Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-17
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 ONE Harrington ,Blsuvelt for the past sevcrnf-yeers-s-resideBt ef -Rssas-snd Pinsl .cpupt,es, occupies 6 portion of bis kfsnt4t time. of which he sl- ways-hEs murh, 10 the ErItnE uf de- famstory arseihs oa ApEsns mines and Arizons,iae general. ,Hislstsst effort to obtain distiactiqa .ia this direction out heroe sSih bus previous e1ertlons. Blau- vsls's first, t,seees5spesz 1inr this country wss. asrss jn5 the eishIiss with the Rob- irssn,I ,Ifes.. st, Council Bluffs, Iowa, who owt,ad ssnd, pPeyatad several claims in the esSrss:eFslk,ss s district, notably the Gsnessl,Hsaspok, ID which claim Blsu- vs,tysu ok hs little pile of two hundred dsIlsTs,sana .oHt of which he expected to, nekeahis ;millions. Failing to do so he bsnsAe1.morose and sour and coul Esesha. Rsod in anything outside Of his own pocket and self. and this appears to hsSsc kecome the ruling passion Of his iiteSV On tbe inevitable closing up of the General Hancock he WAS gwen Tor s5O 6 course of ssssying by Prof. W. T.. Ricksrd, who at time had sn othce ID this city. Here for some time thereafter be made his home, but was eventually on account of the peculiarly noted-so Ricksrd told the Writer-foroed to lind sleeping quarters elsewhere. About this time appeared bis first detanistory sr- ticle, published in the Mining Review, and since that time they have appeared at irregular intervals without note by those who know him, being taken of them. Now, however. ss tine mining interests of the territory are beginning to assume better shape than for some time past, it IS we'll to note the snimus of his twaddle. Striving to ape Dr. Trippel. who in 6 short and concise ar tiele ID the Mining and Engineering Journal, cBlled attention to the sttempt- ed s1Indle of the Oak Grove group of mines, 6 group of mines which had no existence in fact. he wsutonly and false + ssssIls every legitimate mining en- terprise ID either of the above named oounties-of which other than name he had little or DO knowledge-wlth the single exception of the Silver King and the VeEel. To ssssll the character of the former would be to expose his lun- acy ard to attempt the latter would be at the price of hIs place, as he IS report ed 10 be there employed. But if all COWS for milking now come from Kan
 sss City and St Louis, few of them formerly came from Council Bluffs and Blauvelt did what he could to milk them. The pRrcelling out and selling of the fractional shares of the Hancock mine to the gullible of Council Bluffs, Wss among the most noted mining bwIn- dies of Pims county, and if Blsuvelt did not have share in the proceeds outside opinion is at fault; and again, if be did not, why did he sIt idly by and see others fieeced. The Hancock had enough victims to fill it's 90 foot shaft, rictims thst combined, would, living or dead, weigh more than the tons of ore extracted therefrom. But of this he says and has said nothing. Ar Blsuvelt like wise had 24th interest in the Tuba mine, s claim situated near the Han cock, aud out of which, fsirly good ore was taken-this ore our pessemistic friend sacked and scid, and there are among the stockholders, some of them mean enongh to say they were not con siiered ID on the proceeds, but of that We have DO defDIte knoaledge. We believe in eI posing fraud and will cbeer- fully use the columns Of the CITIZEN to that end. but We do not propose to see legitimate mining enterprises attacked and vilifed without rebuke. It MT. Blauvelt had been successful in further ing his own little scheme Le would probably have less to ssy about others.