The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-12-06
NEW TO-DAY.
TO The PUBLIC.

HhuheW Oeuiers was empO"oreu Uy tne Cff'
cult Court of Cook county at Chicago. I'LL.
nois, to proceed to Alpha, Eureka county,
Nevada, and perform the necessary assess
ment work on the claims Of the Whalen Con.
Copper Company, namely, 500 worth Of
work on each claim owned by said company,
as required by the provisions Of the United
States mining laws.
Seufert, who had no knowledge of mining,
either practical or otherwise-in fact, he adj
mitted at his trial in Eureka. on q criminal
charge, that he had never seen q mine came
out, as ordered by the Court, and proceeded
to perform the annual assessment work on
the company's claims for the year 1901.
II is my opinion that the Court Of Cook
county, Illinois, had no jurisdiction to ap-
point any one to manage or superintend the
company's property in Nevada.
When this alleged assessment work was
done by the Whalen Company for the year
1901, with Andrew Seufert in charge, the said
work foots up, at one running foot per day to
each man, $3.50 per foot, which one man
could easily run, as the ground was soft pick
ing; or, in other words, $3.50 per day per
man. One miner could do &c feet in Sc days.
in fact, he could do mole, as they did not
hoist their rock and waste to the surface, but
| left nearly all of it on the ground. One
miners wages for SO days work in running
this So feet would amount to S126. One
third of this sum should be deducted. because
| they only performed two-thirds of the labor
on account of not hosting the rock and waste
out Of the mine, but instead threw the same
behind them, thus obstructing the workings
| Of the mine and was a detriment instead Of
al. improvement. In two instances only did
they throw the dirt to the surface-one place
where they had driven five feet and the other
where only three and a half feet had been
driven. So it was only from eight and a half
feet of ground Tin lengthy that the dirt was
brought to the surface. Deducting one-third
from S126, which would be S42. it would leave
s84 as the amount for the actual labor per-
formed on the seven copper claims for the
year 1901, in accordance with the appraise-
ment of the amount of labor done and cost of
same. This appraisement was made by four
| Well-kUOWU, pTdCblCdl -1ohiOi v
John L. Williams, Richard Serpell and Ed
ward Altwegg.
The statement made in the foregoing, as
the reader will readily see, places the value Of
all the work or improvements made on the
seven mining claims at sS4, instead of 800,
as the United States Government requires 70
be done in order to hold said claims.
l will further state that it was not the In.
tention of the Whalen Company to do the
assessment work for 1901. The man who
came out to superintend the work came here
to take my life, which was the second time he
had made the attempt. He is now serving
five years in the Nevada State Prison for
shooting me.
The present Board of Directors of the
| Whalen Con. Copper Mining Company APP
| peared before the Circuit Court in Chicago,
| Illinois, in the year 1900. and petitioned the
| Court to dissolve the tWhalen Company on
| the ground that the mining property of said
| company at Alpha, Eureka county, Nevada,
| was entirely worthless and had nc CONNER
| cial value whatever. This was not only done
| by the present board of directors but by all of
the now acting officers of said company, and
also by all of the principal stockholders at that
time.
The names of the officers are as follows:
DR.. Z. Baldwin, dentist; Mr.. Mcmillan,
Clerk of the United States Circuit Court in
Baldwin is the president and manager. Nc
MILAN secretary and Brennan treasurer.
Dentist Baldwin is a director, and Mcmillan
and Brennan are also directors. There are
four other directors, but these three officers
and three directors move the machine.
Henry A. Baldwin, the attorney of the COM
pany, is a brother of the president. These
three officers and three directors held a stock.
holders meeting in Chicago last May. At
that meeting they elected a board of direct
ors, and Attorney Henry A. Baldwin was
their spokesman. He declared at that meet.
ing that the Whalen mines were worthless;
that the shares had no value to them. and
could not be sold for anything. So, the reader
will see, they had no intention of doing the
assessment work for 1901. At this meeting
they produced the report of an expert who
they had sent out here in 1900. This experts
name is Charles Howe of Chicago. l have a
certified copy of his report which they offered
in evidence in 1900.
Several large observation-disclosures Lay.
T. T. Stephens and Harry L. Muma-also
petitioned the Court in Chicago in commune
ton with Brennan, Baldwin and Mcmillan,
praying Judge Dunno of the Circuit Court
to dissolve the Whalen Company on the
ground that the mines had no value to them.
l have certified copies of all these papers with
the seal of the Clerk of the Court on them;
SO it can be relied upon that the statement is
true. In fact I do not suppose any one will dis
pute this matter as It is Of record, and 1 can
produce the official record. and prove that the
whalen Company abandoned the seven
claims.
In accordance with the provisions of the
United States mining laws. l relocated them,
as 1 or any other citizen of the United States
I'll -u-fao4 ..obk - do rndor fha mining