The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-03-21
A Kick" from the Bluff.

T.C. Merrill, of the mineral land com
mittee, is in receipt ofa letter from J.J.
Lown, of Red Buff in which he says:
wish to give you brief history OF
section 7, township 3, south range east,
in which the town of Red Bluff is situa.
ted. There are locations made of two
quartz mines on three sides of this town,
north, east and west. Miners are at
work on these mines now, improving
and developing the same, and have been
for years. On the mines located in this
section where the town of Red Bluff is
there have been thousands of dollars ex-
pended in their development and at the
present time r. H. Foster, James Nun
eies, Gannis & Co., and many more are
at work on these quartz mines..and have
been for years. Some of these mines
are located in town and the Mills back of
town are nearly covered with locations.
Many of these mines look very flattering
and the owners are delighted and pleased
with the prospect already obtained and
value them very much.
Of all these mines located and situated
in section I, not one is patented or sur
veyed, and this very section Judge
Henry n Blake has bought and holds a
deed from the Northern Pacific railroad
and the same is recorded in the Madison
county recorders office. The Northern
Pacific had an expert here some two OF
three years ago, and he could not help
seeing the locations and development ol
the mines in this section.
Judge Blake told me himself that he
was looking after the interest of the
Northern Pacific in this. county. He
furthermore told me he would "show
them who owns the ground where tht
town is when get ready" These were
his words to me.
MR.. BLAKE SPEAKS.
In reply to the above Mr.. Blake, In ,
letter to the Independent, says:
In May, 1887, under feeling, which
is correctly expressed by the legal term
duress, purchased "said land" whicl
I did not wish, in order to secure trac
that 7 had improved. To the best c
my knowledge, l have not in any wa
requested him to buy any interest in tn
property which he describes. On tn
contrary, have always disclaimed, an
in this public manner do again disclair
all rights to any lead, load, or ledg'
bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, til
copper, or other valuable deposits, ,"whic
has been discovered within the bouni
aries of the purchase. And if any pro-
pector shall hereafter find upon my pr
misses mineral land of this character,
will cheerfully execute, without cor
) pensation, and document to remoN
, therefrom the cloud of my title. a
anxious to preserve All investment tn
/ is remote from the home of Mr. Foster.
"only this, and nothing more"
e have more wealth buried in the ear
than desire, and do not covet the h:
den treasure of my neighbor.
% You also write that the affidavit
Mr.. Foster is certified to by persons vi
Il are named. have not spoken to the
PARTIES upon this subject, and you ha
probably misunderstood their testimo
~ affecting me.
IL regret to observe your remark ii
this affidavit twill give an idea of
at general tenor of some ofthe certificate
!, trust that this production is not
test of the work which is being done
ic the contribution of $4,000, solicited
the Citizen's Mineral Land Association
'e HENRY n. BLAKE