The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-04-29
STILL HAS HOPE.

C44IL HAD HOE6 Professional theatre men always look up-
 on the world with hope. Hope IS good, but
 it sometimes fails to bring bread to the hun-
 gry children By perusal of the following
 clipped from the Dramatic News, IL will be
 seen that 0Neil, who was enticed to take
 stock in the humbug Cumberland mine, still
 has faith that there's millions in it.
 NIT. John E. Owens and Mr James
 0'Neil are just now especially not mining
 magnates. They do not even pretend to
 possess untold riches in the Fl Dorado of the far West, although there was a time. and not so very long ago, either, when both of these gentlemen fattered themselves with the idea that the gift of Midas had been suddenly conferred upon them. They beheld m the Cumberland mine, of Arizona, a mag ic pocket, into which they had only to thrust their hands; and take out the glittering, en- chanting gold. Life seemed suddenly tinted with the gaudy colOring of the Arabian nights, existence took on the semblance of fairy land, and MT. Owens threw of his coat, so to speak, and went for the Cumberland with rush that was irresistible. He caught the Cumberland. Mir O'Neil was scarcely less enthusiastic. He caught the Cumber- land, too-that is, SD much as Mr. Owens had left Of 1t. Now, the Cumberland retal- l iates, and catches both Mir. Owens and Mr | ONeil
 Just how this last catch was made has | been variously stated. Yesterday forenoon | a reporter of the Dramatic News called upon l MT. ONeil at his residence, in Twenty-sec- | Ond street. Mir. ONeil was in bed, and | sleepIy rubbed his eyes as he received his visitor. He became pretty wide awake ,how- ever, when the subject of the Cumberland | was preached.
 ''Oh, 1t isn't all sold yet, he said, bol- | stering himself up little, ''the land IS there yet
 Observing that the reporter looked some what mystited, he continued:
 That sale that took place in San Fran cisco was only the sale of the office fixtures: the mine IS all right yet. You see We had very nice office, furnished in first-class style | all those mining offices in San Francisco are fixed up nicely-and that was what was sold That was all.
 But why should the office be sold ii the mine was all rightF asked the reporter, still more mystlhed.
 Well you see ethefact about the whole mat ter Is thls," and Mir. ONeil arose to a sit ting posture that he might more clearly demonstrate what appeared to be a rather knotty problem, there wasn't enough mon- ey ;o run the mine. I put in considerable money and Owens put III more. All this was expended Tn buying machinery to de- velop the claim. We bought a mill and a lot of other necessary machinery, but there vas still not enough of money to carry on the work. and assessments were resorted to- The people kicked on this, and the conse- luence was that the office was disposed of at Sheriff sale
 But about the miner
 ''The mine is all right; 1t is just the same as it ever was. They can't take that; it IS a United States patent"
 ''Is 1t worth anything
 Certainly. It only needs working capi- tai. that's all. Why 1t is one of the best properties in Arizona. The orerealized over slOO to the ton, and there Is vein over 75O feet long and eight feet wide, which only ,waits development The Nulture mine. light by it, Is one of the very best paying properties out there, and don't see why the -umberland shouldn't be likewise
 Are you doing anything at all with the Cumberland nowP
 "The last we dld was to sink shalt Sey- ,nty-fve feet deep, but l think there has ,een nothing done since that time. The machinery IS all there yet. and l am conf lent that If there was any working capital he thing would come out all right
 Do you consider your loss to be irreyoCa- ple! ,
 Il don't consider that have sustained a nss am certain that Mir Owens and my elf will get all our money back, and more, Oo. haven't lost faith in the Cumberland [ ,y any means"
 'I understand that Lewis Morrison was .lso heavy loser in this miner
 1 have read statements to that effect, but , hey are not true, as great many other T hings are not true which have been said .bout the matter. Morrison did not have 200 invested in the whole thing The as 2 ertion has been broadcast, too. that wewere windled out of all our investments, and hat Ciprico was at the bottom of 1t. Now, hat IS likewise untrue We know that every ! Iollar VIC invested was spent m buying ma I hinery Owens put III something like S21,- ( ,DO. and 1t was used immediately III that way As to Ciprico, he Is the poorest of the ,f he IS one of those men who are always ' lnder A c,i65::,d, always in debt. There was S lo swindle at all. SS"n will yet see us get C UT money back" And with this g lowing ssurance. NIT. ONeill subsided.