The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-12
ENMkShED IN LITIGATION.
Great TangIe of Conflicting. Inter-
ests In Nome Mining
PrOuertfrs.

Special Correspondence Post-Intelligencer
NOME. Aug. 1.-THE most important
local correspondence Of the last week Is
an action instituted yesterday in the DIS
trict court involving most OF the de-
veloped properties In this district. Suit
Is entered by II l.. Blake, Chris Kim
Hageln, John Boynteson. n. o. Holtberg
and r.. o, Lindblom. defendants. The
plaintiffs claim a one-sixteenth interest
In all the holdings of the defendants. on
the score that they were partners.
The story as taken from the complaint
is that Blake, Kimber and Porter and
Hagelin. Holtberg and Boynteson enter
cd into prospectors' partnership at
Chinik, Golovin bay. July is. 1895. Sub
seduently the partners came to Nome and
discovered gold. but owing TO the late
visions. they returned 20 Chinik with
out stalking. They agreed, II Is alleged
not to divulge the secret of their dis
coveries until they could return and
Haselin. Holtberg and Boynteson, 1t is
claimed, In spite of this agreement. i'm
parted the secret to f. o. hndblom and
Jafct Lindeberg, who returned 10 Nome
IN company with Bnynteson and Hage-
lin. and staked valuable properties
The claims affected by the case are
described as follows: Discovery claim, on
Anvil: Nos. |, 2. and above discovery
and No ! below on Anvil; No. on Dex-
ter and Nos. and above discovery on
on Rock creek: Nos 4 and above Dis
covery on Dry creek: Nos 1. and
above Discovery on Snow gufch; No
on Gazier creek: No. 2 on Bowlder
creek. Nos. and ON Little creek; No.
above Discovery on Sanders creek No.
above Discovery on Mountain creek;
ain creek. No. on Blur creek; No. |
on Blum gulch; No, on Penny river;
No. on Quartz creek; No 3 on Rodney
creek; No. on Polk gulch; No on
Gordon creek: the Lindblom claim on
findblom creek; the No. LIndbIom
claim on Newton gulch: the Lindblom
claim on Mountain creek: the Mountain
claim on Arctic creek. and a claim on
Bowhead creek.
As several OF these claims are already
In litigation. the situation Is entangled
almost beyond unraveiing hy the new
suit. Take the discovery claim on An
VII creek for example. A receiver was
appointed Tor II on the ex parte motion
stephenson, cousin of Lindeherg. filed
suit Tor the same property. and now A
,hirI Application for receiver IS filed on
bN Hiake. kimher and Porter These
three cases will have 10 be disposed OF.
one nv one, each being prosecuted with
AL the visor of lawyers working on
enormous contingent, fees For wears 10
come Monies output OF gold promises
To- be tied up In the hands OF receivers.
Municipal Incorporation stiii hangs fire
Numerous citsEcrs meetings have been
held at which resolutions fovoring in
corporation have been adopted and Judge
Moves has promised to expedite matters
The campaign promises TO be brief but
inrid. There ara the usual city officers
To be elected and seven aldermen since
none who have not been In the country
one year can vote the newly. established
business houses are very much out OF a.
They are very much Interested In the re-
suit ~ an election here. yet are practical.
~ powerieSs.
The weather lust now ~ very chauSeahle
and every other person one meets % suf-
fering from a severe cold one dav n
rains, the next we are treated 10 a hItr-
gard and on the third out comes the sun
This Ia the time ~ year when d~tirnerS
say one must look out for typhoid fever
pneumonia and The other liza that aesh
is heir 20 In this part 81 tho world A
siCkening green slime Ia forming on tho
tundra pools and when the sun comes
cut strong foul vapor arises every.
where that envelops one almost like a
heavy fog The nights are getting quite
cold and there are many Indications ~ the
approaching cold season In fact There
seetns e. D. every reason for predicting
an unusually short npsn season fhl.
year CHARLES T, BURNETT.