Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-08-15
COL. WILSON STILL ON THE WAR
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(F.om Wednesdays Daily.)

Following the conviction of John J. Jackson, superintendent of the Copper Mining syndicate in charge of the de. velopmcnt of the Copper Hill group of mines in the Copper basin district, on of the district court, instructing him Co allow attorney J. F.. Wilson and aiming engineers \. ]. Doran and W. !. Martin, to examine the underground openings on the ground as the represen. tatives of the Copper Hill Mining and Smelling company, operations were abandoned at that camp upon insiruc. tions from Jackson, who gave as a reason for the ordsP that he was not in possession of fund, ,o carry on the york.
 Hearing rumor on the streets that further action in the way of contempt proceedings would hs instituted against Jsekson for issuing this order. which, it to claimed, is in direct violation of ths court injunction, a Journal Miner nan called yesterday on attorney Wil. sss, who. in speaking of the ease, in past said:
 "After his conviction Jackson dis oharged all of the men employed at tAe Copper Hill camp. giving as reas. AA Ia.L nT I,tfl, strange that this feeling of lack of funds struck Jackson after being con. vieted and sentenced. believe that bs gave this order to further obstruct - h the examination of the property. TAis may not he SO but if it is true, further proceedings will be instituted against him. A force of men are at work unwatering the mine this morn. ing. We are going to examine the property. don't want to be revenge ful, but will not be imposed upon through the instrumentalitv of any kind of a pretext of this charaeter."
 Referring to the title of the property and the circumstances leading to the application for writ of mandamus ,o allow the examination of the property by the representatives of the Copper Mining and Smelling company. Mir. Wilson said, "The title to the mine is h the Copper Hill Mining company, which is composed of II. C. Vincent, R. Lamson, T. W. Kyle, and John Hopkins. This company bonded the property to & q. Symonds, as the agent of stephen Berger and others of Salem, Mass. After securing possession, Berger and Symonds located six other claims. which they added to the group, afterwards or. 2 snnizinS the Copper Hill Mining and Smelling company, to take over the sstire group at an advanced considcra. tion of $10,0O0. This company assum. ed control of all the claims through an escrow agreement, and deed in escrow Eiven by Symonds and Berger, who held title under the Copper Hill Mining company. The Copper Hill Mining and Smelling company is the only success. sor of record of Symonds and Berger We And among paper, in our possession sa individual assignment of Berger of all his interests in the property to the Copper Mining Syndicate, and that is the only authority that we know of by which Purbeck and his syndicate holds control of the ground, and that author. ity expires today. know of no au. thority by resolution of the Copper Hill Mining snd Smelling company giving Bs'ger authority to make any assign nent whatever and ] understand there !oas nons passed. At any rate, there ia - soeh authority of record, giving Purbsch permission to succeed the Cop. per Hill Mining and Smelling com. pany. We have gone under the suppo. si<ion that Purbcck was acting as trustee for the Copper Hill Mining and Smelling company and interested par. ties under the original agreement to cary out its terms.
 "We will leave here tomorrow for the camp to make m expert examina- tion of the property. We expect our engineers to have the water pulled out of the mine this evening.n