Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-12-07

at once commenced to operate the
mines of the Wild Goose company.
I'm the case of Comtois VS.. Ander-
son this property was operated on a
lay which had been given by the de-
PENDANTS before the appointment of a
receiver. In the states a lay would
mean a contract-say 60 per cent of
the gold extracted going to the defend
ant and 40 per cent to the men doing
the work.
After looking over the ground Nc
kenzie considered the contract a fair
one to both sides, and induced plain
tltfs to have the work continued under
this contract. In relation to the Pho
neer Mining company, pending the ap-
pointment of a permanent receiver.
they closed down their property, but
upon taking into consideration the
shortness of the season for mining
purposes they decided a few days later
to have the claim worked until the
court had rendered it's final decision.
THE court, upon a stipulation by
the attorney both for the plaintiff and
the defendant, designated the Alaska
Bank and Safe Deposit company as a
safe and proper place to have gold de-
posted by the receiver, and no gold
was to be sold or removed without an
order from the court. 1t was also at
all times subject to the inspection and
supervision of the court.
Before he extracted any gold from
the ground the receiver was compelled
to give a bond of $1,000 in claim No.
!, the Nik-Kala Gulch; $1,000 in No.
I'D. Anvil Creek, and $1,000 in No. >,
below on Anvil, all owned by the Wild
Goose Mining company.
THE total amount of gold sold py
order of the court 70" expenses on ac-
count of these properties was $4,000.
In the Comtois VS.. Anderson case the
receivers bond was $1,000, and but
$500 worth Of gold was sold. McKen-
zie's bond was subsequently increased
to $4,000 as the work progressed on
the claim. For the properties of the
Pioneer Mining company a $1,000 bond
vas at first required, which was after
ward increased to 100000.
THE total amount of gold sold to
defray expenses was $4,000.
1T car be truthfully stated that Mr..
Mckenzie operated the claims cheaper
than their owners. which can be sub
stantiated by the company's own
statement. More than half OF the
gold taken out Of the claims did not
cost to exceed 1G per cent, and he
made pay handsomely all of the prop
erty worked by him. He took advan-
tage of the continued daylight during
the. summer months, utilized all the
available water to the best advantage,
hired the most skilled labor obtainable
and together with the excellent bus
mess methods adopted, secured the
best possible results. In fact, MI. Nc
kenzie's expense account was used as
a basis for settlement of Receiver
Bakers account by the very attorneys
who had been so aggressive in thcil
fight against Judge Noyes and Re-
ceiver Mckenzie.
The feeling in Nome was SO intens,
against the plaintiffs that there were
many obstacles thrown in Mckenzie's
way which he had to overcome in the
operation of the claims. In fact
throughout the entire summer. threats
of assassination were made both
against the court and receiver by an.
onymous letters and in divers othcl
indirect ways.
detectives were employed by tn,
mining companies to shadow caves
choppers in the rope Of gaining some
information which could be uset
against either OF the above officials fol-
the purpose of having them removed
The defendants applied to the cir.
cult court of appeals for a supersedeas
and upon the arrival of same from
San Francisco, about Sept. II, Mr.. Nc.
henzie was in the bank %transactins
business, and while there the doors Of
that institution were closed by one OF
an armed gang Of % men, who haG
evidently been sent there under orders
One OF these paid hirelings approached
Mckenzie and demanded that he re.
main there, as they had papers tt
serve on him. The latter replied:
If you have papers serve them The
mans reply was: You wait unit
they come To this Mckenzie said:
4 am an American citizen, have bus.
mess to attend to and must go
Gle then edged his way through the
crowd and forcibly opening the door
made his exit. After reaching the
outside the supersedeas was seryat
upon him by the United States mar
shall. Mckenzie then went to his
office, and shortly after Attorney;
Nelson, Jackson, Fink, Johnson