The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-29
CASE IN UNITED
STATES COURT
Amalgamated People at Butte Trying
TO Get Control of Jumbo Mine
at Goldfield.
SOME INSIDE FACTS GIVEN
RICHEST GROUND IN DISTRICT
INVOLVED.

Goldheld. New, Jan. 27.-As was pre-
dicted in these dispatches some weeks
ago, the Amalgamated crowd at Butte,
Mont, is after the control Of the great
Jumbo mine. The fight has been
thrown into the United States court at
Carson City, and the first round is
scheduled to come off Feb. 5. At that
time there viii be a hearing on the pro-
ceeding instituted by George McClel-
land TO enjoin the transfer of certain
shares Of stock now held by John S.
Cook & Co.'S bank in escrow to q syn
dictate composed of John Gillie, c. W.
Goodale. B. II. Dunshee, J. G. Adams,
H. Y. Winchell, c. F. Kelly and L. o.
Evans OF the operating and legal de-
partment Of the Amalgamated Copper
company at Butte. Charles r. Booth.
vice president and manager OF the DAILY
Bank & Trust Co, and w. J. Guthrie
Of San Francisco.
Jumbo Great Mine.
The history Of the case is interest
ing and important and will bear repeat
ing. The Jumbo Mining company owns
what is probably the richest ground in
the GOldfield district. In the cary
days Of the camp, or in 1904, to be ex-
plicit, a million dollars was taken off
the surface in less than three months
by leaSers. This was what originally
time the stories were told of gold ore
running thousands Of dollars to the
ton and several dollars to the pound
1t was then that men stood on guar0
with rifles and the whole country sat
UP and took notice Of a gold excitement
within the borders of the state. Many
OF the stories were true and all those
who have resided in this tent city since
that time have learned to believe that
Jumbo hill still contains untold wealth.
Other mines have made good since
then, but everyone is anxious to have
the Jumbo allowed to show what It can
da. It is the camps pride
Not Mining for Ore.
But for one whole year not a pick
has been allowed to strike into ore on
Jumbo hill. Some work has been do1 /.
there but the miners have been ca
fully kept away from the great veins
Of ore which cropped on the surface
and went straight down between two
we'll defined walls into the bowels of
the earth. A shaft has been sunk to
the north Of the vein. which lies east
and west and is now down over 500
feet, but, contrary TO the usual prac-
Jce in mining, no prosecuting to the
ledge has been allowed. The shaft has
been sunk for future use. AS soon as
the men who are at present in control
OF ms SokzlkV-ssF Ssk Tree from the uLlga-
ton which now thr6atons them no time
Will be lost in reaching the ore from
the shaft; but just now they are hold
ing their breath for fear the miners
will uncover some ore upon which they
they are not counting, and the reason
is that such an event might send the
price Of stock UP on the market If
the price Of stock goes higher, the
Amalgamated crowd, so it is figured
will be just that much more anxious
10 enforce the option they hold on
George ICCIelland's stock.
Owners Of the Stock.
The Jumbo is a milliOn-share corpor-
alton. Charles D. Taylor owns 321. 900
shares- Czaorea McCIalland Is h. -