Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-19
Testimony of Charles P. Brooks
Entered in Silver King Con-
soIidation Struggle.
TACTIC FALSIFICATIONS.
On Cross Examination Is Shown Pur-
ported True and Correct Blue
prints of Mine Were False.


pany To secure from the Silver Kiag
Coalition Mines company an account
Ing for several millions of doEars
worth of valuable ore alleged to have
been surrepttiously abstfacted from
Jointly owned properties. many inter
estng sidelights are thrown on Tom
Kearns code OF business ethics as
adapted to mining operations.
From one lot of the testimony. that
given by Charles P. Brooks, engineer
for the Kearns clique. 1t is TO be
gathered that concealment OF facts anl
tactic falslfcation of maps Is justinablc
when ono seeks To the possession )f
another mans property. discovered un-
known to the owner that II contains
valuable ore bodies
Under the cross-examinatlon of En-
Sineer Brooks, and for the purpose OF
showing the arts of deception as prac-
tised by Mr.. Kearns. it was brought
out that when the negotiations for the
purchase of the Jim McGregor property
were pending the Kearns outfit after
having explored the Magnolla-St. Louis
claims, had failed to produce upon
what purportcd 60 be a true and cor
rect map the long cross-cut through
which Kearns had entered the Nc
Gregor properties 1t was further
admitted that while the map was he
ing exhibited to Mr.. McGregor. certain
portions of 1t were covered and hidden
from him. The cross-examination of
Mr.. Brooks, which tells the story of
the deceptive map, follows in part:
Q-To Mr. Burton. and Mr.. McGreg-
or; what portion did they direct you
to show to them?
A-Everythng that lay to the-wcll,
would have to look at that-well, be-
yond certain lines drawn, think 1t
was along the side line OF the Eldo-
RADIO
Q-From the northeast to the south
west?
A-WeT. I would have
Q-Does the Eldorado show on that
map?
Alt does show on map, exhibit U.
CROSS CUT NOT SHOWN.
Odd it reveal the underground
workings In that direction?
Al think II did. practically all of It,
except l think that perhaps that one
piece of work the drift was not; the
main drift of the 700 and one branch of
IL that went into the Magnolia was
shown. The cross cut was not shown.
o-Tho what?
A-The cross cut running from the
main line of the 7o0 was not shown.
o-That is the cross cut which you
say you had surveyed prior to that
time to q certain point. and in which
the bull6head was locatedH
A-Was not shown.
Q-Was not shown on that map?
Ayes
o-And you at that time knew that
cross cut existed?
Al did.
Q-And you knew 1t was timbercd
up so as To represent a cave going
through there; that there was no such
cross cut leading out from the main
level?
Al knew IL was timbered up.
Q-And you further knew that any
on. going through there would not be
able 10 ascertain that there was any
such cross cut leading off from the
main level didn't you1
Q-Unless they tore out the timber?
Al did
Q-And you knew at the time that
ATT. McGregor and Mr.. Burton were
endeavor.ng to discover the under
ground workings that had been pros
ocuted by the defendant company into
the Magnolia and ST. Louis claims
and through them?
Al knew they were in there making
examinations.
o-And YOU knew they were trying
10 discover that didn't you?
Ayes. sir
Q-Yau knew that was what their
purpose was when they looked at that
map?
Ayes, sir
DID NOT TELL THEM
Q-You didn't tell them OF any other
workings existing which you had pre-
vlously surveyed and which you knew
was covered up by the timber that you
spoke OF?
Al did not.
o-You told them that map was a
correct map OF tho underground work.
ings OF the Silver King Mining COM
pany in that vicinity?
Al did not tell them anything about
II: did not use any such words
Q-What did you say?
Al said that was our working map
OF the mine.
Odd you say II did or did not cor
rectly represent the work down there?
Al said 80 far as the workings are
represented on that map 1t showed
them correctly. and 1t did.
Odd you say IL that way. so far
as the workings represented on that
map2
O.! don't remember the exact Ian
guage but that was my statement to
them that everything on that map. that
they saw on that map. was correct.
Q-That IS, your statement was so
made as that II would cvade what you
knew they were trying To get from you?
Al left IL open to them to study
Q-Answer the question.
A-What Is the question?
(Qucstlon rcad.)
Q-Is not that truc2
Ayes; | was not telling them any
thing
o-You were trying to reveal it-you
were trying TO conceal it2
Al was not furnishing thom with
any information.
Q-Was not O map shown to them
with the plane drawn Though the FL
dorado that you spoke of before the
discovery OF the bulkhead2
Al think II was.
o-You know II was. don't you?
A-Well. yes: / believe IL was.
COVERED UP PART OF MAP.
Q-And when YOU come to this plane
drawn through the Eldorado. you SIM
ply unfolded your map and laid some
thing over the map. running To the
northwest of the plane which would be
cut through the Eldorado claim?
Ayes, sir; l covered up the rest OF
the map.
Q-You covered up the rest of the
map 70 that they could not sec it7
A-Yce sir