White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-28
Frank Replies of Prize Fight Promoter to Questions
Made Him Popular With Everyone in Court
room, and Added to Gaiety of Trial
Well Known Resident of Ely Shocks Court by Remarng That
He Had Several Vacations, Among Them Being
That of Gambler

testimony provoked laugnIer Ill
which Rickard himself Joined.
George Graham Rice. one of the
defendants, asked the court to be per-
mitted to call Rickard first, as the
witness had arranged to sail for
South America.
The court permitted Rickard to
go on the stand as the first witness of
the session.
What have been some of your oc-
cupations?" asked Rice.
Well" said Riekard, I've pro-
NOTED prizefghts run hotels and
owned gambling houses.
Did you say you had run gambl-
ing houses?" asked Judge Ray quiz
zically, as a wave of laughter swept
over the room.
IL sure have, sir replied Riekard.
Rice questioned the witness about
his experience among the mines and
miners of the west. He brought out
that Rickard had at one time acted
as a practical miner and later was
part owner of mine. He wanted to
bring out the witness knowledge of
the Rawhide Coalition mine, assert
ing he intended TO show the Rawhide
mine was as valuable as Rice, in his
paper and market letter, said it was.
The government objected to many
of Rice's questions along this line,
but he finally got Rickard to answer
that he was an investor in the mine,
( had received big dividnds on his in
vestments at the time.
do you know gold in the pan?'
asked Rice of Rickard.
Whats that? Gold in the pan,
did you say?" asked Judge Ray.
Yes, sir, gold in the pan" replied
Rice.
well. what is this gold in the pan,
then??" asked the court of Riekard,
after the witness had said he knew
what it was.
1T is gold that has been pounded
out of rock" replied the witness.
The witness said he had seen gold
in the pan in the office of the Raw
hide Coalition company, taken from
the mine.
How many people were in Raw
hide in 190S?" asked Rice.
Il object" shouted Mr.. Dorr of
the government. Then he continu-
ed: 4 don't think Mr. Riekard was
a Genus taker in addition to his other
occupations.
Objection sustained" said Judge
Ray
Rice asked Rickard if he had not
bought lease on the mining proper
ty. The government objected, main
tanning that there was no proof the
witness was a mine owner.
why. Riekard buys mining leases
like some of us buy drinks said
Rice.
Rice then said he wanted to show
by the witness that he (Riee.) and
his associates did not go out west,
dig hole in the ground and call IT a
mine.
The government objected to the
testimony of Rickard on the ground
that he was not an expert on mining
affairs. This brought forth yigor-
GUS appeal from Rice.
"Your Honor. out west we are in
the habit of taking the word and
testimony of a practical miner before
that of a sehool-trained mining ex-
pert The great mining centers would
never have been discovered if we had
waited for the school-trained mining
expert TO discover them. Every big
mining town and mine has been dis
covered and started by practical min
ers-men who go through the deserts
suffering and getting their knowl-
edge knocked into their heads. And
after they have discovered a gold
mine or copper mine and do all the
hard work along comes the mining
expert, with about as much actual
knowledge as a town cat knows about
a marriage license" said Rice.
Emanuel Myers, counsel for Schef-