The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-18

Yesterday The Herald stated that
four different persons were doing as
sessment work on the Brickyard, all of
whom were of the opinion, or claimed
to be, that they had a legal right to
the group. This paper was right in
this as far as three Of the parties were
concerned, but misinforned concerning
eX-Councflman Lawson, of this city,
who, it was stated, had put a. force of
thirty men at work on the property,
wham in fact, this gentleman WAS do
ing the assessment work on another
group adjoining the Brickyard prop
9pty.
z On the Br,ickyard three contrasting
PARTIES are performing assessment
work, viz: Airis and Dern, Colonel 4.
A Wah, and the Viking people, and
as far ais assessment work Is concern
ed, the Brickyard has received "a gem
erous dose, and if the work had been
concentrated and performed haunlonh-
pusly, there is no doubt but that a
body of ore would have crowned the
combined efforts of the three contest
ants, but as it was segregated and per-
formed at three separate places, three
lsa-fOot shafts or tunnels viii bear
HprOductiVe testimony OF the STRIFE
Satween the claimants for the prop
arty. and as to who were right, ana
who We're wrong in the premises. As
it is, work is going on right nerrl4y,
each claimant being conf1dellt tfldt Nus
cause will in the end prove TO be just
MIR. Aaris says that he feels NO appre-
hension as to the result, and that ne
is inst as we'll satisfied of the outcome
as if THE decision of the courts was
even now deposited snugly in his inside
pocket.
Regarding ex-Councilman Lawson.
there is no flies on him. NOR Would
there be if this were the hottest Gays
in July. for though rather tardy IN ms
movements, he has gained his point,
tlZrer though his time of grace had
dwfndled from six monts time GOWN
to three days.
MIR Lawson had a bond on a group
of five claims adjoining the Hecla ON
che north. owned by a. +. FOX amd j.
I PHake. in AIercur, Camp Floyd dls-
trict. The terms of this option were were
that Mr.. Lawson was to perform sl,UoO
worth of work in a shaft before the
75th f,av of December, 1895, but this
Frentyenran was dilatory in his move
Tnents. and did not arrive ON the scene
OF action until December Il. He FOUND
THAT several parties We're on the GROUND
waiting for his option to expire tnrouS II
a, failure ON his part to perform the
1,7orK. and it looked for time as Il a
iaicy. tempting plum was about 10
slim through his fingers to be snapped
mn bv a waiting and expectant crowd
vof capitalists and investors; OUT ms
NERVE did net desert him, and with a
a471R that can only be acquired by a
fo1nciIu,an, he quickly figured on ms
resources. and gathering a force Oh
iS2 men, started out to do a thousand
,7,ol1ars of assessment work III three
DAYS With these he began Work ANA
sl,,s claims presented a. picture OF men
at work as if in a potato field with IN
,Iftcani,ons of a heavy freeze the coming
800 and there is no doubt but that
&, the three days GRACE the w'ho9e sur
faca of the five cfaGrrls would nave p5eil
di,e mn to the tune of a thousand aoi-
1arSS l13a not Mr.. Fox, being opposed 70
seeing his property as fun OF holgs as
c.leiaTe. made a. concession TO MT Law
y and extended the time in wh1ch 10
~ the work in a rniner-hke ana WORK
117am1iJ7e MANNER. By this aofe coup
d,a+at Mr.. Lawson saved hlmsel1' ana
4'he property, which is consideTeQ aS
o,,a Of the most valuable undeveI2Q'eu
er9uTos in that locality