The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-02-28


than fiction Is turn in the wheel of
fortune that may wrest the Pioneer
lease, the sensation in the gold min
ing world, from thegrasp of the pres
ent holders, and place this great
treasure vault In the hands of an out
slider. He, after few days In camp,
picks up the claim In which the big
ore body has been developed outside
of the lines In which It was supposed
to apex, and now will assert his right
to all the ore exposed in the work.
ings of the lease, as well as future
possession thereof.
The man into whose possession
these riches may come, through the
oversight of Bryan and his associ-
ates in the lease, as we'll as the To-
bin brothers, who own the Bi-metallic
No. 3 claim on which the lease is
based. is w. ID. Milliken, well
known mining engineer of Cripple
Greek and Denver. A mixup of sur
veys is responsible for the tangle into
which the lease soon will find itself,
and misconception of rights therein
seems to have caused the lease of
Tobin interests TO overlook the op-
portunity which Mr. Milliken has
found.
In brief, as explained by Mr.. MILL
ken. the ore is outside of the lines
% the Bi-metallic No. claim, hav-
ing been found by a erOsscut driven
by Bryan into the lines of the lndi-
ana No. claim. from the shaft start
ed by Bryan on the Bi-metallic No.
Ie.1v kta1.
was granted. Milliken discovered
this condition of affairs, and last Sat
urday secured title to the Indiana
No. !. 2 and 3. which adjoin and con-
fiict with the Bi-metalllc No. 3.
According to Mr.. Milliken, the ia
nous incline shaft on the ore is
wholly within the lines of the Indiana
No. l, and he proposes to assert pos
session TO the bonanza. At point
159 feet from the collar of the Pho
neer shaft, he will start a perpendic-
ular shaft, well equipped for rapid
work, and expects to break into the
Pioneer lease workings at depth of
about 200 feet, striking the rich vein
on its dip near where the crosscut
now being run from the 210 foot
lSNtl VI the itdSc Will disO lhAtlNtpN
the vein below the bottom of the
present incline shaft.
There are several things that en-
ter into this matter and made 1t pos
sible for me to get hold of the ground
which really covers the big ore
shoot" said MIR. Milliken yesterday.
The principal thing was a miscon-
ception by the Tobins as to the rights
they could hold under the contention
survey which sidelines the Bi-metal-
lie No. for a considerable distance,
and which they may contend holds
the title TO the disputed ground COW
cred by the Indiana No. /.
when the Contention was located,
the locators claimed a certain dis
lance each way from their monu-
ment, but when they surveyed, they
showed their end lines back about 800
feet over the Indiana No. /, thus taxi
ing in ground they had not claimed in
the original location. and voiding
their legal rights. Then. when they
surveyed for patent, the line was sent
IS feet further In the Indiana No. l.,
voiding the location second time.
This conflicting ground now covers
the rich ore shoot and the apex of
the lode.
After Bryan crosscut from his
shaft and opened the ore within the
sidelines of the Indiana No. ], the
Tobins bought the Contention claim
in order to cover the ore, disregard
ing the rights that might be MAIN