Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-31
N CREGOR BRINGS
SILVER KING SUIT.
Alleges Ore of Value OF Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars Has
Been Mined UnIaWfuIIy
FROM ST. L0UIS-MAGN0LlA.
Case VIII be Fought to Limit--Dayid
Keith Claims Apex Rights for
King Company,

The silver KING Mining company
David Keith and Thomas kearns we're
yesterday afternoon made defendants
ia an action filed In the federal court
by the Magnola-St. Louis Mining COM
pany, the plaintiff. which sues for $500
coo, three times the value Of the ore
alleged to hive been extracted from
tho property Of the plaintiff
The fling Of this suit has been ex-
pectrd for some time, and has no doubt
had something TO do with the slunuish
condition or silver King stock during
the past few weeks.
The readers Of the "News' are not
unacuualnted with the facts which led
up TO the bringing Of this action IN the
cuui.s The st. Louis and Magnolia
lode mining claims are located almost
~ thr heart OF Silver King territory,
I'm otAc. words. the silver King COM
pany owns ground completely sur
rounding tho foregoing named claims,
which are owned by James McGregor
Of his city. and eastern associates. a
number Of months ago Mr. McGregur
came into possession Of informa ton
which aroused his suspicious that the
defer dants IN the suit filed yesterday
wr, trespassing and had already ex-
tracted much valuable ore from the
territory involved An investigation
was Instituted, and Mr. McGregor be-
came convinced that the Information
he had received was correct The mat
ter was laid before his associates. and
II was decided to make demand on the
silver King management for damages
This was done. but the application was
denied. Then followed the organza-
ton of the plaintiff company. and tho
equipment Of the property with a
hoistng plant and the inauguration OF
an active campaign OF development, A
shaft il being sunk (now 100 feet deep
which. IN due time, Il expected to en-
counter the portion Of the property on
tered by Silver King minors, The
shaft Is going down about l.6O0 feet
away from the one operated by the de-
PENDANTS.
Among the allegations made In the
complaint are:
THAT before the commencement OF
this action or within six years last
past. the def, ndants, through and
from certain shaft or shafts located
upon certain mining claims owned py
sand defendants, did extend from said
shaft or shafts certain concealed and
underground workings, drifts, tun-
upls an excavations, and BY means
thereof said defendants have entered
and penetrated WrougTully and UNI
lawfully and, without the knowledge
, or consent OF plaintiff, have mined
extracted and removed the ores and
mineral found therein vertically he.
heath the surface. and within verti.
cal planes to the exterior boundaries
| said defendants have converted SAID
! ores and minersalq so found and ex
tracted within the planes acoresNtt
| and converted sail claims OF plaintiff
| 10 their own use,
Further. that the exact quantis'
! and value Of the ores and minerals
aye unknown to this plaintiff bu
rlaintin. upon information and belief
alleges that n very large amount D
ore and mineral has been so mined, an.
tha, the value thereof exceeds the SUN
IT $500. 0000"
Manager McGregor Of the st. Louis
Magnolia company says the suit ha
been brought to recover damages 10
tresnass on one level, Of which h
claims 10 have personal knowledg
and adds that II II Is found throug
underground surveys that there al
other trespasses further action will b
taken.
David Keith, president Of the Silvs
King company declared today that m
suit would he fought by his compan
10 the limit and contended that Nc
Oregon and associates have no groun
FOR action; that the Silver King claim
the ore mined by reason 81 ape
rights. II know" said Mr.. Keitl
that the silver King company wi
win. We know that the vein has I
apex In Silver King territory and "
shall prove II. We have mined no OF
that belongs TO James McGregor or h
company. The vein Is a small one ar
has no connection with the main leds
" the Silver King property, in Il
sense that II Is part Of a. There
not q particle OF danger that Mr. NJ
Gregor Will get Judgment In this a.
ton and there Is no occasion for az
stakeholder of the silver King 20 b.
| come alarmed over n +"