The Nome nugget., 1904-05-07
A PIPE DREAM
FROM OREGON
Lena Walton Who is Described as Bonanza
Queen' and a "Mlionaire Mining Woman
From NOne," INDUCES in "TIot Air.
in the Portland Oregonian.

1900 feet up Ophir, parallelogram 700
feet long, but said to be full 90 acres.
He did not prospect it, and, in fact,
only set foot on it to drive one stake.
He viewed it from claim Is and went
away without making any improve
ments-abandoned it without attempt
ing to comply with the law. 1t re-
NAMED so for more than two years,
when came to the Ophir, cut out a
big bend of the creek lying in his
claim, which meandered the creek, and
took straight claim, which lay prin-
cipally on the left limit of the creek
This was known also as Ophir No. 10,
but did not cover the same ground as
Walkers. When l commenced devel-
oping my claim and found it to be rich,
the Lanes produced this Walker and
commenced suit to get possession. In
their petition they did not correctly
describe my claim at all. After the
riot case, which l won in the Nome
courts, and which don't care to dis
cuss, they saw their mistake and filed
second amended complaint describ-
ing the ground claimed by them as
running 400 feet in sOutherly direc-
ton, which is down stream. Their
judgment was gotten in the lower court
on ground included in No. Is Ophir,
with which have nothing to do, and
SO confirmed by the court of appeals.
The decision don't apply to my ground
at all, and don't cover foot OF ground
which claim. They succeeded by the
most outrageous tactics in perverting
the facts and getting decree which
covers No. 10 Ophir. They changed
the transcript while it was in transit
from Nome to the court of appeals here
in the States. My exhibits were pur-
Joined and afterward found in San
Francisco. The court of appeals set
the case aside on the ground Of diminu-
tion of the record, and we were given
six months in which to produce a COM
plete record. We sent the missing
testimony to our attorneys, who neg
lected to place it before the court of
appeals.
"In making up the transcript which
we will take to the supreme court this
is included, and on this base my
hopes Of winning.
81 am also going before the depart
ment Of justice with charges against
the Wild Goose people, which include
riot, bribery, perjury and tampering
with the United States mails. | am
confident of proving these charges, for
they are absolutely true.
Does Not Know Her Wealth.
snow don't ask me how much I'm
worth. l don't know, and I'd make
myself ridiculous by making an esti-
mate. As the result Of seven years of
hard work I have fourteen 20-acre and
five 160-acre claims, all turning out big
pay. l am One-third owner of the
Mexico mine on Douglas island. and
am interested in q number of other
low-grade propositions. am half
owner of St. John island, in Southern
Alaska, where we have from 800 to 1000
silver-gray foxes. own city property
in Nome, Seattle and Tacoma, and am
in possession of the greatest tin de-
posits in the world. / went into the
Atlin district in 1897, and worked all
over Alaska, but did not strike it until
1899. have enough now for myself,
my father and mother, sisters, brothers
and friends, and am going to have
many times over what have now.
II was . milliner and dressmaker in
Seattle in 1897. when concluded to
try Alaska, and l have succeeded be-
You'd my most extravagant dreams, but
it has been hard work, tell you, so
hard that no one who has not been
through it can know.
Portland Machinery 10 Best.
"When l cooplete my work in Wash
ington and New York I'm going to
London, where expect to organize y
syndicate to operate my tin properties
at York, which discovered in 1899.
shall retain a large personal interest,
and expect to return to Portland and
let contract to Mr.. Hammond for q
complete smelling plant which we will
ship from here. Portland.made ma
| culinary "a tho hest which has ever heen
taken into Alaska. and come here be-
cause know can depend on it to do
what is promised by the makers. Mr..
Hammond made the Alpha, the first
dredge taken to Alaska. 1t was put in
by the de Soto Mining Company, and is
the only one which has worked from
the first day exactly as represented 1t
has taken out as high rs $500 an hour,
and made 800 an hour from the start.
The ono have just ordered is an exact