The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-29
TIE EMMA NINE SWlNDLE
uHIT 4 SHOBT. THTCK SIT MiN
rom 10 THE COMWTTfL 4.
a Complete History ol the scandal 'hn, hn,

mine scandal. MnltN llh' lNi H'f.'"' 'N
,s1ed two contilent an DrJu1nt ihchiple as
grace uron the good name ANA character ol tno
American eople abroad. was to-day given new
lac a., the puhu, mind. A short, thick-set
s.ntlounn with n rid complex N. scant' dark
salored hair, AMI slvy, closely trimmcu' Jol
black beard, appeared in WashinFt1n TINS morn
Ing accomp ,nied by taller gentlem 'n' win
array Dhndreary whiskefs. The hrst-lescrlpeu
individual Is Mr. james Lyon and the iat'er
Hiram \. johnson. rhey both nan rom Ne"
York. mi thcv cims hther IN obedience to
,abprna, issued t. them by the Strg-ant-at-
Arms Of the House. at he req lest OF the Ch hr-
u,n nof the Commit tee on Foreign Al IRA. Their |
nrcae,co was required by tho com nittce In
n-l.r tina, they mi tht disclpae all they knew |
,hot th, history " the world .fimous NINA
mine and the connection herewith OF the Hon.
pobert G.. S'henck. our Minister X tsident to the
Court Of IT. James. Mr.. Lyon Il an an 'be'
.rr.etbe gentlemin, but withal presents n de-
,ermined and thcr pugnaciods appe rance In
.eonvcrsation with your correspondent he dis
closed the fact that he had for many years been
tngsccd IA specul tive enterprises, ana had at
one time been ! rgeb interested Ia the lumber
trade at Racine. Wis. since 1854 he had made
New York city his homo. with the eNccp ion OF
three W ~ he had spent in London. ms busl-
ee>s IN New York was that ot specuIator IN
allnes aud miuing STOCKS,
r'osrrcTTSG ron SILVER.
Some time during the latter part Of 1867 or
eary IN lstS I've became inierssted WIN ons
ftank u. y ltOn IN the New YORK ,, shu utin
OfnIny aud Prospecting COmpanv. This
ooncctn which had been originated by Dalton'
who wss Pacific colst man. and larrel inter-
sstcd In prospecting Tor ana ioca'ihH ni,neta,,
i,uds in Titan and Nevada. lie 2 al numDerot
srueri need ptospectois associated win nun,
sn"t. hui whenever they could afford tue outfit,
with a mule to carry their picks, showers, anu
s", o.s S 81 .ree SsS Of
silver ore, they woHid follow - up, and " the
prospect appeared good would sp,md some son uns f,s
pounds of the silv r-bcaith2 rock, wh'cu they
would carry to the nearest a-sayer, i%r testing.
She surface iBdicati"n ot SILVER ts known oy
pruspectors ss float, aud II u usually founu AT
the base OF the noun am, having been thrown
vusion of nature, aud by tue ~ ~ 'Niiatlon
found Its way to low ground; When there. orri
sprospector found anv considerable uuantltl vI
0oat Wing around loose ne would tiace II W. The
mountain side, which he does 10y running dritt
or tfeucb upward. Sometimes tue surface .inI,
cstinns are 40 plan on the mountain side it IL
Is unntcts- AIRY to uduftsnd then a Few aays' work
l- AL IT, 10 necess ~ - strike tue lode Itself,
,itnonrb IL migntt ks IN N ls to develop the
sx lct ~, ure ut t--thit Is, 10 discover tue gen .
erai car cterstics Of the vein and ihe extent Of
Tie ore deposit
A SPECULATIVE VENTURE.
Mr. Lyon had purchased an interest In the
New York and Utah Mining and Prospective
Company. paving theref - some S@OVVO. IL was
speculative venture entirely. lie relied luIrll
on the re, e,'tesentntions OF Dalton. VINO assured
Inn that he had loo ted a number OF mining
eialms ~ Utah and Nevada. In tue fall VI 1865
Lyon went to salt Lake City to look after MS IN
tsrests ia these claiu.s. Dalton nau preceded hun
soverl months, and when Lyon re ched Salt
Lake City he found two Of Daltou's prospectors.
James Y. weoaman and Robert ID. Chlsnoln,
waiting for him. They proposed to take hitn To
the Little Cottonwood Canon to show the claims
they I'D located there. lie accompanied them,
had staked on. and the stake bad on It his name,
along win theirs. They told him that Ddltou
had siyen them their instrIctions 20 take care
NJ - Mt nR n
would ngut for hi. riShts, and could give them
hnaite trouble II be was MT fairy de ~
with. 1ne discOverers mad staked on
Ibout twelve hundred feet, e,cn of them oeiug
suutled to Grosu " TWO huIdred feet and one u
They h put down Dalton ami LvOn and som,
other person a. pr, snptors. and thus made uu
sue twelve hundred feet cl hined. The lode was
Shen known as tho Monitor. Lyon -ubsequentl
isarned tnat a man named Sllis Br I'm q pre-
Ttously located "A clam on IN" same terri or
claimed by Woodman and Chisholm, and ha'
named IL the ; LJais lode. Ihis was the south
east pori ion of tue VEN. While on the north eas
portion Mr. BruDer of Philadelphia, a son 81 m
large woollen goods manufacturer OF that cit
had located IA claim Whicn was known as TN
North star lode.
HSEISo A SHAFT ON THE MONITOR LODE.
Druner was working his mine at the time LyoI
visited the ,oality, but he AYERS that no wort
whatever had been done on tne MQni,yr i, i1ue ,,i
He prUpused to Woodman and Chisholm ina
thsY shOuld BEGIN To sunk shht al once, an'
be would fuihsh the catltal provided me
would Civ, nim a one-thlrd interest IN tn
b i'm. IL they would MT do TINS he would gt
10 brain, who was then living sicA some distanc
north of SAT- Lake cay, aad purchase ms I0ter
est IN the original clam watch he nau located
Noodman and Chisholm agreed 10 his propo
titl0n after fome delay. ana work was begun
Lyon examined the records and found tina
brain had not entered ms claim, anu thereiO or
lhe plrt es in los, ssi IN would bee JuIe tn
zeal owners II they were not disturbed, All III
arr ngeinents haviug oeeu satisfactorily mad
work wac beRun and continued Tor some tine
weeks, during which time they took out abOu
lssenly y-1ye tons uf ore, wnlcn. according to th
assay they mad made Of portion Of Il, ,ielde
Inout $lJD to the ton. lie calculited that wuc
The rnifuad was completed tine ore could be 90
tomatket Tor auout SO g. the ton, ana thl
would leave n net profit OF 500 uer ton. lie d
sot cout -inpl ue MAJ ketiu9 the ore untl IN
railroad " = buIlt; therefore lie detern nod I
have the snait sunk deeper, ana ac'ordingl
pave NOpdman contract 10 sink II 6J feet
Having mauo th, sc arr ingemeuts and advance
Noouman sum OF money, ana authorizing hi.
y draw Tor more n the completion OF tue WON
Lyou lett Tor New YORK dunUg the winter q
tsos. lie received letter from Mr.. Bruner, IN
snner Oi tie n Ith star, telling him tnat Wood
man mad aOdndOned tue Work " sinking th
lbsft.
THE EMMA NINE IL LITIGATION.
In the spring OF 1863 he recsiyed another lei
Ter ron bruner lnforming him that Woodma
ard Chah In, with other peIsOn-, mad gwen Ia
sine new name, ana were WoIhlng H. 500
htot this Slr. Lyon started for salt Lake Citi
Hhere le arrived early In June, 1870 lie me
NOodman, VINO appeared quite iritnuIy, aud
snce admitted that they had changed tue nam
hf The mlne from the Monitor 10 the Enm,
he further said that they mad DO intention G
cheating MIN out OF his interest. AfteT wailiu
pauen1iy for some time ana nndins thAt Wool
pIau hnd Chisholm were not inclined TO full
their pr Jutlses he tn-ti uted SUIT In the TER
korial Court. He employed his cOuns
klessrs Ia. ). johnson, Il New York /; j Imes
Teller OF Central CITY, LOi., and j. Is. On IL
sf Denver An application Tor al iujunctio
vas made to the Court 10 restrain the parti,
hom working the mine, whicu was granted, bt
shortly alterward sufficient influence W,
brought to bear on the court, anu the iniun
Non was dissolved. Lyon continued to Hgnt
best he oOuld against OH itls until the sprlng
B,l, when he went - san Francisco. Mes,T
lent Dodge OF that city had organized
lOmp ny whIcn they called the Emma AiniI
Company Of San Francisco, and pretended
pave purchased the title OF Draine TO the
l1uA ipde. LN on, at the instance Of j. Is. Gu
zee, tmplnged Senator VIM. N. Stewart al
Oulus D. I'M. er To act IN conjunction with
stheI evunsrL Lent & Dodge proposed
~ nls inter ~. aud Stewart and Hl!lVer a
sisou nun u unite with the San Francisco o.
hes' ineY had plenty OF capital, stewart sal
snu u lhri could uLite his title with theiI
shov Mouu Issue en- ugh stock 10 enahle the
70 give al tht Withesse. lurymen ana Judges I
interest IN the uiur, aud thus insure just
beiHk uohu 10 iheir side, lhi prOposition Ly,
IcJcOteu, ana stewart wrs very ngry with nj
because he did not ADJ as plan
MORE TROUBLE
On his return from san Francisco, 1--we
loarned that Lent Dod-e had gwen Iryu
DAVIS, , LAWYER nf tnat City. AN ultion To- Ia,
their claim for sl,jOO,0OJ, subject To- ms Q.yon
claim. Davis came on 10 New York, wnere