White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-22
NOT INTERESTED
IN FEDERAL ELY
SALT LAKE CITY ATTORNEY
SHEDS LIGHT ON FILING OF
INCORPORATION ARTICLES BY
MINING COMPANY.

| Inc following letter from A. y.
| Ellis, Jr., an attorney of Salt Lake
City, was suggested by news story
in the White Pine News of two weeks
ago, relative to the filing of articles
of incorporation by the Federal Ely
| Copper company. The instance of
the filing of these articles of incor-
poration, as stated by the News at the
time, created unusual interest, and
the story which appears to have
lacked nothing in accuracy has gain
ed considerable publicity in an effort
! TO get information as to the why and
wherefore of the filing of the articles,
was unable to learn whether the ac-
tion had to do with reorganization,
which seemed to be the accepted
| theory and gave credence to the pos.
sibility that reorganization and
| possible development of the Federal
Ely holdings was being considered.
Further grounds for such deduction
were found in the interview with G..
S. Hoag, the resident agent, to the
effect that the company was acting in
compliance with the law governing
foreign corporations in getting
patents for all its various claims in
the district.
But subsequent developments show
that the articles filed were the orig
inal articles of Incorporation, which
fact the News was unable to verify
at the time. The public. of course,
was unaware that these articles had
never been filed during the years
that Federal Ely has been in ex-
istence, and assuming of course, that
all the legal formalities had long ago
been complied with, it was perfectly
natural that the action at this late
date, and the prominence of the in
corporators, should create interest
among local business men; and incl
dentally result in published comments
on something which appeared of
public interest as we'll.
The aforementioned News article
brought ID. C. Jackling into the
story by stating that it was the first
knowledge that he (Mr. Jackling)
had been or was associated with the
company. And it was his name as
sociated with others prominent in
mining and financial circles that was
factor in making the public prick
up it's ears that something important
might happen. However, in light of
later information, Mr. Jackling was
rather than is with Federal Ely, be-
ing one of the original stockholders
as stated in Mr.. Ellis letter which
the News prints as follows:
Il notice in our local paper here
statement, evidently copied from
your local paper, that the Federal
Ely Copper Company has filed its
Articles of Incorporation.
I'm the article it is stated that Mr..
ID. c. Jackling is interested in the
Federal Ely Copper Company. While
it is true that Mr. Jackling was one
of the original incorporators, he has
never been connected with the man
agement of affairs of the company
and has not been stockholder for
five years last past.
1T is unfair, both to Mr.. Jack
ling and to the stockholders of the
Federal Ely Company that any state
ment should go forth to the public
that Mr.. lacking Is in any way con-
nected with this company. II might
lead someone to invest in the COM
pany's stock on account of the state
ment that Mr.. Jackling is connected
with the company, which would, OF
course, be untrue"