The Washington times., 1904-01-03
GAUSTIC ANSWER MADE
BY HEINZE TO WALCOTT
Accuses Survey Official Of
Bad Faith.
BULLETIN CAUSES TROUBLE
Copper King Says Publication of Weed
Report Influenced Nipper Case.
Biologists Barred in Future.

Charles d. walcott. director of the
United States Geological Survey. and
#. AugAs'sS He.aze the Butte mining
operator. - sS~ain exchanged some
sharp correS- see upon the subject
of violation Of condolences in respect to
the examination Of mining properties.
Heinze is waging bitter war against
the Standard OH Copper Trust in Mon
tana. which involves the ownership of
several of the most valuable properties
in the Butte district. Last summer
during the trial Of the famous Nipper
case at Butte for possession of a Valu-
able copper vein. subsequently won by
Heinze, there was introduced in evi-
dence by the Amalgamated Copper Com
pany a pamphlet issued by the Geolog-
ical Survey imparting important infor-
nation upon the geological structure OF
that portion of the district in dispute.
Immediately upon the appearance of
this publication George II. Robinson.
chief mining engineer of the Heinze
companies, made charges of bad faith
against Walter II. Weed, Government
geologist, who had made an examina-
ton of the Heinze mines under a prom
Use that the results would not be given
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been settled.
At that time both Heinze and Senator
Clark refused admission to the survey
officials to all their mining properties.
but later, upon receiving a telegram
from Director Walcott, assuring them
that the information would not be made
public until the litigation had been dis
posed OF, both Senator Clark and Mr..
Heinze granted Mr.. Weed permission to
examine their Butte mines.
Mr. Walcott's caustic explanation to
Mr.. Heinze has already appeared in
The Times. Mr. Walcott said he
had carefully considered the facts in
the case and could not find that the
survey had in any way departed from
its understanding of the agreement
Mr.. Heinze's Answer.
Mr.. Heinze's reply, which has recent
~ been received. is equally as pointed.
and reiterates the charges of bad faith
with renewed vigor. Mr.. Heinze says:
Mr.. Robinson did. upon the witness
stand, impugn the motives of Mr.. Weed
in making report of certain geological
features in a monograph, recently pub
lished. which monograph was considered
valuable enough by my opponents to
file in the Nipper-Oden case as part Of
their testimony.
''In reading over your letter 1 am
quite satisfied that you did not fully
understand the situation at the time the
monograph was issued. and if you un-
derstood il now you would hardly have
made use of the language contained I'm
your letter. You say with reference 10
your telegraphic agreement made May
81. 1900:
The trials referred to in the tele-
closed long before the publication of the
article on Butte veins. contained in Sur
vey Bulletin 21S,'' 20 which exception has
been taken by you.
In making this statement YOU are en-
tirely wrong. The Nipper-Oden contro-
versy was on at that date. and was one
OF the places where / feared a report OF
the survey might prejudice my position
in court. Mr.. Weed understood at the
time he was asking permission TO enter
my mine that the Nipper-Oden case was
filed. and that any agreement he might
make with me must have reference TO
that property. 1 feel quite safe in say
ing that he was fully aware when he
wrote Bulletin 21S that the Nipper
case had not been tried
II certainly had a right to expect Won
to keep your word as given me through
which L granted to you certain priv
leges in my properties which Mr.. Weed
very much wanted, and 1 had a perfect
right to withhold; nor did / understand
at that time your telegram was a play
OF words, as I fail TO understand the
difference between the Butte report. and
brief statement ofthe general geoIogi-
cal structures Of the Butte veins.
Attack on Weed.
There never would have been any
attack upon Mr.. Weed in public print
had he not rushed into print by send
ing a telegram to Ex-Governor Thomas.
or Colorado. at that time in Butte. act
ing as attorney for the Amalgamated
Company. In this telegram he branded
Mr.. Robinson as a liar. and the tele-
gram was sent out from Butte broad
cast over the land. Naturally, his only
course was TO publish the correspond
ence. which he accordingly did and l
think he is willing to stand or fan by
that record.
The Blue X vein was a new creation
after that report was published, hence
could not have had a place on your
map, as you state. However. in this