The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-05-03
ANOTHER BIG MINE
is IN LlTlGACIQN


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clause WHEREBY the assignees agreed 20
nav to the said Michael Gleason or his
assigns three cents per ton on all ores
mined and shipped from the property.
AS "A further move in this highly in
terestipg deal the bill recites that on
or about the 9th day of June 1905
about six months after Constancy Zy-
skowksi received mis- quit claim from
Mtynarczyk he and his wife. Rosalie
Zykswoski, transferred quarter IN
terest in the property by warranty
deed TO Zygmunt Zyskowski. a son
whom the bill alleges. was cognizant
of the entire condition of the title and
of the transactions incident thereto.
On the Goth day of February 1909
lease was taken by the Gleason com
pany from the Zyskowski's by the
terms of which the Zyskowski were
20 receive l2.cents per ton; Frank
jackson 1is-cents per ton and Molly
Erickson the sum OF IL cents per ton.
| The position of the defendants Jack
son and Erickson is pot fully explain
cd but it is learned from other sources
that these parties were instrumental
| in securing the option for the Gleason
people and that the royalty is compen
sation for their work.
II is further set up in the bill that
the Gleason company gave an option to
Frederick N. Beegle, trustee, by the
terms of which he was to explore the
property and. if satisfied. to take a min
ing lease on the same from the Gleason
people On the Goth day OF June 1910
Mr.. Beegle exercised his option and
asked for lease The lease runs for
80 years and provides for a minimum
royalty of 81. 600 for the first year and
$i2, 500 for each and every subsequent
year shall pay TO Jackson and Molly
Erickson Ia cents each per ton; to
Consistency Zyskowski and Zygmunt
Zyskowski their ~ cents per ton royal
ty and the ground rents provided tor
in the original lease aad to the Glea-
son Exploration Co. the sum of $40, 000
and royalty of 35-cents per ton on
each ton mined
The bill recites that the defendants
Consistency. Zygmunt and Rosalie Zy-
skowski and Frank jackson are resi-.
dents of Iron River Molly Erickson OF
Escanaba, Michael Gleason of Glad.
stone.
The plaintiff asks that the defendants
he brought into court and made to an.
swer; that the quit claim deed De SCI
aside and the mineral interest in the
property be returned to Father Mty-
narczky; that the leases made be an
nuled and the property left free of lease
to the plaintiff to do with as be
chooses
An injunction isasked for to prevent
the Davidson Ore Co. paying any
money TO the other defendants.
This is the first case wherein the
Ownership of developed and operating
iron mine has been in dispute and the
case will be hard fought one from
start to.finisn. 1t means very much to
the Gleason people should they lose
their lease TO this property for they
have a very large interest in the royal
ty as may be seen by the terms Of the
lease.
The case for the defendants has been
taken up by T.. p Lott for Frank Jack
son and Zyskowski and r. L. Empson,
of Gladstone. for the Gleasons and
Molly Erickson
Mr.. Abbott said, In reply To our
query. that the plaintiff wrote him and
asked him IL he would take up the case
for him. II seems that some one at
Iron River must have acquainted him
with the value OF the property and kept
him posted as to what was doing. He
has not been in Iron county siuce he
left here in 1895 so must have got his
information from someone on the
ground
The case will be tried in the Iron
county circuit, perhaps In October
next. az the time between now and
| Iune term Ia too short IN admit of tho