Mohave County miner., 1913-08-16
Charge Rival Mining Company Has Extracted Their Ores
 Unlawfully.

Seeking to recover 300,000$ for ores alleged to have been unlawfully ex- tracted from it's grounds, the Emerald Mining company filed suit against the Centennial Eureka Mining company Tn the United States district court yesterday afternoon. The plaintiff alleges that it is believed the defend. ant company has extracted no less than 2OO0 tons of ore from the Emer- aid lode mining claim in the Tintlc district. It fixes the va,ue of the ore at ln0.000S and asks for triple dam ages, as allowed by law in cases of un- lawful extraction of ore, and costs of the suit. The Emerald company also asks for court order permitting it's surveyors to make surveys and in- spections in the underground workings of the Centennial Eureka.
 The complaint is accompanied by atfidavits made by H. C. Hoffman, president of the Emerald company; E. E. Hoffman, vice president; J. E. Oglesby, secretary, and w. F. Earl, director. The principal affidavit is signed by H. c. Hoffman and embodies the information contained in the af- tidavits of the other officers.
 According to Mr. Hotfnan's affidavit, repeated requests to be allowed to in- spect the underground workings of the Centennial Eureka property have been refused.
 The Emerald and the Emerald Frac- tion claims are those over which con- paint is made. The direct develop ment of the Emerald, the affidavit out lines, consists of shaft driven to a depth of 1000 feet, with a lO0-foot in- cline at the foot of the shaft. Other development work has been pursued through the Opex Mining company's property at a depth of 1880 feet. The affidavit asserts that the Centennial Eureka has a vertical shaft with depth of 2'J0 feet, and the atfiant charges that the company has entered the Emerald claim from the HOO and 1900 foot levels.
 According to the affidavit, the Cen. tennal Eureka encountered a large body of ore in the Dove claim, ad joining the Emerald. It is charged that the greater part of this body of ore lies in the Emerald property, and that the Centennial Eureka company has worked on the ore body through vertical shafts clearly within the boundaries of the Emerald claim.
 The affidavit also charges that the defendant company did not pursue it's work in the Dove claim during the day, when the Emerald company was working toward the same ore body from the Opex property. However, it outlines visit of the officers of the company to the development work off the Opex property on the night of March ,, when the Emerald company was doing no night work. The atf- davits of Mr. Hoffman, E. E. Hoffman and Mir. Oglesby assert that at this time the hand drills and subsequent blasts of the defendant company could be heard in the property owned by the Emerald company, Since May 25 the Emerald company has not been permitted to work its property through the ODex property.
 The Emerald company owns an un. divided one half interest in the Emer- aid, Diamond and Ruby claims, ad- joining the Centennial property. and all of the Emerald Fraction. The Centennial company holds an option on the three claims, and Mr.. Hoffman asserts in his affidavit that he believes it is the intention of the Centennial company to induce the plaintiff to sell for small sum or develop it to such an extent that it will be valueless to the plaintiff company.-Sa Lake Herald Republican.