Bisbee daily review., 1904-12-18
MITCHELL CD. ABAND0NS PART
 OF ITS GROUND
GO OF ALL HUACHUCA HOLDINGS
People Who Are Out Say There Are Things in Prospect Which May Put Them in Better Shape Than Ever Are S17,ooo Ahead.

Through its frequent authoritative announcements of intention to resume development work immediately and its just as frequent announcements of change of mind in that regard, the Mitchell Development bids fair to get pretty low down in the ranks with To- cal people who have interest in the gy- Iations of the company. The acrobat lc business it has been engaged in re- gardlng making up its mind as to the conduct of its bus.ness may set well on the Michigan stomach, but it is not the kind of performance that dwells i well with the inner workings of the : Arizona citizen.
 | The latest change in the working or rather the non-working, plans of the Mitchell Development company was made public in the city yesterday, when it was announced that telegrams had been received by all the clam hOlCers resident in the city who own ground under bond to the Mitchell. stating | that the company had decided to abaG- ! don the bonds held on these clans and let them pass back into the hands | of the original owners. That is, this is | the immediate intention, subject to re- versal tomorrow, if the previous twists and turns of the company may be reck- oned upon as a fair index as to possi- D.lities attendant upon what it may or I may not do.
 | Claim holders who received tele- grams from the company notifying 1 them that 1t would not do the annual l assessment work on their property, and who were seen yesterday. said that they would immediately proceed ! with the assessment work and that ! they were through with the Mitchell Development The opinion was ex- l pressed by those that all the claims had not been given up that are under bond to the company, but that proba- | ply half dozen claims belonging to parties who live outside this city would be retained. These claims are the ones on which the main shaft has been sunk and on which drill holes have been put down. One of the clam holcers whose property will revert to him and who is familiar with the
 transactions Of the company up to date. made the following statement:
 We have had two years assessment work done for us on our claims by the company. am speaking now of those whose ground We know by the last telegrams to have practically been giv- en up by the company. Development work We have not had, directly, though We of course benefit from the princi- pal development work done on the claims that we are informed have been released. Besides our assessment work we have received among us S17,OOO in cash, s22,00O in all having been paid on the first and only installment of money that the company delivered. As to future steps, nothing is formulat. ed as yet further than that We are go- ing ahead and GO our assessment work. l am in position to say, how ever, that have reason to believe that our property will be taken up at an early date by people who have confi- dence in it's location and who have been watching the movements of the Mitchell Development Co. These peo- pie were ready to get into the field and do business a few months ago. when it looked for a time as If the Mitchell would let go. and I have no reason for believing that they have since changed their opinion as to the desirability of the ground. In fact. I was recently informed that they had not. Consequently I think you may look for something new in this matter within very short time and If things work out as I expect We will be in bet. Ter shape early in the new year than