Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-26
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A STATEMENT FOR THE pv R..vC

ing Company has extracted and hauled
to- its furnaces rich heavy carbonate ore,
of the value of S2OO,OOO, which was
taken surreptitiously from the Selkirk
lode, on Ruby Hill, lying west of the
Richmond deposit. / have moi for the
present the means of fighting my un-
%scrupulous opponents in the law
courts, but will soon have the nocessa-
~ aid. Tho time, however, has come
for me TO show how / have been
wrouged for three and a quarter years
by the Richmond representatives.
Thanks TO Edward Probert, the Man.
aging Director, the company has, at
last, by a surprising case of rctribu-
tive justice, put me in the direct way
of getting my rights, in defiance of all
the efforts and schemes 10 overthrow
me, put forth heretofore by various
parties in its interest.
TO make the ease plain, l must give
a short history of my connection will,
the Selkirk lode In May, ISL. I be-
came convinced that the X ichmond
and Champion were not on the I'M
vein, and that northwest of the latter
there was a long stretch of unclaimed
ground. At Il point 100 feet w~est-north-
west | found a lode of rich ore, consid-
erably broken. and located the Cyrus
claim, of 200 feet. Immediately, the
locatorS of the Richmond appeared
aud claimed my discovery, rs the Col
ar,.lx IN .ta,,, -ll I,nt ~ 70 .,,- 49,,
extension of TIE EGnyet, but finding
in the Colorado lines, and those, even,
did not run in my direction, | is-
| nored the p~rctcn>ions Of said parties.
As the Nugget was soon proved TO
he the same as the Champion, OF
which the Jtichuond WAS the tegui
extension. it was absurd in the Rich
mond Company to claim two eXten-
siOnS on the All lode, while only II
discovery had been made. In the
meantime j. j.. Dunno had sold the
Richmond properly in London, and
on his return i'll August, 1871, he in
formed me that he had been advised
to drive me away 10y force of arms,
from the Cyrus. and sell il along with
the Richmond, but as he did not think
| could be traced on. on vein matter,
he had refused to attempt it. In Sep
TENDER, ISL, | located the Selkirk, of
500 fte;. nearly opposite the Richmond.
most of il being within the Cyrus
lines, and unquestionabiy OF tie same
ore-clianuel. In Dcrember lIawlcv *
barrow, attorneys for TIE Richmond
Company, served II written no;ice on
me ordering the cessation IF work at
once on the Selkirk, under the pain of
being stopped by force. Knowing
that my rights We're inI;spu'ablc, |
pad no attention to their threats, and
their ''ElU!i' game failed. But un-
struru!ous agents We're ready AT all
times, Oh behalf of their masters, to
represent that I had dumped" the
Richuionl: thai mad nothing that was
worth anything, and that my ore was
only Il elbow outo from the Rich
mond. As Il necessary consequence
Of these statements. no II would help
nc To develop Tie property. The
Richmond Company, next, through
lis attorneys, secured a debt against
me and 10y Il file in the Lander coun-
~ records, hoped to get hold OF my
mines. hGt failed in that also.
In 1850, Captain j.. II. AdtnS, Sher-
III 81 Santa Clara county California, be-
cane involved with me in some land
business in that state. In the Fall of
1870, VIXEN lie was here, | agreed to
.ort;e for him any mines i might
thereafter discover as security tor the
debt owed. and to protect myself
against rash creditors. Cnder this ar
,an-euient the Cyrus and Selkirk
mines were located ana conveyed in
his tavor--I lei. her as Il locator nor
purchaser having a loot in either.
Eat believing thai their value was
fir be"onI the sum due Captain .Ad-
ans. | always spoke of them as my
claims, feeling assured that As soon as
he was paid | should get them from
him. | further injcndcd Captain Adj
ANS to act As trustee on behalf of
my creditors. and il | sold the mines.
Il specified sum was TO go to him to lie
applied in paving my debts with inter-
est. In 49, | sold the claims for So
00o. but in October the Richmond Com
nany tipped waste rock over the bluffs
INTO my air shaft far outside of the
Richmond lines, and covered over my
best chimney of ore with thirty feet of
dirt. The list Mr.. Piohcrt refused Il
year AGO TO make any compensation
for this mean outrage. Ev i til" sale
/ wa, broken up. and 300 l.nral feet Of
nv drifts and incline coulplete!y de
s;rovcd. so that without Il heavy out
Law ore could be no LONGER extracted
there.
In The Spring of IS!S, | was %unfnrtu-
natelv connected with a certain per-
son in Eureka in the Saw-mi!l bust
ness. lie tried to rob me out of every
! thing. but falling in his designs. he. in
revenge, set my creditors on me, and
in StIi.dr!cnse ! had to go into the
IiankruptcV Court, the debt controlled