The oasis., 1906-06-09
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Saturday June 9, 1000
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The following letter from Mrs. Brooke explaint itself, and is given space for the reasons set forth therein:
 To THE OAsls
 Dear Sir:--
 am perfectly sure that you would refuse to he a party to a mis-represent- ation concerning the name of valuable mine in Sonora, made apparently with intention by the Columbia Consolidated Mining Co.,. in an item of news which has been furnished you from "El Pinito Camp formerly known as Hays Brooke Camp" in Oct, 1900, and so des- cribed and published and signed by c. w Hays during that month and year then changed by said Hays to Camp Havs:'' and now changed by the Hays Consolidated M NJ. X Lumber Co.,, which has also lately changed its name to The Columbia Consolidated Co., to Fl Pinto Camp
 It appears that not content with striking my name from the camp and shuffiing and changing names of this camp in the Pinto Mountains, in Mag dalena Mining District, and the chang ing of the COmpany's own name, an attempt is now made to rob my mine of it's correct Mexican Title name in the published reports concerning this mine in THE OASIS" of the 10th inst. of this current month. These reports actually apply to the 'Independencia No2 mine. and to no other. The Independence No. mine is the mine for which I furnished C. w. Hays all the money necessary to secure the titles from the Mexican Government; the mine that developed and opened up the ore on and owned with c. w. Hays as his legal partner under the Mexican laws and which Hays tran sferred 70 the Hays Consolidated NJ. M X Lunl- Der Co the mine on which Mir. Walter Harvey Weed the well known geologist, and MT Reginald Petre, the mining engineer Of Baltimore. Md, reported in 1903 to the Hays Consolidated NJ NJ X L. C0.. that there were hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold ore in sight this is the mine that the work ing and milling of ore by tue Hays Con- s0iaafed O., was confined to when working in this camp and lastly this iS the mine on which the twenty ton stamp mill mentioned below is situated we'll within the Mexican Government survey lines of the Independencia No. 7 miae. The property adjoining this mine is my individual property with title direct from the Mexican Govern m nt there is no room for honest people 10 talk about or report on this valuable ore body and mine under any other name than the Independence No. ?
 The item above referred to is as fol- lows
 MT. L. N. Raines, superintendent of Fl Pinto mine in Sonora, was in No- gales few days the first of the week At Fl Pinito the Columbia Mining Com pany is cleaning out the old workings, the mine having been operated by Hays Consolidated Company, The mine k gold quartz proposition and as soon as the old workings are thoroughly cleaned out development work and production of ore will be commenced. Some ore k now being taken out, as 1t is eneount- 1 cred in the preparatory work done There is a twenty ton stamp mill at the mine, which will be operated as soon as production 0t ore commences The pipe lines are being repaired and the mill ! 9ill be in readiness t. treat ore when active mining commences. About thirty men are now employed but about one hundred will he employed when both mine and mill are in operation.
 l am a large individual owner in the Independencia No. ? mine and the Co- l lumbia Consolidated Mining Co.,, the l Company referred to in the above item have tried to purchase my interest from me and have failed.
 Trusting you will kindly correct the l above misleading item herein referred to,
 am, Sir,
 Yours very truly and obliged,