Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-10-22
WILDCAT
VAN DUzER
Duncan B. HarriSOn'S Letter
to the Hon. Clarence.
Saws that His Statements Are Positive
and Deliberate F~alSehOOdS
and More.
washington, D. G., Aug. 10, 'O4.

Editor the lOnOpan Ion- /
opah, Nevada-My Dear Sir: | here :
with inclose you a copy Of a letter +.
which | have this day transmitted to
C. D. Van Duzer, congressman from
Nevada, to his various addresses,
viz: Washington, d. c.; DreXel build
ing, Philadelphia; and Pan-American
Tonopah Co., East AID street, New
York City.
In the event of his non-action and
lack of apology relative to the letter
in question, by Friday of next week,
August 26th, ] ask you in justice to
me and to the company which rep
resent, on account of the asperslons
cast upon myself and brother officers
and our splendid property, to use the
inclosed copy of letter to Mr.. Van
Duzer, which is my answer to him.
have %striven a~ssiduously to find
Mr.. Van Duzer. but he has been de-
MED to me at his various addresses
when | had positive information and
knowledge that he was in. What
his object may be in printing the let
ter in question is a mystery to me.
Personally, however, | cannot see
how it will avail him anything. With
kindest regards,
Very Sincerely Yours,
DUNCAN B. HARRISON.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 10, '04.
C. D. Van Duzer, ESQ.,, Drexel
Building, Pa.-Sir; ] have had placed
before me an article purporting to be
signed by you and printed in the
Tonopah Sun. In this article you
stated that you never wrote the let
ter %emanating from you, and which
was printed in the New England
Tonopah Mining company's prospec-
tus. Further that you never author
lied the use of said letter.
l have also had placed before me
copy Of the letter you wrote to Sam
uel C. Durham, proprietor of the
Tonopah Miner, in which you reiter-
ated the statements made in the Ton
opah Sun, and add that 10 addition tc
denying the authenticity of the letter,
you called upon the officers and direc-
tors OF the New England Tonopaf
Mining company and protested We
hemently against the use OF said let
ter, and that they, the officers o
this company, apologized to you anc
assured you that said letter would bt
discontinued.
You also stated you did not own
never had owned, and had nothing t.
do with the New England Tonopal
beyond the sale of the property t.
the New England Tonopah Mining
company as the representative o
the owners.
In making the above statement
you know that you deliberately, posi-
lively and unquali6edly prevaricate
You did write the letter in ques
ton, and many additional letter
regarding the New England Tonopa
in order to accomplish its sale.
You never called upon any of tn
officers or directors of the New Ems
land Tonopah Mining company i
protest of the use of said letter.
You never received the apologize
of any one Of the officers or director
of said company for the use OF sal
letter.
You never were assured by any
the officers of said company that saf
letter would be discontinued, for I'll
reason that you never called upt
any of them.
Ihave the assurance of every Office
of the company, and every directo
that they have never discussed SUI
a subject with you; that or the co
trary, when any Of them met 20
you gave them renewed assurance
the value of the New England To
opah, which speaks for itself and do
not require any commentator fro
you.
Not only did you write the lett
in question, which was printed in t
prospectus, but you also wrote a.
t%elegraphed several times addition
confirmation OF the value Of the pro
erty, its enormous lodges of ore, ett
in the most glowing terms.
You also in your sale of the pro
erty guaranteed that said prtper
had been surveyed, and you f
warded with the bill Of sale and ma
of said property, a survey purpol
ing to be made by a Mr.. Menardi,
Tonopah, Nye county, Nevada, 81
ting forth that the claims OF the M
England group had been thorough
surveyed, corner posts establishe
monuments, etc. Said letter pr
porting to be signed by said Menar
This %supposititious survey | pr
you for, only to learn to my utt
amazement, that the New Engla
Tonopah group had been 81
veyed except in your own vivid a