Arizona daily citizen., 1901-12-05

from the Utica mine OF Angels Cam
and who developed and gathered adj
dltional millions from the l.ightcncr
the Sickle. the Gold Iiili ana Other
famous properties. are not the sori
to whom any one would try To sell @
salted mine Neither is w G Greene
so verdant as his name might imply
He is admittedly one OF the shrewdcs'
mining operators in the Southwest
And yet the Greene combination has
abandoned the Mexican coal fields
and confesscs that the enterprise IL
not worth pursuing further. The Hay
ward lane Eagan aggregation show no
disposition to accept this verdict and
Is going right ahead. unhampered now
by vexatious litigation or bands ot
vaqueros. They are ioyfully preparing
tn spend more money instead of CIV
ing up the fight And tanother pecu-
liar fact, If you plasel while Mr..
Greene has apparently abandoned the
coal fields. he Is stil vigorously push
| ing the construction of that railroad.
| from the coast Of GuaymaS. through
| the problematic coal country Ia his
! copper mines at fananca
| The fight just terminated II il real
| Is be terminated wag the worst of
tho many that have made history pf
| the Johnson grant remarkable. The
confused mineral laws Of the country
made the fight possible In 1872 tho
| State Of Sonora declared that II had
| the power TO make grants Of mineral
without reference to the ownership
Of the soil Ia the following year the
| Federal Government decided that tho
various states had no power IN MAKE
grants. and declared the owner OF the
ground ia be ALSO the owner of any
mineral that lay hidden under the sur,
face, General Eagan and his baCkern
purchased from the State Of sonora
. the mineral rights Ia the johnson
lands. paying the sum Of s2S 900
Greene secured the Johnson title.
under the Federal decision, and then
the fun commenced
The Greene faction secured posses
sion first Eagan promptly went into
the courts of the district and had
Grernn'S einisaarirs declared frcspassy
eTs The Arizona man retaliated by
similar move before another ronTt
and the Eaean party was forced Ia
retire from the disputed field l;s
this time both sides had machinery
on the ground prepared 40 rush deye
lUpmeni Grccur expense for this
item at the start was $40 D1ti He also
commenced 10 survey for railroad IA
run from Nsru. Arizona to La Cana
Dea thence to San Mafciai ~nere the
Johnson land r. ailuated and thence
s., fa Ag. Ftaas ut 4 Ets
tnnce ~ 400 miles
Eagan went 20 Guaymas aud secnr-
ed tho backing of the local judge the
Preiert of the district and the Pre-
Sidente ol the town, Johnson. r G.
F"nner. mining approximations for
Greene, and their cohorts in possses-
sion of the ianas Rere hauled into
court, and with them out of the way
the Eaean outfit. with armed Mexie-
an lahoreFs. re,ook possession Bat
this hy no means ended the trouble.
A band Of Greene'S cowboys was dis
pats he'd to the scene and after an all
night ride. drove OF Eagan followers.
While diplomat from the Greene
camp vas persuaaing tho local Judge
that the copper magpato was the soic
and rightfnl owner Of tho land and all
beneath Al went smooth for Greene
for little time. but about week the
tide turned the other way In some
manner Eagan interested the Federal
Government Of Mexico in the fight and
upon representation being made that
the peace and dignity of tho State we're
being disturbed Government troops
were sent til San Marciei According
to adVices from Mexico they reinstated
the EaGan party on the Johnson grant.
and then, after some more "diplo-
macy. fired the Eaganites and restor-
ed the representatives of Greene II
was seesaw proposition all the way
through, first one side. then the other
gaining the advantage.
Only recently Johnson and Fenner
were gathered in by Mexican rurales, /
who found them away from their
friends and carried them OFF TO jail
at Guaymas, The arrest of Johnson
and Fcnner was an unexpected /
move by the Hayward Lane Eagan
contingent
On the same day that the Mexican
land owner and the American mining
expert were clapped into the bastilc.
this message was flashed over the
wire from Eicrmosillo to San Fran
cisco.
Superintendent reports shaft clear
through and mine worthless
And this may or may not be the
end OF the famous fight for the John
son coal fields