The Washington times., 1903-08-17
Bad Faith Chazged Against
OfIciaLSof Geological Sur
Uey--GaUe information Re-
ga1ding HeInze Mines.
TO HAVE BEEN WITHHELD
PENDING LITIGATION
Assurances Given by w. II.
Weed and Director Wal.
coH-MoiIoes Undez SuS-
picion-"Dufy TO Public. "

w. H. Weed, of the United States
Geological Survey, has been accused OF
breaking his promise not TO publish .
report by him on the mining interests
controlled by f. A. Heinze. in the Butte
CMont) mining district. until all ntiga-
tion with the Amalgamated Company
concerning these properties had ceased
| Contrary 70 this agreement, made. it is
said. by Mr.. Weed on the part OF the
United States Geological Survey. a. bull
letin was published by the Suryey-No-
213-which contained information after
ward used as evidence against tha
Heinze interests in the courts.
The accusation against Mr.. Weed was
made by George H. Robinson, OF the
Mountain Ore Publishing Company. and
also by Heinze in letter to Director
Walcott in which he says that he will
hold the United States Geological Sur
yey, Mr.. Walcott, and Mr.. Weed TO the
agreement not to publish the report
on the Butte mining properties contrOi-
led by him, until ali litigation is closed
He also mentioned several vaiuabls
properties still in litigation
Weed, II Is said. gained entrance tt
the mines in question by promising moi
to publish his report until the litigation
was closed.
Surveys Object Suspected.
This permission TO enter the mines al.
gather information for the United States
Geological Survey was refused at first
because or the suspicion that the Unitet
States Geological Survey was acting Il
| the interests OF the Amalgamated Com
pany. But upon Mr.. Weeds stating il
a letter 10 Mr.. RobinsoL. that this wai
not the case and that tie report wcnk
not lie published until after the 18th
cation was concluded. this permission
was granted.
| Mr. Weed made this promise upon tbs
receipt of a dispatch from Director Wal.
colt which said, mo survey report tupor
the Butte district) will be made pendin,
present litigation"
"Duty to the Public"
When called 20 account for the alb
stract of the report published in bulle-
tin 213 and in an article in the "Engin.
eering and Mining Journal Director
walcott said it was only one of seriei
engaged In economic work, giving
brief statement OF their work and tbs
general results so far arrived at by them
He continued that Mr.. Weeds repor
would be completed within the coming
year and intimated that the duty of th'
Survey TO the public would not perma
of Withholding its publication indeh
nitely.
| Mr.. Heinze pointed out in reply tina
no mention had been made OF duty Il
the public in Mr.. Weeds promise Il
withhold publication until litigation
closed.
Weed Out of Town
Mr. Weed is not now in Washington
but has been in Connecticut the creates
/ part OF the summer. II is said at thu
| Office of the Geological Survey. however
that Mr. Weed had no knowledge OF an.
litigation pending in the case of thi
properties referred to in bulletin No
21s.
| And that. if the promise was broken
il had been done through ignorance o
this litigation at the time Of publica
ton.
Not to Be Trusted
Robinson, on the other hand. de
neunces Weed as untrustworthy. ans
criticises the Geological Survey harshly
| He says:
Il now state ii as my opinion that IL
the light Of past events and my uu
fortunate experience. that 1t is now
I demonstrated fact that ii is unsafe fos
mine owners or managers to permit
members OF the Geological Survey, as a
present constituted. access to mines o
mining property under the guise of In
partial or fair investigation. as the pub
lication referred to in this correspond
ence has been quoted in court by Anal
gamated attorne-s and filed as evidene'
on their behalf in Nipper- -oden case. ans
| this in face OF the agreements herein
| before set forth"
| Director Walcott is now IN he West
l What he has TO say in regard 10 TIM
| matter is not now known. IL Is sais
at the survey bureau that the member
| of the survey have always been care
| full 10 live Up to all agreements mads
| with the mine workers
|