Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-08-18
B. L. SMITH, RECEIVER
District Court Asked to Con-
firm his Appointment as
Receiver for the
wzAiEN CONSOLIDATED MINING co.
Complaint Sets up the Surpris-
ing Value of the. Com
pany's Property.

Attorney George s. Brown OF Elko
arrived In Eureka by Thursdays train
O at once filed in the District Court
the papers in the case OF William
Whalen, George VIM. Leighton, Jen-
ME Richardson Leighton, Walter Jew
EFT, Maggie belong, James Boer, Min
ME W. Dickinson, John w. Gibbs. d.
l.. Staples and f. r. Ferguson, plain
tifs, against The Whalen Consolidated
Copper Mining Company, Thos. G.
Stephens, Charles Lay, Harry L.
Muma. George S. Bowen, P. G. Cow
ling, c. Edward Sayre, E. A. Baldwin,
]. G. Mcmillan, G. III. Brennan, John
IL. Miller and NJ. Mack Stephens, de-
PENDANTS.
The complaint sets forth that the
company is duly incorporated under
the laws Of the State of Illinois. and
charges the defendants with having
conspired to destroy the standing OF
the company and with having at
tempted to convert to their W use
the money and property belonging to
the corporation. The complaint goes
on to say that the mining claims in
controversy are located on the west
slope of Sulphur mountain range,
within five miles of Alpha Station 10
Nevada; that the base OF said noun
tain where said claims are located is
overlaid with massive beds OF strait
fed limestone, and that said limestone
is highly mineralized. with true assure
veins running parallel across them.
The complaint further sets forth that
prior to the commission of any wrong
ful act On the part Of the defendants
as officers of the company, the said
company had expended large sums OF
money in exploring for, locating and
discovering the existence, character
and value OF the ore bodies upon said
mining claims, and had shown and
developed the existence of at least two
true fssure veins running parallel with
each other northerly and southerly
across said mining claims a distance
OF at least 5000 feet each, each pos
sessed Of regular foot and banging
walls and extending downwards at an
angle Of ~forty-five degrees, increasing
in width as they descend, the westerly
vein being at least "a feet wide at a
depth OF 400 feet below the surface,
and the easterly vein being at least 4
feet wide at a depth of 40 feet.
That each of said veins contains
quantities Of ore composed OF carbon
ates and oxides Of copper with silver
and gold in a matrix OF carbonate Of
lime and oxide of iron, which forms a
fine. free, fuxing mixture, from which
the copper and other valuable miner
ais may be extracted by the simplest
and most inexpensive methods.
That said ores carry from rs to so
per cent copper, or an average OF
not less than IS per cent, besides
considerable quantities of silver and
gold, constantly increasing in richness
as the development of said assure
veins is extended downward.
1t is charged that Harry L. Muma,
now in charge Of the mines, at the in
stance and by the procurement of
the defendants. has filed up the
greater portion Of the shaft upon the
Copper Nut mine, thus preventing
the extension of said shaft downward
and the mining and removing of ore
therefrom at any point below the
FIRST 25 feet from the mouth of the
shaft, to the great loss and injury Of
the company.
The District Court is now asked to
confirm the appointment Of Bert L.
Smith of Eureka as temporary re-
ceiver for the benefit and protection
Of the company, and all its stock
holders, and Judge Fitzgerald will
hear the application on Wednesday
OF next week.
The capital stock Of the Whalen
Consolidated Mining Company is
81 $500, 900. divided into 100000 shares
Of $25 each.
J. d. Springer of Chicago, and
Brown & Henderson of Elko are the
attorneys for the plaintiffs.