The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-04-08
Tonopah Mine Owners and
Brokers Organize.
Will Not Advertise in Papers
That Do Business with the
Fakers-The Sun Scores
Newspaper Grafters

country OF the wild-catter and the
swindliug mining advertiser" was held
in Tonopah on Tuesday evening of last
week, and the temporary organization
OF protective association was effected.
In report Of the meeting the Sun says:
1.-The association will 20 further than
mere moral encouragement Of wildcats.
Il will use its power to force the news
papers to discontinue publishing swindl-
ing advertisements. The brokers in
tend to decline to advertise in papers
that publish wildcat ads.
Wildcats Defined.
Zone of the first speakers was w. E.
Lawson. He defined wildcats by say
lug that they could be detected by their
lying advertisements. He stated that
when they advertise in q dozen papers
or more, making the most extravagant
claims for the merits Of their proper
ties, and Offering TO sell stock for 8 cents
a share. at least cent must 60 to the
broker aud cents for advertising, SO
where can the investor get off ?"
Mr.. Lawson attacked the Big Elk
Gold Mines Company. aud stated that
It's prospectus claimed that Jumbo
stock was selling for $1,000 a share and
Big Elk would soon be the same, when
Jumbo was worth but 80 cents. He
attacked the "wise guy" mining
journals and the Denver Daily Mining
Record, and showed that nine-tenths
Of the Records advertisements were for
fraudulent mines and mining COM
panies.
"Sam G. Dunham of the Tonopah
Weekly Miner arose to say that q
publisher could not always tell wild
Cat 'ad' from others by merely reading
it and they were sometimes published
innocently.
"Mr. Lawson quickly retorted that he
could tell them apart the minute he
saw them and as SOON as any appeared in
the Miner he would be willing to show
Mr.. Durham their lying features He
said any broker knew the same aud in.
timated that man Of the intelligence
of Mr.. Durham should know them
also"
After other speeches and further dis.
cussion q motion prevailed to form a
permanent organic ,tion, and officers
were elected. w. e. Lawson, Tono-
pah broker. was elected President.
Among the names suggested at this
meeting for a Board of Directors were
L. @. Branson of the Tonopah Sun and
Sam @. Durham Of the Tonopah Miner.
which led to the formers Suggestion
to Anti. Wild Caters" in the editorial
columns Of the Sun of March 30. as
follows:
BransOn Puts Durham in a Hole.
with newspaper man on its Board
Of Directors who has for the past sew.
eral months drawn tribute from the
Big Elk Gold Mines Comrany-a wild
cat of the worst order-and who has
also and is still drawing tribute from
the New England. Tonopah Mining
Company. the new association to drive
out wildcats is starting off wrong
"For week after week. after itself
briefly cri,icising the Big Elk Company.
the Tonopah Miner persisted in pub.
fishing the lying advertisement of the
Big Elk. The Sun begged and pleaded
with the Miner, for the sake of the
honor of Goldfield. to withdraw that
swindling advertisement. The Miner
ignored the suggestion. Finally the
Sun was forced to report the Miner to
the postal authorities. and at the same
time reported the Goldfield News and
the Tonopah Bonanz,.
"The Sun asks the new association to
be consistent. fair TO the newspapers. to
the public aud to itself. In view Of
these facts. the withdrawal Of Editor
Danham from the associations Board
OF Directors is necessary. Must it be
asked for second timer
Adopts Constitution and Bylaws.
The new organisation to fight wild
cats held its second meeting at Tono-
pah on Thursday night of last week.
New names were first added TO the
directorate. 1t was decided to name
the organization the Tonopah Mine
Owners and Brokers Protective As.
ISOLATION of Nevada. The Constitution
and Bylaws reported by the commit
tee. with some parts to be filled iD
were adopted. An amendment provid'
ing for the expulsion Of members found
guilty OF unscrupulous mining promo