Weekly Phoenix herald., 1885-04-02
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 Cave Creek of which there seemed evidence Tn a posse of some nineteen armed men hastily preparing for a trip into that district.
 Numerous rumors were afoat some ot which were highly colsred, but as near as we have been able to get al the facts in the case, they were about as follows:
 The Phoenix mine, on.Cave Creek, IS owned by Messrs Seymour and Todd, the former one of the owners of the Vulture mine, aLd the latter until very recently, legal agent and superintendent Of that mIne. Messrs Seymour and Todd have kept small force of men on inc mine steadily developing it and taking out ore in sne work which fer the purpose of testing and further 10 help pay ex< pcnses, has been worked at the mil of the Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company. The rock proves very fine and it is well known fact that there is aa immense amount of it in the <]hoenix, and it seems the Golden Fleece Company conceived the the idea of getting onto 1t, and ly a series of complicated moves did get some claim upon it, the exact nature of which we are unacquaint> ed. MT. W. H. Thomas was in charge of the mine for the Central Arizona Company, as we understand it, and in order to head off the claim Of the adverse company, got out an attachment on it and Wfs appointed Deputy Sheriff Tn charge of the property. Of course when demand was made upon him for the possess ion of the mine he refused as officer ofr The law to give possession sn1 the result was that on "Wednesday nigh eight armed men from the claimants took forcable possession of the mine and works about it, even driving Thomas and his family, as we hear the story, out of his cabin Thomas immediately ca ne 10 town and put himself in communication with the principal owners, MT. Seymour, of New York, and MT. Todd, and the result WAS telegram to hold the mine at any cost And in conse. ouesce Mr. Thomas galhe . sIfif slIff started for the mine yesterday evening about sun down. The or- kposing parties here. it seems, had a etch set on their movements and
 before the posse left, despatched HcourIer to the mine on horseback Ito apprise those holding it of the approaching force.
 The mine is really one of the most valuable in the territory, and the gentlemen who own it contemplated putting q mill upon it within the next month or two. We are sorry to see 1t fall into trouble. However, there Is not much showing for liti> gation concerning title, and the matt ter of the claim of right to work the mine by the adverse company will doubtless be settled without much litigation
 Since the above was written we nave the following additional infor- nation:
 IT WOULDN'T WORK.
 The foregoing was written last night from rumors that were af1oat yesterday that an armed force, con- sisting of Gap" Hi Mcdonald, Johnny Agard and several others, had been dispatched 10 take possess sion of and hold at all hazard the Phoenix mine at Cave Creek for Thomas & Co.
 The reporter of the HERALD upon further investigation to>day and the 1 arrival of courier from the mine 1 today, finds about the following to be the orIgine and grand finale ofthe l ghole scheme: The Phoenlx mine having devel- ] bed into something paying a short me since, several parties have had l peir eye on it. One branch of these .rties litigant were at loss to get | any kind of possession of the inc, So they hunted up snperan- led claim of Wm. B. Hooper 6 Ghich, as we are informed, has
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