Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-23
DRESSER FIGHTS
ALLEGED CASE OF
HIGH GRADING
STATE INTRODUCES SPOON AS
EXHIBIT
SUPERINTENDENT IDENTIFIES
CONCENTRATES
Consolidated Company Officials Sign
5000 Checks in Payment of Quar-
terly Dividend of Thirty
Cents Share

GOLDFIELD, Oct. 22.-L. H. Dresser,
one of the three men who We're arrested
for steading concentrates from the
Concentrates from the Consolidated
mill, is having his hearing before jus
tice of the peace. Dresser, notwith-
standing his alleged confession to Clar-
ence Sage, chief of the Consolidated
company's force of detectives at the
time of his arrest, has employed coun-
sci and is fighting the case against him.
In yesterdays examination the state
introduced exhibits in the shape of
sacks of concentrates which were iden-
titled as concentrates coming from the
mill together with the spoOn-shaped
device which was used in diverting the
rich particles as they came over the
tables into receptacles prepared Tor
them.
Clarence Sage Of the Consolidated
company identified one of the galvan-
lied iron spoons" (for lack of better
name) as having been found by him on
the person Of Dresser at the time of his
arrest. The device was marked at the
time, and the Identification of yester-
day afternoon seemed to be complete.
Superintendent Hutchinson of the
centrates as coming from the plant
of the Consolidated, and which he de-
scribed as being peculiarly different
from any other concentrates of the
district, irRsmuch as their fineness|
permitted of their passing through a
screen through which no other con-
centrates of the district could pass.
Several of the Consolidated force
testified as to the implements used in
connection with the high grading, the
chief point being that the device in
troduced was not used in connection
with the daily work of the mill, and
was not provided by the company for
employees.
Thos. V. Connor, assayer, was on
stand for the purpose Of showing the
value of the, stolen concentrates after
tests made by him, which will be pre-
sented to the grand jury in the. event
the accused is finally bound over lie
places the value of the gold dust shown
and tested by him at figure which
will, it is believed, bring the amount
represented in the complaint well be-
yond the larceny mark. The figures
given show that forty-one ounces were
tested of the value of $120 per troy
pound.
The trial of Lamb, who was also i'm
plicated by allegation in the high-grad-
ing. win not come up before the final
disposition of the present case, on next
THU lday
Writing Consolidated Checks
Checks are being prepared in the Of
fee of the Goldfeld Mines company
covering that company's last dividend
at the Chicago meeting of the directors,
and when November 1 rolls around
each stockholder in the big company
win have his check for an amount rep
resaptiDp 20 cents Der share.
The work of signing the checks has
already commenced, and notwithstand-
ing the fact that a recent innovation
in the matter of filing out the checks
has been introduced, the work Of af-
fixing official signatures to more than
5000 checks is a stupendous task which
requires much time, and which is try
ing in the extreme.
Heretofore the amounts represented
by the check have been written IN with
pen and ink, but the late departure in
this respect is made possible by the
putting in of a small printing office
just sufficient to enable clerks to fill In
the amounts rapidly with type.
It is intended by the company oft1c-
ials that the checks will be in the
hands of the individual stockholders at
as nearly the same time as possible
and, Notwithstanding that they are
dated as of October 30, they will in all
probability reach the tuftherlnoSl point
Of the country within a few hours of
the time the man in Goldfeld receives
his fMom the mail.
While there is not the slightest COM
ment from the various local officers of
the Consolidated company, there is a
whisper in the air to the effect that
an extra dividend will come as re-
suit of the next meeting of the direct
ors of the company, and according to
the whisper the next dividend to be
declared will be slightly in excess of
the amount disbursed in the past
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Inspect Transmission Line
L. c. Phipps, c. L. Wood, Will Por-
ter and c. L. Phipps, jr. of Denver,
officials and members of the board of
directors of the Nevada-California
Power company, arrived yesterday
from Pioneer, where they were met
with automobiles by Delos A. Chap
pell and F. ]. Campbell, also of the
company, who recently returned to
Goldield from a business trip to San
Francisco.
Most of the visitors are paying their
first visit to this part of the country,
and incidentally are for the first time
looking over the Power company's