The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-03
MINING TROUBLES AT FAY.
c. A. Short Defends Himself Against
a Modena Correspondent.


Writing from Fay, New, under date
of June 30th, Charles A Short takes
to task the writer of a story from Mo-
dena that appeared on June IS. purport-
ing to be a truthful statement Of the
mining troubles in Fay in which Short
was accused of moving monuments
covering the Buck claim in his ardor
to secure valuable ground that he had
acquired IN relocating the Snowflake,
adjoining.
In denying the charge that he moved
monuments on the Buck claim. Mr..
Short calls the correspondent some
pretty hard names and submits a
signed statement from J. Y. Lane Of
the Mountain View company, which
owns the Buck, and in which he states
that he knows personally that no mon
ument has been touched since the claim
was surveyed six years ago, and that
his company has no grievance against
Mr.. Short. g. Pray Smith also con
tributes a signed statement to the
same effect In closing Mr.. Short sheds
light on the Snowflake controversy and
the litigation it has brought on, as
follows:
IN the case Of the Snowflake mix
up your correspondent is just as far
from the truth as he was in the Buck
monument-mOving report. and had il
not been for the fact that the case be-
tween Johnson and Short was at the
time Of the publication in court at Pr
Oche. / should have certainly answered
the article before this. 1 had no desire
to try the case in the neWsDap erS- on
the streets or in barroOns. or employ
the tactics Of pettifOggeT OF police
court lawyer. As the case is now in
the hands of the judge and viii be de-
cided as he in his wisdom shall deter
mine. few OTds in explanation of the
Snowflake controversy viii not be out
Of place.
r.. NJ. johnson of Salt Lake was an
owner Of fve-sixths of the old Com
stock group of claims, and r. c. Lund
one-siXth- He did not handle it as a
promoter. as your correspondent skill
fully put IT. He had r. c. Lund's in
terest under power Of attorney to incOr-
porate. NO notice was served on Mr.
Lund. according to his own statement
by Mr.. Johnson at the end of the year
that the assessment work could not be
done. On the contrary, notices were
posted on every claim that the assess
ment work would be done and these
notices We're dated by Mr.. Johnson Dec
10, 1902 Furthermore. three men were
kept at work until the third day Of
January. 1903. doing this assessment
work On that date r. NJ. Johnson re-
located the entire property and evident
~ forgot that r c. Lund ever had an.
interest in it. for his name did not ap-
pear on the location notices and so far
Mir Lund has never had any intima-
ton from Mr.. Johnson that he intended
to make il right with him. q.
Evidently your correspondent was
not correctly informed by the party
who evidently desired a public state
ment that would favor Mr. johnson.
before the case came to trial, for the
facts on the ground convict him of an
Untruth.
The Nevada statutes require ten feet
of location work within ninety DAYS
after the date of location to complete
a title r. N Johnson did not do this
work as the law contemplates and the
ground was relocated as the Snowflake
group by 4. w. Elliott and myself
The fact that Mr.. johnson made no de-
Tense Of his locations in the case at
Phoebe. only attacking the Snowflake
location notices on technicaIities. and
then relocating the ground while the
case was being tried Under new names
should be proof enough that the ground
was open for location at the tine the
Snowflake locations were made. His
abandonment Of his Ioca tons estab-
fishes our contention that they never
We're, anything but pretended locations
and had no existence in fac
I would not discuss this matter at
this length. or at all were il not for
the attempt Of your correspondent 10
place me in a false light.
The Snowflake. under the opera
lions Of Short and Elliott and .. Pray
Smith. under bond and lease, has de-
veloped into a valuable pUOperJv--in
fact, one that has few equals as 4 big
l0vV-cra de prouosfffon and il .is area Z "
to be desired. hence this trouble Hon
est men. though. viii fgh- fair and
try their cases before the proper tri-
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