Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

pays mo, and takes q receipt in that way; ]
vada corporation; tho Nevada company ha.
not made or I'd declared a dividend that / know
Of; there is no book howin il; the last meet.
ing Of the Trustees of the Richmond Mining
February, 1875; there has been ms organized
meeting since that time. except yesterday
February 7th), at 10 o'clock in tho evening
the minutes were written up. but not entered
in tn. book. Minutes demanded; obi sctod
to; objection sustained; minutes handed to
tho Judge for his psrusall Tho last regular
meeti z previous was as STATED; | have not
received from tho English company a state
ment Of their affairs; l scnd tbs copies of
the pay-roIls, and all other statements
monthly to the English com pany.
J.. j. COrril nm here took tho stand and tcsti-
fed as fol ows: | know of the Richmond Con.
solidated Mining Company Qimited), and tho
Richmond Mining Company, Of Nevada; !
know the purposes for which the Richmond
Mining Company Of Nevada was incorporated.
[The question as to why it was Incorporated
was obj ecred 10, argued, and objection sus-
taincd.l l was the irst President after the
corporation was created; deeds wore made to
tho new corporation from King. the agent Of
the English company; the Nevada company
was formed simply as agent of mo Enslish
corporation. and to procure ratents for them:
l don't know whether these three ciains
were decided to the English company; not Of
- lOit8 Wv oOhlnuuNOl
and certified copy allowed; objection made as
10 its being used az evidence; d ,ed allowed
and filed Tor what it was WORTH The hich-
mOnd Company worked the ground prior to
that time or not. (Q.-Did the English COM
puny pass 4 resolution requesting the Nevada
company to deed the property to them? OBJ
jectsd to. and objection overruled; copy OF
r, produced Ihi. is true copy Of
dence; objee'ed to; objection overruled. L
examined tho original resolution and the
clerk copied and compared it; l was present
in the Board-rOom when the resolution was
passed; before the .passago of that .resolu-
ton the Richmond Company of Nevada
owned the orc and bullion; used il for all tho
purposes Of working and paying the ex-
penses Of working, and the overplus. was
sent to London for tho purpose of de-
holders; while 1 was President of the com
pany no dividend was paid to the Nevada
corporations; l hold no shares Of tho Nevada
corporations; 1 did hold shares from ls75 until
ceivsd any dividends from those shares; held
three shares in trust for the Nevada corpor-
alton; never paid any consideration for
them; it is ny Impress on that / have held
no shares in the English company since jan
uary, 1875; this paper shown me IL a lettor to
Mr.. Wren from me, with regard to the trans
fer of this property to the English company.
Letter appeared in evidence l teok copies
Of all the letters to rotect my SELL in any tu-
ture en- 'rgency; l do not know anything
about the deed Of the property to the FIJI
glish com pany; it was after ms connection
with the company; wheE the stock was is
sued there were four certificates; the one is
sued to the directors Of the r.. {. NJ. 9. linn
ited.) rs trustees 20 their shareholders. em.
braced 10 sJ5 shares: | have a recollection
of the former litigation between the Eureka
onsoiidate and Richmond Companies; j.
". Shaw, President OF the Eureka Consoli..
dated Company. and myself. as President Of
the Rishnond Mining Company, made q pre-
liminary arrangement; Dani.l Meyer was
present at the time; there was a memoran-
dunn made OF tho first agreement; l know
Of no resolution passed by the Board of Irus-
tees of tho Richmond Mining Company Of Ne
vada authorizing me 10 act; there Was none
assod confirming my action, that l know OF.
dissolution produced rstsrring to previous
resolution, authorizing Mr.. Corrigan to pur-
chase tho Lookout c .aims.I That resolution
place just previous to tho compromiss. Mem
orandum shown; Mr.. Corri2an stated that he
recognized it,
Cros-oxaminod-Mr. Shaw, Mr.. Meyer,
and myself, we're present In San Francisco, in
= room in tho Bank of California, where We
had come to an agreement, and then reduced
il to writing; We then had the attorney draw
up u deed from the Eureka Consolidated to
the R,chmond; the deed was drawn up. Job
iectsd to by plaintiff; obi ection over-rulld.l
This memorandum was merged in a decd; |
am not Ger ain that this m ,morandum was
ever shown to the attorneys; | think not;
decd was drawn up b. attorneys from state
ment. given to thsm BY Mr.. SHAW and my
sell; Mr.. Lawton. the resident OF ths Eure-
ka Consolidated Company, and myself, With
j. b. FELTON,, read the agreements, and theb
tho deed was drawn up. tUbJec ion vas here
made By the defendants attorney: the objec-
ton to be argued gu bsequently.I
Redirsct-Mr. shaw and myself agreed on
thnsn tarma. vya hu1 both han in kurakaa q =
the suit then pending; the memorandum was
drawn up on the 10th or llth, the papers
were executed On the 10th day Of June; the
first payment was TO ae made on tho 9th, but
shown with ess.l This is a copy Of the body
Of the instrument | signed; memvrandum
Of agreement shown; further objection by
defendants attorney, that 1t was nothing put
q private agreement between Mr.. ShaH and
Mr.Cvrrigan:lt the Richmond Company agreed
to pay sS5,0UO in certain insI ailments; notes
were given by the Rich nond Com ANY and
rsceiv I'd by the Eureka Consol dated. the
Richmond Company subsequently, paid the
notes; the Eureka Company gavo deeds to
the Lookout ground bat not to the ore on
tho dumps; the ore on the dumps passed to
the hichnond, l expect; the Champion end
lines wore to be drawn across the hull; on the
18th day Of June l signed the agreement and
Company; . description OF the md lines OF
tho Champion, running ,acfos: the NIL was
taken fro.n the map o. tn, surface groun / Of
the Eureka Consolidated lCer'ied copy OF
original agreement was offered in evidence
and not bJectsd to.l We did not conform to
tn, limos in the second Agreement rs they
we're in tho first, because objected TO-, and
objection Ov"rruled] tn. litigation had be-
come obnoxious, and our beet was to put an
end to all law suits pending betws,n the par
ties; the sgreonent between us was. that
there should bs = dividing line forever be-
tween the two companies; that that line
should run along the end lines Of thu Cham
pion, At Last aud Margaret. and that was as
far as we could extend it, hot owning any sur
ace ground beyond that: but the agreement
was thai the line should be- extended oven II
the ore bodies reached Eureka: that the
lines should continue across the hill rs . di-
yiding, continuous line between the two COM
vapies; 1 can not state tho reason why that
line was net mentioned in tho second agree
mont; Mr.. LawtOn and myself hal no subse-
uusnt conversation rslRtis 20 to the line; the
deeds wers executed On the 18th day Of June.
Deed, offered and filed; copy Of instrument
presented by Mr.. kiokard at the morning
session shown witnsss.I. 1t is q correct copy;
| wrote that letter in London, at the office Of
tho X. Z. NJ. G. Oimitsd(. No A C0ieman
street; the directors desired the letter wrote
so that Mr.. Kick ard could take possession Of
the sompany's property At Eureka; the terms
of the original agreement were subsequently,
carried out; the richmond took possession
of one side OF the line, and tho Eureka Con-
solidatsd the other.
C~rom-rxamined Have no interest in tho