q knife in me three times; the Indians on the Sd |
of July stole five head of stock; before this they |
attempted to steal our guns; they threatened to
to kill us all; George Rogers was killed in 1865 |
by the Indians; every year they killed some one |
on the Muddy; the Indians themselves said they |
would kill Box, md sur ound and massacre all |
of MS.
Cross examined-I have lived here from 1864
until now except Is months; have lived at Panaca
City; family of several of us are living there;
we had stock stolen in 1866 by the Indians; can
talk Indian little: we had interpreters among
us; know something of the Indian language
Here, at the request Of an attorney witness said
in the Piute Language what the Indians $40,
night and look out for ourselves; don't know
who the Indians killed in 1867; think the Indians
in 1868 killed two three men down in the can
yon; don't know who they killed in 1869; there
has always been danger here till the
country was thoroughly settled; 1 am
Mormon; don't know how many claims
the Lee family took up between 1864 and
| 1869; Rogers was killed on the Pahranagat road,
| four miles from Dry Lake; don't know whether
| the place was inside this district; the Indian
troubles in Montana and California didn't tr uble
| us MS miners here; Dry Lake is 80 or 81 miles
! from here know the Indian who killed Rogers;
| ba told another Indian in Eagle Valley Here
the attorney put questions to the witness about
| the Mountain Meadow massacre, which, with The
| answers, seemed to have no relevancy Can't
| say how much ground the Lee FANNY took up IN
| 1864; probably Is claims; the extent OF a claim
| depends on the size thereof; don't know whether
| the Lee family took up ground In 1853; don't
| know whether or not the Lees claimed in the
| Falls lode THE attorney mentioned several
lodes, witness answering that he didn't know
whether his family had locations on them or
not) In 1865 we claimed on several lodes; can't
now name them; don't know whether there Is
| o Lee lode or not in this district. tAttorney-l
see you and your family have over 10 600 feet OF
ground in this district; what did you do towards
developing them? Witness-We transferred the
property. We took Indian prisoners and had to
kill them to save our lives killed one who tried
to kill me with knife; the Indians tried to take
our firearms; we had fed aud treated them
| kindly; from their trying to steal our weapons
and stealing our stock in July, 1864. originated
the troubles; on the Sd of July they drove of
} and killed our stock; afterwards hey tried to
| kill Shut.
! Edward Cavance called for plaintiffs. -Came
here in spring of 1869; know the old Panaca
shaft; worked in it; Henry Goodrich and Nc
| Dugal worked with me; we worked for Ely 4
, Raymond; commenced in March or April of 1870
| We sank shaft 100 feet and ran two drifts; thu
lower one 1872 feet and the other SO feet long, W.
/, were engaged in the work five or six months; go
' | through the last of November; when we com
menced the shaft was about 10 feet deep from
the platform; the platform was two or three fee
,.,ca do. fl,aa haff
about ten feet square at the top and five ut tn
bottom; the bottom Of the shaft was filled il
with loose dirt two or three feet at first; 1t Wa
I slate at the bottom. THE last answer was nc
= ELECTED by uuestion.) There were two cuts-on
, in the south shaft 40 feet long and Is feet deep
and now called the Kentucky; there was also al
Q other cut northeast it was AZ or 90 feet long;
a | WAS 80 feet from the shaft it was shallow;
= ran east Of south; there was also hole 40 fet
j. north OF the shaft on black groupings; hay
o lately been on the ground; there is now Gu
r five or six feet long the north side; think it
II the same cut that was there when we commence
work.
J, DETERMINATIONS work in Apr
J. or March 1870; worked till November; sank
It shaft from Is TO 100 feet deep the formation wa
=, slate. Plaintiffs objected to questions In regar
to formation. Objection sustained and ruin
" excepted to.l The reason we quit work was tn
IT financial inability of the employers to continr
- development; don't know who preceded us
working there. [Questions in regard to cuts
the vicinity were propounded, but nothing ne
!, was elected by the answers.l We ran two drift
~ from the shaft for Mr. Ely, one west the oth'
i'd SOUTH one was l22 feet long and the other WI
. over 80.
It, Direct resumed-The cost of the work d
"a was nearly $4,000.
'o John Hoffman called for plaintiffs-First can
;e- here in November 1866 four others were with IN
x. none of them ure now here; saw the old Pana
AZ shaft ut that time; it was l6 or2O feet deep; DOL
"a know the surface extent; think 1t was intend
&c for square shaft; saw some Kind OF CT
l kl.apt hn oh
nd know how deep-three, four or five feet; So
- some lead ore scattered around; it was wing
u the Dump II xt visited the shaft in the spring
Die 1870; there was no one ut work when was
nv the ground: the cuts had been changed some.
nd Cross.ex animation waived.
~ g. W. Edwards called for plaintffs-I live
ft' Panaca City; first came here ON the 9th OF Ji
d uary 1865; came up where TINS town now u.s.
ID. sepn Vermillion came with me; came to look
nm | the mines; some work had been done on the
naca; shaft was sunk Is to % feet deep; say
ely cut from the shaft running north; 1T was fr
an | Is to 20 and may be 30 feet long; it was in
a., | deepest place 8 to u feet deep; it ran up t
Wy | pont; don't remember the other work; saw wi
Isl the Indians called "Panaca" when we came he
md suppose it was galena ore; can't tell how II,
her | ore there was; there were two patches out
~: man named Levitt was taking out ore; he smell
It a little north of Meadow Valley street on
de. side hill; it was melted in crevice in q 70
"a. some of the bullion thus produced l boue
ATE bought So or SO pounds; bought 1t for lead; h
md lived in this neghborhood, including Gle
Valley, from january 1865 till now; the sett
per had trouble with the Indians; one Indian
,o. killed in Clover Valley and one hung; lndi
was were killed al Panaca; white man, named
ted ers was killed by the Indians in the early
lme of 1866 two white men were killed by Indians
nce the Muddy: in 1S64-5-6 the settlers stood GU
M | saw the dead body Of Rogers.
no Crosse xa mined-ROgers was killed IN Al
er's 1896: don't know of any one having left the
trict on account of Rogers being killed; d
know of my own knowledge who killed hog
OF | an Indian said he killed him on the Pahran
road. eight miles beyond Bennetts Spri
ose, probably 80 miles from here; the Indian said
vent father told him he couldn't be brave til
~ killed Write man. and he watched TIL 10
iSn' came along decoyed him OF TO show
IN ..panaca" or white metal, and thus killed
|, Of don't know of any one quitting on accoul
tai. Rogers death; we didn't think 1T was SAFE
ont away from settlement in 1865; men G
. We prospect in bodies Of three, four, hve and
oject white men were killed on the Muddy in
from NV own Judgment thought it was dal
ous: the Indians shot at me; this danger !
Sun. fered with my business; felt unsafe TO e
ven s lled At panaca in 1865; had farm there
,Kee cultivated 1t and kept stock; we had two a
-: men with the herd; two Of us came here a
ming in 1865; saw no Indians on the 'oad; 'ouna
ynaI, men here working and prospecting; staid
and over night; slept with Leavift IN y sort OF
,ooo near where Wheelers store now 10; Leavit
'"s" considerable lead, which he had taken fror
LOT cut. the white men were in more danger