The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1876-01-08
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"A CARD.
no THE Ex-COMMITTEEE,, MEssHs'

rx-cOMMITTEE, MESSRS.
PARDY. SKILLMAN and kElLLf
crrT1EMEN-In your statement OF smeiting,
nuhlished in the White Pine NEWS OF DeclDsr
Iot,. vo,, declare nv statement to be grossly
I'D and knowingly erroneous" and style IT.
!. Nurchausen report" Notwithstanding lsnall
stav by nv report. And you puDhsh "nasyo1
claim to be a correct report OF the tnen eAiSslnS
affairs and accounts OF the Hanlllon ~. -. AZ
Smelling Company. Not wishing 70 go INTO ue-
tails or carry on q newspaper controversy, -
nrove INV statement correct and true, ana yours
erroneous from beginning TO end, VIII wasGa
from 500 to 81 900 on the folioWlug PrupoS
lions. which you assert are sio'''
First-That there were more tnan ooo 'ono =
ore gmelted at the last run OF the furnace.
~Second-That the amount OF silver returned
from the smelling OF those 0res was iesr '"A"
"a per cent. of their assay value. $50
Third-Thatt the amount of lead returned does
not exceed Sc Der cent. of the assay of lead con-
tanned. Ill,
wager the above named sums the whcie mater
IN he decided by three competent and dislnter-
ast.d nersons. chosen by agreement of both par
t;as 10 examine the accounts, and their decision
to be final.
statement erroneous and yours correct. ana you
iufalliable, put up the coin ana prove your as-
| sertions true. / can be found at Everts & cor
store. ready to make good my propositions.
Gentlemen, the facts in regard to the losses OF
the company in their smeitlne operation KS ~
| in not obtaining from the ores, in smelling, the
amount OF bullion that I'VE reasonably expected,
| and should have had returned and ! assert,
| without fear Of substantial contradictory proofs,
that therein lies the obstacle wherein TINS test
and experiment in smelling mas not Oeen =
grand success, and / attribute the reverses All
to mistakes in smelling and manipulation OF the
ores in the smelling department and OF winch
fact. / predict, you will all be convinced when
the residue of the ores and material are worked
up that are now lying at the furnace.
I say that it is all bosh about =" extravagan'
management in purchasing ores and large salar-
les" etc. Allowing that there might have been
a few hundred dollars saved III rebuilding the
works. that amount would not begin to cover the
discrepancies besides, there was no cause 1oI
s. mistakes " in purchasing the ores we pald
for ores according to their assay value in silver
and lead, and they were assayed before puylng'
1 want no mistakes " about it if the Superb
tendent paid too much for the ores be is GRIMM
ally culpable. I want no soft talk about 1t,
such as Z" mistakes" and the like. The Super
intendent paid the prices and rates agreed upon,
and as understood would be paid by the company
and as recommended in nearly every instance
by Harry Stout, the snelter, who was consld-
cred authority on smelling i'll all its braliches-
1t is an easy matter to find out If the Superin-
tendent discharged his duties or not, and such
base insinuations as have been made In your re-
port / deny and treat with contempt, 50 far as
they pertain to the management OF the com
! pany's affairs by the Trustees or superintendent
The whole matter, in a nutshell" j. this
The company paid for ores at the rate OF seventy
per cent. of the silver assay values i'll coin. and
we got in returi, less than So per cent. of the silver
contained in al the ores, and that return was In
base bullion. with a discount on the silver con
tanned in that bullion of from 20 to 30 per cent
per ounce less tha.l coin value. Now, We car
readily understand and no : nlistakes'-tha II
we pay 10 per cent. aud get but IS per cent. in
return, we are losers in the transaction and
had the company got in return as Per cent. OF
the silver contained in their ores, the yield
would have been nearly So, 500 III silver. in ad
dition to what they did get. and an addition Of
nearly 48 oDs of lead bullion. Now, gentle
men, if you or any stakeholder, wish TO CON
vince yourselves of the truth of my assertions
you can find all the vouchers, st tements
assays, etc. in the bands of the Secretary of the
Hamilton Mining and Smelling Company.
To the Committee 1 wish to say in conclu
sion that, with the exception Of Mr.. Sklllman
none of you have "uffered any losses, not beint
stockholders nor paid any assessments, md thai
you have made these unjust and maiiciou,
charges against ME for no other reason than OIL
account of q petty spite which grew ont of cir
cumstances in connection with the organization
Of this company aid now, after laboring st
zealously and faithfully all the time for tn,
failure and ruin of this enterprise. and seeing
your fond hopes so nearly realized, I hope fO
the sake of common decency and the publ,
good, you will have modesty enough to ceas,
your TRADE of false accusations. censure a8s
abuse of those who have never yet taken an,
steps to injure you in any respect. Take
rest" W. H. FORD.
Hamilton. January 5, 1876. jS-1