, 1880-02-24
ROBERT Il. LEE.
+, epaI History Of a Celebrated
Leadyilte Mine.
4 New Claimant to tho Property Turns
Up In Chicago.

a,"tl ~ ,he I,olmrt +. Leo Nlino nj Lca,ivll1c.
u.obnh]y oua Of tho richest silver ,nlnes III
;ho t,o world, It was history full Of conpl'-
at s",ons urlsrgo,tt of tho legal cntanglcments
T., which the ,Isins Ind bccI involved. To
y, M,t regard Of legal snRrls is to he added
ss~o,herr)lnptcr, s which, while II Increases tho
Sarf,rt u,uzc Of complications alreAdy cx-
,s,Ine. viii be Of considerable estmyond
,hc narrow circle of those immediately ln-
THE LAST CHATTER
In ,hts m,,ch-ptxetl taie canle to light yester-
aav When TRIBUNE reporter started out to
investigate n story to tho effect that claim
tai bccn ,llcA BY Monroe t& Lc.ldy, attorneys
for Mrs. NJ. Seymour Rogers, OF this city, 10
half interest III the Minc.
aWhNt can yOM tctt lis about tliIsT' tho re-
norter asked Of Mr. Let!dy, after stating what
he 1,n.l heard anti what Ito wautcd.
1--WE have filed, In tho name OF Mrs. Rog-
prs" was tho rer!y, mn adverse claim to n
half Of this inine atul placed 1t upon record
al Ieadvillr."
"What Is tho statement fiji tho claim pn
"It Is merely II notlcc 10 the world that she
clalus NJ, undivided hnlt-intcrcst iii the mine,
nyal has bern filed to prevent It's passing into
the hands uf tnnocent third PARTIES. We ex-
ncct upon thu l,cels of tlits to commence pro-
ccelings In the Culotntp cnl,rts 10 RECOVER
iltlv To It. The mine II said TO lle worth solno
slo,ooO,U0o. and Mrs. lsugers' Interest will
therefore be seycta! millions OF do'1ars."
It WIS Important III tic next place to Know
sonletht1ig Df
THE HISTORY or THIS CLAIM,
and Tho results of n further conversation with
the man Of law. supplemented by certain
points III Tho history Of the mine already
known, cnnblc,l the reporter to bring the
matter down to date, us 1t were.
IN April, ISIS ono james M. Sigafus
"grubstaked" enc George ". belt as II
proprietor, or, to get It In English, sent him
ent to l"ak for n'inera, @ claims, nm! suppllts,l
Sis a! Of ' the ftfs tfs III M s bct T. tsoE SaEe IL s i
prospecting rartncr III the person of one
Wllllanl EnlEht. III searching over the cur,
Fryer Ilill,--;ntl, I'll july, 1873, Ineateu It In
tlefr ow, nn,llvs ny tie Robert. l., Lee:
Sigsf.s was left ont In ths gold; 1ie llcar'l
m % %s S'ltsS s, eaie @FH' s sb Hssasi ssa ie s
i'sfe' xTsst % e md '% 'iKS"Esh K"gt III howcaar 1t
decided one-th1rl Of tho in!,ai
Senn to asS hs h. wx psxfef m @ n e e1tffsS st f Sn.
~ m, ds' nav n" "s nf nron,.rIn~ ,t
t rnt If III thc Ind firm, lie (;nycrnlnt.1,t In
hosenoe 40 Mn 4 H slt n.bcrf ,d Aaft ~ conrao %
SMrmrs v iei' md ~ Nv ", f. nrrs If Cenno III lar
sfDV 81 wi whlch sum $SV03 was paIf Il, casI,. s
whlio % tHe he rcst ' WIS s 10 5s % nd M IN IF FeGrn%ary' %
1s1p, provided u glenr Title WINS lnnde and tile
'rhcv snyn him n,,e-thirIi of lin n,inn mil
innE pnssessi.r. orl Iirlt x, 10 wrr" In cnt,-
dton tI' r,,'tiirs tI,l, intent witho,tt npnnsi-
ttnu. Hrfors thn lima f,n tj,n sccnntf my
mant nrrivni Iitrcm + I'm hrn,wht ss,i}t
s', asainst ttftnr tho nn" far eo bnff iters
cinim"o I, a ron,rm"t @ will M nlt ns uars,,ar i #,
I'm orin}nnl incntion' iiowbrrt md Rnrnrs rt.-
fusel 10 INV ths balance until Ills new
wTnt,n ~ ,vnI az c,"no+i'"fI Sut mi inn,,urui
,r1nn; m,n W. Mas son sosi ~ ibo e ,xou isntssnI
SION after this, iIowbert sold portlons Of lis
Interest 10 j. i, Humphrey and benjamin.
Crowull, Of Colorado Springs Tile lninc Ind
begun to "boom" when
ne aa n's HsslgnS ofongnt sMla 70 recover
possesslon OF i'H dlllmo W accottns q nUft. ni.
agmnnd,, gagnd, aa na1ft lo p;ta snG in, sIs W.
alales ~ Of inc cnnrnGt Liee G., In ay, 1s1
Jug ootl 9 Sat,y ny to lfc!nsers 10
s.n.ts L. -: M"'Hlepush, y MGW aVFH, mClans tpl
tas0rs .t. M a SS ~ aq Fee ,,i W., ~ 1.er 1
na ts's nl Ss'ot II ~ " tnis, Sloo;M VIZ !ala III
i Il liz W uxnraon tu Of tat M' tic the
mt
rslVf,Is rn,so %efo O. 1lnt 30 Iosy, tNa litlgasaon
tofni.a tio,ltse1 10 po ehuless' aila LUG pohu WAS
ioii"s,su. siHnsa. ,,.,,x4 r. n, ,u.,+ ~ ,,,,,o,.,
,S SEatus !! mowbert & Go Me1t on .t, Stevelo
fa, w lliG hlhe, Dug were cn]91ne1 bY INC sonrG
~ 1to'it ~, s!llppitg aiax ore AlrlhE tne penaency
" u uig slslts. Inns nlat.efs stooa until
anm3 atong III AagNss, Wliel,, ACCORDING 70 no
cononiyaeeelyea version, oy aeSiaea ., %
tti1thtonllse tit,, 1natiers anu Gllthlhata inc null
HsI,.n tHsIWMinons nl,shilnn Ill lllelr Way. New
uti!s lao proved tllo value Of Ae ore, hh4
snsH we're more ANXIOUS thah ever 10 get
maI1t[s ~ t',, cleared clsa,p up. o1u,,. . A.
t u.a M.cnl,aime aecoLdinR t9 1na snn1e
t'sM1,l,oniE,leGelyca " vGrslon !. Marshail,
~ ~ isAyt,'c, IL n ad plrGs.''sla noge5s !nteIeSt
s.sa sus oaa,uo, Ant, oy his adslcc, N0ndeousn
was employed "
EFFECT \ COMPROMISE OF THE Butt.
10 succeeded BY aErcefng to pay In thirty
d1ys to tilo atlvurs1 elaina,its the sum OF
Sllb0O, Of which Sl05,U wly to 60 to the
l!elt party and $4,000 to II. f. Leu.
F0r his d!stntcrcstetl services Rondebusll got
0ne-fjftll Df tho mine. Tho ore brsan 10 pun
out 80 we'll that In l. short ttmo. The. amount
was paid, other debts were rubbed OF tho
score, and dividend was declared Of ncarIy
sl3oUN.
having cleared the DECKS, 80 10 speak, the