Arizona republican., 1901-06-18


 called the Emma" and the Gold" Just after this was supposed to have occurred, along comes Al Weisling and Dan Genung over the old Roarke trail from the Box canyon to Wicken- burg, 1t leading right by what is now the Orc Grande shaft. About this time the gold strika made by George White had been announced and this claim looked pretty good to them, so they put on a notice about March lst, 1900, and instead of doing the work, they appreciated the value of the lead pencil as a labor-saving device and came back on June lst, 1900, and chang, the names and dates.
 This ran until September first, dur ing which time Mir. Weising went to stanton, and after the time was up, he tried to induce MT. George B. Upton and E. O. Hatfield to go down with him to see the property. which they did on December 1900. having come down in this section to look at a cop per property belonging to James Nun chus. Mir. Upton having in view the in tention of placing it while east a trip he expected to make shortly. At this time he was operating at stanton for the Mountain Side Mining company with MT. Hatfield in charge of the work. When they reached the prop erty, now belonging to the Orc Grande company, they looked the ground over very carefully, and could find abso- lutely no trace of work done in recent years or any notices of location. ex- cept the ones posted and used for six months by Weis'ing and Genung. So notices were placed on the property and Mr. Weising returned to Stanton for a prospecting outfit that Messrs. Upton and Hatfield furnished him. as well as man to help with the work.
 About this time Mir Upton went east and intended to dispose of the property, as he had a customer for a small developing proposition and he thought the showing as a copper prop osition, would justify their taking hold. During this time Mir. Hatfield remained at stanton and took occa sional trips down to the new claims. Mir Upton was compelled to return sooner than he expected, and in the limited time. dId not do anything with the property. On his return he felt that he could not afford 10 carry on development. having large holdings on Rich Hill. so rather than let the property lay idle, as it had for years, he took the matter up with G. F. Lamb, of Clinton, Ia., and after ward entered into contract with him. whereby he U.amb) was to get con trol Of the property and furnish money Tor its development. which he did.
 At this time the property was not considered of more value than a pros pect, and not an extra good one at that. and as more of an inducement to MT. Lamb than a desire to do so. they put in the agreement when it was drawn up, that they would take stock instead of cash for their parts, thereby allowing MT. Lamb to organize the company, acquire title and do a little development work without a very great outlay of cash, as it did not ap- pear at that time that it would justify 1 extensive work. People now go up to the Orc Grande and find MT. Upton feeling good. and Mir. Hatfield smiling and congratulate them on their find, but it must be said that it was MT. Lambs money that made the mine, showing that good judgment linked with capital made Gro Grande possi- ble in Arizona. of whose vast resources so little is known.
 Mir. Upton, when asked what effsct the impending litigation would have on the working of the property, said none. The Gro Grande Mining com pany will soon have to keep tracI. of their eases by number.
 short time ago, when MT. Lamb was out, he expressed his disgust for the way one was hampered, and noth- ing short of property like the Orc Grande now is. could induce him tn spend money on it. and he even sug- | gested closing down and doing abso- lutely nothing until such time as they could go ahead without annoyances which they now have to contend with. | In order to effect the deal MT. Upton bonded the Weislng interest for sS,3 3S3 on December 14 1900. and assigned the same to G. F.. Lamb on January 3 | 1901. Mr. Lamb refused to take it uI at that price. and took a new bond from Weisling on January 3rd, for | S2, 666.66. and had the deed placed in escrow in Prescott National bank. talk | ing it out March IS, 1901. In December ! last, after the camp was established came R. w. Boxter claiming the prop