Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-18
SUIT FOR A MILLION.
EUREKs Gov. MINING COMPANY
TnE DESCENDANT.
kieupfer brothers Claim owner.
ship Of the Mine ore Dump and
Demand n Return OF the Amount
Extracted I'm Bullion rhercfrom.

Demand n Return OF the Amount
Extracted I'm Bullion rherefrom.
Virginia Chronicle. August Is.
Papers are now being prepared pre-
liminary to a suit to be brought in the
District Court Of Eureka County en-
titled Kleupfer Brothers vs.. Eureka
Consolidated Mining Company.
Plaintiffs claim that on a certain
date they acquired title by purchase to
all of the ore and other material then
on the dump at the Eureka Consoli-
dated mine at Eureka, Nevada, and
that the Eureka Consolidated Mining
Company, through its agents, has un-
lawfully removed large quantities OF
the ore included in the purchase from
the dump, extracted a large sum in
bullion therefrom and converted it to
the use of the Eureka Consolidated
Mining Company.
AN ACCOUNTING DEMANDED.
Plaintiffs demand an accounting Of
the amount Of bullion realized from
the ore alleged to have been unlaw-
fully removed from the Eureka Con-
solidated dump to which plaintiffs
claim absolute title. Colonel M. N.
Stone is attorney for the Kleupfer
Brothers and is now preparing the
papers preliminary to entering suit
against the company.
IDENTITY OF PLAINTIFFS.
The Kleupfer Brothers are well
known on the Comstock, where they
resided for many years. There were
originally four of them-Frederick,
Charles, Emil and Louis, the latter
since dead.
HISTORY OF II PURCHASE.
The purchase of the Eureka Con.
ore dump was made by the brothers
many years age. Soon after acquir-
ing title to it they had some Of the
ore worked and O satisfactory return
in bullion resulted. Meeting with
financial reverses soon after, the
brothers abandoned the working Of
the ore until they could acquire o
capital to operate by working at their
trade as masons.
PROOF OF II SALE.
The bullion realized from the ore al
legged to have been unlawfully removed
from the dump by the Eureka Consol-
idated Company and converted to its
use is estimated at from 500, 900 to
81, 800, 900.
The deed or bill OF sale of the ore
to the Kleupfer brothers is said to
have been destroyed in the disastrous
fire which laid the town Of Eureka in
ashes several years ago, but a record
of it is alleged to be extant on the
books at the office OF the Eureka Con.
Company in San Francisco.
As further proof, Joseph NJ. Doug
lass, the well-known capitalist. is said
to have indisputable proof of the sale,
the 5000 purchasing money in pay
ment for the title to the dump having
passed through his hands and receipts
therefor being now in his possession.
J. NJ. DOUGLASS BACKING THE SUIT.
Mr.. Douglass is backing the Kleup-
fer brothers in their suit and will give
bonds for any amount required
when the preliminary papers are
filed.
Notwithstanding the large amount
of ore alleged TO have been removed
from the dump by the Eureka Con.
Company, there still remains three
fourths OF the original quantity, which
it is estimated contains from two to
three millions in bullion that can be
proitably extracted. The fact that
such a careful financier as Mr.. Doug
+lass is backing the Ease is conclusive
evidence that the ore still in the dump
is Of great value and the chance of the
Kleupfer brothers proving their title
to it almost certain.
On account of the large sum in
volved this will rank as the most i'm
portant mining suit in the annals of
the Nevada Bar with the single excep-
ton OF that OF Bishop VS.. the Bonanza
firm, tried in the Supreme Court in
1876.