Bisbee daily review., 1903-10-04
IMPORTANT DECISION
 IN YAVAPAl COUNTY
VERDICT FOR DEFENDANTS IN
 CELEBRATED CASE.
Involving Titles to Mine Valued at One Million Dollars or More Herndon G Norris, Attorneys for
 Oeferdants-Winrer Feel Jubiiant
Prescott Herald.

tfreScott Herald
 One of the most important legal decisions ever rendered in this coun- try. or We might ada, territory, was handed down this morning by Judge Sloan, in the case involving the ownership of the famous Buster mine in the Bradshaw mountains. The hnding was for the defendants. the Bradshaw Mountain Copper Mining and smelting company.
 The Buster mine was located in 1875 by Boggs ct al. who did some preliminary work and afterwards sold to Treadweli. Beckwith ct al. The let al" is represented in the case by some Engiishmen identified with an English syndicate. The Tread well people worked the Buster at times until 1893, when, according to the testimony introduced in court, D. D. Treadwell. wishing to take in new ground from that formely enclosed by the monuments of the former loca- tors, changed the end lines from 200 feet north Of the initial monument and 1900 feet south to about 750 feet each way, north and south of the in- itial monument Through all the years the initial monument has with stood the ravages of time and floods. Treadweil did not file notice of amended location when he changed the monuments, therefore. according to the decision of Judge Sloan, for feiting his interest in the property.
 Tn Buster, as he thought, open for loca- tiOn. put up his monuments. and named the claim the Copper Link He did work on the claim and in a year or so afterwards applied for patent. As a matter of fact and of record. Marrs had sold his interest in the Copper Link to the Copper O. bre Mining company, which corpora ton resold to the Bradshaw Noun. tain Copper Mining & Milling com. pany. The latter company, under the name of George Marrs, applied for patent and the Buster people ad- verSed their application. The case was heard Thursday and Friday the i7th and 18th of this month. and the decision rendered today.
 Judge Sloan held that as the sur vey. under the adverse claim. was made from the monuments erected by F. D. Treadwell. and not from the monuments put up by the original iocators. and on record in the office cf the county recorder.
 The property involved is d very val uable one. A tunnel has been run into the heart of the claim for over 1000 feet. A body Of ore varying from 45 to 60 feet in width and aver aging better than $50 to the ton has been cut by the crosscut tunnel. Other development has been done demonstrating that the ore is perma- uent. Another body of ore has been discovered recently which is thought to be as good as the first. The prop erty is certainly immense.
 The decision of Judge Sloan does not settle the controversy. The Herald. was informed by the attor- Eeys for the prosecution that the case. would be appealed. On the ownership of the property hinges one Of the most stuPendous mining enter prises ever carried out in Arizona. We will have more or that subject to say later.
 Her1don & Norris feel greatly eiat- ed over their signal victory. It is the most important case they ever had.