The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-14


TO be valid Notwithstanding the fact
that miners wages were 50 per day and
the cost OF powder and fuse. IN the
hardest ground. would Approximate "a
cents daily per man These and other
Illegal practices were not initiated by
LeadvilIe prospectors and the wits CT the
camp often parodied, in stately phrase.
the proceedings Of miners meetings in
neighboring districts. But the local be-
Iiefs and prejudices Of Leadviiie prospec-
tors were expressed in the jury bex
with ass much unanimity and more
potency than were exhibited by contiguous
communities IN their unconscious viola
tons Of law. IN all apex cases the
findings Of a Leadville jury could be
absolutely predicated. In the jury room
the man who dared champion the cause
OF apex claimants was believed to have
accepted bribe courted immediate 81
tigation and suffered subsequent ostra-
cism. The LeadviIle prospectors, quietly
and without premediation. held their
miners meetings in the jury box and jury
room CT the district court The long line
Of concordant decisions, which they han
ded down on this perplexing question.
tended in no small measure. TO sustain
the contentious of the side and end
liners.
When the apex claimants. recognizing
the utility Of trials before local juries
! carried their cases TO the United States
district court. the opposing counsel. after
/ Judge and jury had been properly con-
fused with law and expert testimony,
/ grated long and forcibly on the unanim-
ity Of LeadvilIe juries. practically and
the question at issue in their decisions
pertaining to this mighty legal contro-
versy. The vast quantity Of contradictory
and hypothetical testimony introduced
in these cases by those theoretically
familiar with all phases Of these
cases tended TO thoroughly Devil
der outside judges and juries; they were
willing TO grasp at any unimpeached
facts to arrive at conclusion and the /
unbroAen findings of our home juries /
discounted the apexers at every turn.
On August .. 1876. A C. Powell and (
Frank Walls located the Adelaide claim. /
This subsequently became valuable terri /
tory after the Gallagher brothers, by /
their discovery on the Camp Bird pointed /
the way for successful development on /
November Il. 1876, Charles and Patrick
Gallagher located the Camp Bird lode.
On this claim the first high grade deposit
Of ore found in Leadvine was unearthed.
The Gauaghers discovered the outcrop
Of what is now known as the Adelaide
ore chute. at the point where it came
closest to the surface, and from their
shallow workings continuous shipments Of
rich ore were hurried to St. Louis. This
was distincuvely a poor mans mine;
mineral was discovered at depth OF six
TO ten feet from the surface and prospect
ing and mining were concurrent from the
date of location The high returns from
the Camp Bird mine attracted outside
prospectors to Leadville and stimulated
local DEVELOPMENT in the district. The
Camp Bird started Leadvine's boom.
which thereafter neither waxed nor
waned.
on November %. 1876, Charles Gallagher
located the Charlestown, west of Camp
Bird. and on January %, 1871, John Nc
Lain, Daniel Dougherty and a. Miner
located the Pine. east OF the Camp Bird.
Guided by the developments of the Cal
laghers on the Camp Bird. ore was quick
~ discovered on the Pine. The locaters
Of the ground acted in such an unusual
manner that it is but fair to presume
they were arrant tenderfeet In their
location certificate they claim 20 feet
west and 260 feet east OF the Discovery
shaft and 2CG feet in an opposite direc-
ton. they also claim right of March i.
1877; the Gauaghers located the Camp
Bird No .: inasmuch as on line with
The east line of Camp Bird. ii is apparent
that they located over the Pine claim.
on April IL. 1877, the Pine was re-loca-
ted by its original claimants. ostensIbly
10 correct errors in courses and to con-
lect with a United States locating mon
lment. as stated in the certificate, but
n reality to endeavor to validate an
Illegal location. In their relocation the
Pine claimants confne themselves 10 217
eet in width. The Terrible and French
nan had no doubt side-lined their orig d
nal location. and they thus lost % feet q
# surface ground. In the fall Of 1871 .
rouble brewed with the Gallaghers and g
he first gun-play by lode locaters was j.
made in the camp. No one was hurt,
iowever and the incident merely served
o furnish the community with q topic
or speculation and gossip This imbroglio v
vas engendered by a dispute over the ID
egality Of the Pine and Camp Bird No.
locations-in other words it was the
rst Of many subsequent bellicose dis q
ussions Of conflicting locations. al
on February Is. 1871. the records show %
he location Of the Pinnacle claim by s.
august r Nfyer. The name Of this IL
entleman is now unfamiliar 10 major NJ
~ of the residents OF this locality; but 81
deserves to rank with the foremost Of p'
" more widely known celebrities. a
Mr.. Meyer erected the pioneer sam u
ling works ard conducted the first ore 81
urchasing agency in the camp, he is %
sspons!ble for the existence OF TIE Ar q
arsas Valley Smclter: he assisted in al
rgarizing many Of the great mining cor h'
1rations Of the district; for many years u
e was the most prominent and success 81
II fnsncier IN LeaGville Mr.. Meyer %
.ith IN the future OF this camp was AT
lD-erne and h impressed his convictions "a
BON and secured the assistance Of out ~
lie capitalists IN developing the resour- ~
s. and promoting the industries Of Lead gu
lie HIS Judgment. energy and ability re
,ehled him 10 amass a fortune quickly
M without ostentation and his success
othcr fields mas been commensurate ar
IN his carly record here--Denver Re Us
lbIican Correspondent. vi
WAR AGAINST PARIS ToUGHs ur
rench Capital Terrorized by Gang Ike
Of Outlaws. ge