Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-12
THE LAW OF the APEX.

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There was . miner In the West,
And truly wise was he;
Hia head II was the leveiest
That ever you did sec.
Now he had found . silver ledge
Outcropping to the view;
And down he sat upon its edge,
To muse what he should do.
This tnotty question 10 decide,
1t was no JOKE. because
HIS reading had been deep and wide
In all the mining laws.
The coast Of his experience showed
Full many . gallant ship
WEscksd on those dangerous rocks. the Lcds.
The Apex. aud the Dip.
Quoth he unto himself. "Now, Jim.
You ain't no saint. I fear;
But you just foll-r that old ymn,
An make your title clear T.
Descending from the summit lone,
He sought. that miner keen.
Three friends. Hans Breitmann. Mike Nahone
And e. Mcclellan Green.
With them he shaped his willy plan;
Locat ons three they made:
And 10 the claim Of every man
Across the rest was laid.
First, Breitmann claimed mineral vein
According to the strike
But oven this was ., read again
The placer.cl1iM Of Nike:
And. pointing with skillful aim
To where the ore was se. n,
Appeared tn, danger ou> tuunei.claim
VI g. Mcclellan Green.
Then in ejectment ike brought suit
T" make Hans Bre t,uann Quit
land some revolver> they did shoot,
But nobody was hit.
The LAWYERS they explained the law,
The experts made tine facts.
The Judges they said "hum p and "haw r.
And quoted various acts.
The jury found against Malone,
And he retired serene;
While lians WAS lett to pick . bone
With q. Mcclellan Green.
This time. the fight was harder yet:
lnjulctions filled the air:
Old stakes wtre moved: new stakes were set.
Bold witnesses did swear.
model Tor ona side displayed
The mine In minim size:
The other side model made,
Which looked quite otherwise
The experts brought their biggest books.
To make the battle no ter
Dana, lie )onte. be Beaumont Jukes,
Bischot. Grimm. Grodueck. Gotta,
Gaetzschmann. Posepny Jenney. Lyell
Newnerry. Whitney King
Sandberger-and in short, q pile
VI almost every thing.
Stenographers too down the case.
And IN de their talent felt
In jareon written out OF place,
And proper names nisspslt.
To try it without jury's sid
Both parties did agree;
Because jury cant be paid
With contingent fee.
At last twas over; and the judge
Declared his final mind:
he thought the science mostly fudge;
The models. very blind!
He said that he had seldom heard
Such learned counsel speak
CThough plaintiff counsel was absurd.
Because his cause was weak)i
In short. he gave to Hans the case.
And surely ne'er was seen
calmer man III his disgrace
Than a. Mcclellan Green.
With Mike and Hans that night he met
The If common p partner jim.
"Old boy, we've fixed 1t now, you bet r.
Each partner said to him.
And when We want g. stake our land.
And own II W thout fuss,
Wen come to you. to take band,
And do Is mNch for ~ r
Experts and lawyers. paid in shares,
Soon looked exceeding grim;
For lIans hiss n sde, all unxwares
previous deed to Jim
30 thus the prudent miner got
A tie without flaw,
In SPIT, Of every puzzling spot
That marks the mining law
True. when they came to work the claim,
Inc ore soon petered nut
And nothing hut the silvery name
Showed 81. ver Was about
But ere that ii ne, the famous suit
Had Drought the niihe rcuVwn-
Jim sold 1t to Tendtrf,pot,
And got his money down
N. Y. Engineering aud Mining Journal.