Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-19
POT CALLS TIE
KETTLE BLACK
PROMOTER HARRIS MAKES A
STATEMENT
DENIES ANY CONNECTION WITH
BONANZA
Valueless Rock In San Gabriel Canyon
Again Gives Rise to Explana-
tlons, and Blame Would
Be Shifted

The case of the Southern California
Bonanza Gold Mining company, whose
motive in stock selling is questioned
by John Heiman, who petitioned the
court Thursday for a writ of mandate
that he might examine the books, has
has again given C. r. Harris Of black
rock fame an opportunity to break into
print with a statement. Harris was
accused by H. L. Boyd, analyst, OF
being connected through certain assays
with the Southern California Bonanza
Gold Mining company, alleged to be
operating q wildcat in San Gabriel
canyon. Statements from this one and
that one received by The Herald would
indicate that somebody had told 8
falsehood, or, at least, that somebody
was q bigger falsifier than somebody
else These statements, which are said
to be explanations, throw no apparent
light on the subject, which, In short
is that there exists in San Gabriel can
yon and Little Dalton canyon home
blende schist formation that is black
and looks like telluride, and that pro-
moters, among whom are G. r, Harris
and the Southern California Bonanza
Gold Mining company, have either at
tempted to sell location interests OF
have sold stock, basing their claim that
the rock is valuable on questionable
assays made by chemical and secret
process.
C. R. Harris Estates" as follows:
Harris Makes Statement
Editor Herald
In my signed statement following
the extended article in The Herald
of the 18th inst. I stated that |
would not go into an extended
newspaper controversy, / desiring
TO prove my case by more definite
methods, but as there are some
statements in the lengthy article
referred to that are so misleading
and unfair that I desire to make
q few corrections at least.
First have no connection what
ever with the Southern California
Bonanza Gold Mines company.
Second-That said company had
no right to use several Of the as
says which they have been using
in connection with their proposition
and 1 desire to explain how they
came in possession of same.
Third-I desire to brand as abso-
1utely false the statement that l
have in any way ever used my
connection with any religious In
stitution in this city to assist me in
a business way.
Further to call attention to the
signed article herewith of Prof.
III. s. Boyd, one of the chemists
who made various assays for me,
wherein he corrects several errors
that appeared in his statement in
connection with this controversy
referring to the number of assays
made and the values received, which
will fully set right the false i'm
civ w
ticle. which stated that a lesser
number of assays had been made by
him than had formerly been re-
uorted by me, he naming three as
carving commercial values instead
of only one Of this character.
Recently Learned of Company
Relative to the Southern Califor-
MIA Bonanza Gold Mines company,
T never knew of the existence OF
this corporation until last Friday,
the 18th inst, when / came in pos
session of one Of their circular let
ters. / Immediately visited tnelr
office, explained to them that iney
were using several assays Wh1ch
were made for me of rock taken
from properties which they were
not interested IN. They admitted
that tbey were In error in doing
this and promised to Immediately
DESTROY all printed matter embody-
ing such assays.
Several months ago I held an
ontion on some property which,
einoe that period, has been taken
over by this company. One OF the
conditions of the option was that
comics of assays made on the ore
taken from it should be turned over
bv this company. One of the con-
ditions of the option was that
copies of assays made on the ore
taken from it should be turned
over to the owners at the expiration
of the option.
After the option expired I was
requested to give them copies OF
the assays made on their ores,
which l complied with by giving
them a carbon copy of q long list
of assays which were made on ores
from various properties, accom-
panied by letter statlng What
particular assays on the sheet were
from ores from their properties.
o Claims His Assays Listed
For reasons unknown to me they
used, in their prospectus, assays
from this list that were made from
properties owned outright by myseir
and associates and far removed
from their properties.
Practically all of the statement
annearing in the article referred to
are either untruthful or misleading,
and could be as readily explained
as the foregoing if space would per-
nit. l might mention, as an in
stance, one item appearing in the
first article in this controversy,
wherein a bill, which was inadvert-
emily enclosed with a bunch OF
original assay certificates which
were secured from my office by mis-
representation, was reported in the
article as an assay certificate, the
various charges on the bill being
made to appear as separate assays,
which amounts were entirely for
eign to any assay certificates in the
hands of the parties publishing the
same. This merely to show how
words and figures have been Jug
gled all through this controversy
by the parties who are so deeply in
terested in keeping up the agita-
tion. their motives being well
known by many who take the pains
10 investigate, in the meantime,
nreparations are going forward to
get at the real merits of the situa-
tion along the lines indicated in my
article of yesterday.
(SigneO c. r. HARRIS.
Boyd Retracts
IT. L. Boyd of the Y. M. c. A
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