The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-21
INVESTIGATION
OF fAIRVIFW
MISS HoEFT NOW CONSULTING
ATTORNEYS IN WEST
MAY START MORE
SUITS.

The Nevada city Calf, Union has
the following concerning tho FairvieW
mine and proposed Investigation of its
affairs:
Miss Eleanor Hoen, who has been
spending few days in san Francisco
and Sacramento consulting prominent
attorneys In regard 20 making an in
yestigation Of the affairs of the Fair
view mine at Relief Hin. this county.
returned last night. and In an inter
view Miss Hoeft stated that besides
the Investigation Of the Fairview Mine
matters il is probable that she viii al
so enter suit against prominent mining
men of Nevada County who have been
connected with the Fairyiew. charg-
ing defamation OF character and libel
The Sacramento Bee publishes the
following article relative 20 the al
legged trouble among the stockholders
and directors OF the Fairyiew com
pany.
During her recent trip TO Calumet
which she made at the request Of more
than 200 stockholders of the Fairview
Miss Hoeft was present at four meet
ings called 10 discuss action In regard
10 an investigation Of the affairs OF the
mining company At one Of these
meetings vote OF thanks was given
her for action she had taken in the
interest Of the stockholders. and at
subsequent meeting she was invested
with fun power of attorney 10 act as
representative of the Calumet stock
holders. The stockholders present vol
UNFAIRLY assessed themselves I'm ratio
10 the stock held and raised funds for
the employment of lawyers I'm this
state 90 conduct the Investigation and
handle any suits which may arise
They also empowered Miss Hoeft toI
employ two experts TO inspect the
mine, obtain samples and have them
assayed. A general protest against the
manner in which the affairs of the
company has been managed In the
past was signed by the Calumet stock
holders and is in the possession Of
Miss Hoeft.
Give Miss Hoeft Letters.
The stockholders I'm Calumet, also
gave into Miss Hocfrs possession let |
tiers which have been received by them
from c. NJ. Wilson. president OF the
company; Mrs l.. l.. Wilson, his wife.
who acted as secretary, and from Dis
trict Attorney +. l.. Arbogast. Some
who possessed these letters and were
reluctant in giving them up were given
choice between surrendcring them or
facing legal proceedings.
The letters from Wilson are Of a
very optimistic nature. and promise
the recipients that the Fairvicw will
be made "A dividend payer. But the
figures Of production OF gold and Of
work done and ore I'm sight as given
in the letters, it is alleged, do not tall !
~ with the reports of the mine COW
ering the same period, and this vari-
ance is one Of the bases on which the
stockholders demand an investigation. |
Two afidavits, one from Josiah Col |
Inns and the other from J. H. Neker- |
Wis both Of Calumet, are OF the eff |
feet that G.. NJ. Wilson told them that |
there Is $1,000, 900 worth of timber on |
the land, and that IL the mine did not |
pay he would sell this timber and re-
imburse the stockholders, also that ne |
would sell all of his own stock for !
and development of the |
mine rather than have an assessment
made. To Josiah Collins i'm March of |
this year be- wrote that a man from
Mexico had offered him 1000 900 for |
the Fairyicw, 100000 cash. and the |
balance within a year. but that he had !
refused
Exhibited Valuable Nugget.
some OF the Calumet stockholders
ais" state they purchased stock from |
Wilson because he exhibited "a nugget. !
large as mans hand and worth $500
which Doe said hc took from the Fair
view mine. 10 IS alleged that this
nugget did not come from the Fair
view but was borrowed from j. T..
Frye. an old prospcctor Of Relief HHI.
WHO got 10 in Logans Canyon near
Relief HILL The letters from Mrs
J.. l.. Wilson 10 the Calumet people all
read in the same vein as those Of VIII
son
A letter from District Attorney Ar
bogast of Nevada county, who has act
ed as attorney for Wilson, was sent to
Calumet stockholders in August Of
this year and read at the meetings
In the letter Arbogast gives "a bio
graphical sketch Of himself and then
makes differences against the charac-
ter and sanity OF Miss Hocft. implies
q motive of blackmail 10 her, but does
not mention her by name, only as
"the party who is making trouble
and closes without making any ex-
PLANTATION Of the affairs Of the Fair
view. In the letter he also admits the
connection of c. NJ. Wilson In bust
ness with Major Arnot Perry who Is
now serving a term in San Quentin for
and certain shady real
estate transactions. but states posi-
lively that 4 know Wilson was not
connected with any Of Perry's criminal
acts At the same time he says that
he was not acquainted with Wilson
when the latter was FIRST selling stock
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