The herald., 1897-03-25

| Bear Valley system intend to carry theil
| case to the court of highest resort Il
| necessary to obtain what they claim t,
be justice. The meeting held Monday
| night was we'll attended.
| The people Of this section are very
we'll satisfied with the amount OF rain
to date and are perfectly willing for a
month of sunshine.
Frank H. Carpenter and Mrs. Patton
who own the two lots south of the old
Nance block, are building a one-story
brick building on the same.
The new and elegant fittings for the
postoffice are being placed by H. j. Per
ley, and soon Perris Will have post
office with all the modern improvements.
Father Mccarthy, OF Riverside, held
mass here Sunday. There was a large
attendance.
Druggist Leman, one of the merchants
burned out in the late fire, is preparing
to build as soon as he is sure the weather
is settled.
Patterson, Jr., were in Riverside yes
terday.
1t has been several months since any
thing has been said about the old Good
Hope mine, which in days gone by oc-
cupied so much attention in mining cir
cles and produced so much Of the yell
low metal. A visit of your correspon-
dent to this famous mine tells the story
of but little being said of the property.
In the first place. Morse, Griffith and
Egan completely wrecked the prop
erty in the eighteen months in which
they had control of 1t, after, with others,
purchasing 1t of J. NJ. Sigafus in 1894.
for S450,000. The trouble was that the
parties to. the transaction started in On
stealing from each other and let the
mine run itself. Men now in the mine
xxT1 n ava ArI-t tt,er ,rf,, hN
Morse Griffith -Egan regime say that
they would work for weeks underground
without a foreman ever coming near
them, and as a natural consequence
would take rock easiest to be obtained
without regard to its value to make the
necessary amount for their work and
hold their jobs. In this way the slopes
and levels going off to the right and
left of the main level were completely
filled up with debris. The mine, under
this management failed to pay. natural
ly, and finally went into the hands of a
receiver and then into the possession OF
Henry Il. johnson, an eastern capitalist
who now has ]. NJ. Sigafus. the fc>mer
owner of the mine. as superintendent.
Mr.. Sigafus says that not less than $780,
900 damage was done the mine while
the combination was conducting it.
There are large bodies of ore which 1t
will be necessary to run a new level at
much expense to get at.
Griffith and George II. Maxwell, of
Los Angeles. negotiated the eale of the
mine for Mr.. Sigafus. Mr.. Egan. who
has since died, was sent here by the
eastern capitalists at a big salary as
their expert to examine the property
He entered into a combination with
Griffith TO put $3.50, 900 onto the actual
price they could purchase the mine for
and take the amount in stock. Griffith
refused to pay Maxwell his proportion
of the commission for negotiating the
sale of the mine and brought suit to
compel a division. This and other liti-
cation brought out the true inwardness
of the work of Griffith and Egan. and
the crooked work they were doing.
Meanwhile the mine was being wrecked
by the non-attention to details.
That the mine is valuable property