The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1909-10-02
COMBINATION LEASE SHUT
DOWN BY COURTS ORDER
Only Small Fraction Of Property Affected--More
Men Now Employed at Mine Than
Ever Before in Its History

iess restralneu Dy Cnls COuTt VIII III
the future continue such mining ope-
rations and will continue to extract,
and remove to their own use other large
quantities of valuable ore belonging
to the plaintiff and now upon said
premises.
"That there now are, and unless
an injunction is issued as prayed, will
continue in the future to be large
quantities of valuable ore in different
portions of said premises and ON the
dumps thereof without suitable safe
guards for the protection thereof,
which said ore has in the past and
will be in the future taken and ap-
propriated by divers and sundry par
ties and said ore and the value thereof
will thereby be wholly lost to the
plaintiff, the owner thereof, and that
the defendants are gouging and dam
aging and dissipating said property
and destroying its value by their reck-
less, unlawful and careless conduct as
aforesaid; that according to its infor-
nation and belief, plaintiff AYERS that
now and for some time past, and in the
future, the value of the ore each day
extracted, and to be extracted, by the
defendants is not less than two thous-
and dollars per day, and, therefore,
great injury and irreparable damage
would result to the plaintiff if time be
consumed to give notice to the defend
ants of the application for an injunc-
tion herein.
"That a temporary injunction be
issued by this Court commanding the
defendants and each of them, their
agents, workmen, servants, employees
and attorneys to absolutely refrain
and desist from further work of any
kind whatsoever upon the premises
aforesaid, from mining, extracting,
shipping, removing or converting TO
their own use and ore from said prem
ises, or any part thereof, until the fur
ther order of this Court; that upon the
final hearing said injunction may be
made permanent And plaintiff fur
ther prays for such other, further or
different relief as the Court may deem
just in the premises, together with
costs of suit"
The reason for the National Min
ing company refusing to allow the
ores on deposit in the First National
bank to be taken to Goldeld and ex-
hibited as the product of the Combina-
tion lease is now apparent. Had this
been done, it is probable that on the
trial of the suit to cancel the lease de-
fendant's attorneys would have argued
that the National Mining Company of
Nevada, by joining in such exhibit, had
recognized the validity of the lease.
When seen at the Lafayette this
morning by a representative of the
Silver State, and asked if the restrain.
ing order would have the effect of clos
ing down the big mine, President John
E. Pelton replied:
"No, indeed. The order affects only
the Combination lease, which is but
a small portion of the property. The
company at present has a force Of
fifteen men at work, which will be in.
creased to 25 within the next ten
days.
Engineer Crosley is now preparing
to drive tunnel at the lowest possible
level. This will be trolley tunnel
will constitute the main avenue of
operation, and when completed will
cut the vein at vertical depth of
from between 600 and 700 feet.'
Upon his return from National
Deputy Sheriff Muller was asked what
he thought of the camp. cit will
no doubt be great gold camp was
the reply. CAN indications would seen
to point to the fact that the property
of the National Mining Company OF
Nevada will develop into one of the
great mines of the country. The peo
pie at National are all in a cheerful
frame of mind and are looking fol
great things