Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-01-28


Melville, then Mr.. King. After this
they all adjourned to the directors
room, and in few minutes the others
were present.
"Now," said Longworth, 'as we are
all here, do not see any necessity for
delay. You have probably read the
article that appeared in this mornings
Financial Field. Mr.. Kenyon has writ
ten statement in relation to that which
gives the full particulars of the inside
of very disreputable piece of business,
1t was merely an attempt ut black
mailing which failed. l intended to
have had the ST. tement read TO you,
but we thought it best 10 get it off as
quickly as possible, and it will appear
tomorrow in the Financial Eagle,
where, l hope, you will read it. Now,
Mr.. Kenyon, perhaps you will tell us
something about the mine"
Kenyon, like many men of worth and
not of words, was very poor speaker.
He seemed confused, and was often lit
tie obscure in his remarks, but he was
listened to with great attention by those
present. He was helped here and there
by judicious question from young
Longworth, and when he sat down the
impression was not so bad as might
have been expected. After a moments
silence it was Mr.. King who spoke.
"As / take it," he said, ''all we wish
to know is this: Is the mine what il
is represented to be? Is the mineral
II l.,
dicated? Is there q sufficient guam
tity of that mineral in the mountain he
speaks of to make it worth while to
organize this company? 1t seems to
me that this can only be answered by
some practical man going out there
and seeing the mine for himself. Mr.
Melville is, l understand, a practical!
man. If he has the time to spare, |
would propose that he should go to
America, see this mine and report"
Another person asked when the option
on the the mine ran out This was
answered by young I,ongworth, who
said that the person who went over
and reported on the mine could cable
the word right" or ''wrong;" then
in getting up the lis: of subscribers.
Il suppose" said another, that in
case of delay there would be no trouble
in renewing the option for a month or
two?"
To this Kenyon replied that he did
not know. The owners might put Il
higher price on the property, or the
mine might be producing more mica
than it had been heretofore, and they
perhaps might not he inclined to sell
lie thought that things should be ar
ranged so that there would be no ne
cessity of asking for an extension
of the option, and to this they all
agreed.
Melville then said he had no objec-
tion TO taking trip TO Canada. twas
merely II question of the amount of
the mineral in sight, and he thought he
could determine that as well as any
body else. And so the matter was about
to be settled, when young Longworth
rose, and said that he was perfectly
willing to 20 to Canada himself, in
company with Mr.. Melville, and that
he would pay all his own expenses, and
give them the benefit of his opinion as
well. This was received with applause,
and the meeting terminated. Long
worth shook hands with Kenyon and
Wentworth.
eve win sail by the first steamer"
he said, "and, as / may not see you
again, you might write me letter of
introduction to Mr.. Won Brent, and tell
him that / am acting for you in this
affair. That win make matters smooth
in getting the extension OF the option,
&c IL should he nccessnrY"