Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-24
COMPLAINT was filed yesterday
in Judge Summerfield' court by

Al Emil Mega, a cook employed at
the camp of the Massey Gold Mining
company in San Gebriel canyon, the
plaintiff asking judgment in the sum OF
$41.S6 for wages alleged to be due him
Mega says he tried to collect his wages
from r. j. Williams, treasurer OF the
Massey company, but was told TO walt
until certain checks had arrived from
the east. This company, an organlza-
ton similar in property at least, 10
the several wildcats recently exposed
as existing in San Gabriel and Little
Dalton canyons, bases its claim to fu-
ture wealth on the black rock forma-
tion said by mining experts and hre
assayers to be Valueless, This black
rock which is hornblende schist, mas
been passed upon by secret process men
as containing high grade gold values
and upon the strength of these assays
companies have been orSanlzeu anu Ihe
public robbed.
The secret process, chemical or other
wise. was first taken up, it is said, by
the Massey company, the promoters or
which were advised by j. A. Conner, the
most notorious secret process man IN
the country, to turn their attention TO
the black rock proposition. EVERY
mining expert who has examined lne
rock off the San Gabriel and contiguous
CANYONS have declared it to be OF no
commercial value and every fire as
saver in town who has passed upon
samples of this rock has been unable TO
find any value in them.
In Unfavorable Light
Among the more recent black rock
onerators to come into unfavorable
light with the public are c. r. Harris
A. G. Massey and the Southern Cal-
fornia Bonanza Gold Mining company
and it is said that A. G. Massey was
the first to become interested IN the
alleged fraud and that he by ms sue
cess in selling stock at prohtaple prices
induced others to enter the black rock
promotion business. s
This business until only recently was
left to itself, with its high grade secret
process assays and black rock InellouS
Of argument, but stockholders in the
future mines of the golden west grew
uneasy for their hard earned doilarS'
and now, to cap the climax, tne COOK
himself has kicked Black rock seems
- have been sent down from above par
IN below zero and the several promo
ters would be sent up if the bonanza
stockholders and the cook had their
The Massey gold mine, according to
Cook Mega, is about on It's last LEGS
as he writes The Herald for ADVICE
saving that for the past six weeks ne
has DeRn lfl6 Olll9 tliSN
pIace and has taken care or the prop
erty. and of course this means he mas
seen that nobody came up in the dead
of night and stole the high grade black
,ocl, assaying by secret process $2OO IN
gold a ton. Mega writes;
"Just returning from the so-caleu
Massey Gold mine, San Gebrlei can
yon, where | have been eIlployeu siliCe SI'
december 10, 1909 as camp COOK
first and the last six weeks (the only
hired mani taking care of the place
went to the head boss, Mr.. X. D.
Williams, 618 Crosse building, Los An
eeles. and told him 1 wanted TO quit
the lob and asked about my wages.
ASH had already drawn $35 three weeks
ago Ga months Wages) l sun nav Z
about S42 coming. To my surprise 1
have been told that he could not pay
me the wages now, maybe next week
If some certain checks or drafts from
hack east going to arrive. 49,
"It keeps me guessing II ever Will
get nv money. AS 1 don't belong TO
eny labor organization, kindly ADVISE
me what to do? l send you copy OF
what these mining people are claiming
hacl. east. how rich they are, and here
they don't seem to be able or Wiling TO
nav a month and a half's wages OF
irving to fake a man out or IL
s-''9 EMIL Mega"
Are Aimed at Sucker
The letter to which Mega refers Is
even more Turing than the one sent
out by the Southern California 30
nanza Gold Mining company, with
' which C. r. Harris was said to be
connected and which was ordered by
the court last week, at the instance
of John Herman, to open its books to
stockholders. Both letters were aimed
at the sucker and had no bearing upon
legitimate mining and would not, II
nossible, be permitted to reach the
hands of one familiar with mining
Mega says he was until he came to the
city for his pay the sole guardian Of
the Massey gold mine and therefore
must have been not only cook unto
himself but also miner, mlllman, fore
man, shift boss and engineer OF this
very valuable property.
The prospectus, however, would not
lead prospective buyers Of stock to be-
lieye that this unpaid cook and nom
union miner was the whole thing at the
works. In one paragraph the prospec-
tus says substantially that money will
go into the hands of the company for
extensive improvements to be made
within the next ninety days and that