The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-08-19
Southern Pacific Files Suit
for Dispossession.
Title to Mining Properties in
Olinghouse District to Be Set
tied by the Courts.

"A SUN WhASA vhttoAAy ~--~
mining development Of Nevada was
filed on Aug. IL in the District Court
by the Central Pacific Railway against
]. A. Ingalls, and others. who own the
Buster group near Olinshouse. Wsshoe
County. The corporation sues for
$500 for trespass and rentals Of the
mining claim and q return Of the prop
erty located by Ingalls, in the White
Horse district, as the location was
made upon q railroad section Of land.
property which the railroad holds by
reason Of its extensive land grant from
the Government. The news that such
an action had been instituted came as o
bombshell to the Olinghouse miners
and those interested in White Horse
district properties. The papers In the
case were drawn in the company's
legal department In San Francisco and
forwarded to Reno to be fled by the
company's local attorneys. Mack &
Harrington.
Corporations Have Lost Other Suits.
The Reno Journal says that while
similar suits have been fled in many Of
the Western States against prospectors
and mine owners, and in nearly every
case the corporations have lost, the &C.
ton will put the owners Of the claims
to no little expense in fighting the case.
The mining men state that they have
every assurance that their rights upon
the railroad land are valid. They cite
in support of this contention CLAUSE in
the patent which the Government gives
the Central Pacific which does not in
clude title to any of the mineral rights
to the land which the Government gave
the corporation under the extensive
land grant, which includes every alter
nate section for distance of 10 miles
on either side of the railroad.
Practically one-fourth Of the mines
in the Olinghouse district would be ef-
fected by an adverse decision to the
miners, as every other section in the
district is owned by the railroad COM
pany.
Mineral Entry Takes a Prior Right.
Some time ago Arthur Bowen. a
prominent miner in the OlinRhouse
district, wrote to w. A. Richards.
Commissioner of the General Land OF.
flee at Washington, asking as to the
status of q mining claim located by him
in the Olinghouse district. The land
upon which Mr.. Bowen made o mining
location was at the time recorded listed
by the Central Pacific Railway as lands
selected under the authority Of its land
grant. He received the following reply
to his communication
"In reply to your letter of April 23,
1905, you are advised that the records
of this office show that all of section 30.
township 21 north. range % east, Ne |
vada, was listed by the Central Pacific
Railroad Company on July 80. 1902, as
per list No. IL. and the northwest
quarter and south half Of the section in |
cluded in patent to the company, Dec. |
80. 1902, but the list as to the northeast
quarter of the section was cancelled
Sept. 8. 1908. because of mineral entry |
No. 672.
"W. A. RICHARDS, Commissioner.
But Recently Developed Richness.
"Buck" Ingalls, and his associates
have been in undisputed possession Of
the Olinghouse property for years and
have made a number of valuable i'm.
provements. 1t is only within the past
few months that the mine has proven
itself to possess great value. 1t is said
that the ore now being shipped is
valued at over $1,000 ton and that the
mine has enormous reserves Of ore.