The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-12-23
BAKER FAMILY
STARTED A SUIT
AGAINST CORRlGAN-McKINNEY CO.
OVER MINE DISAGREEMENT
A HISTORY OF THE CASE
Shows That the Discovery of Ore
on the Tully Near Line Caused
misunderstanding

The long talked of action OF the
Bakers against Corrigan, Mckinney g.
Go. was brought 10 head last Mon
day when. through their attorneys
Martineau, Everest and Martineau of
Marinette, they started an action In
the circuit court of this county in
which they claim large sum Of
money in damages from the mining
company
This action has been threatened for
a long time SO that there was no sur
prise when Il was started. The suit
arose over Disagreement between
the parties over royalty charge for
the privilege of hauling Tully mine
ore through the Baker mine shaft. six
Tor seven years ago
The Baker mine was the original
property OF Corrigan, Mckinney a. Co.
in the Stambaugh district Supt.
Richards took IL up after II had been
dropped by other mining interests and
risked lot of money in sinking a
shaft to open up some ore that he had
found with a diamond drill
While working az the Baker, Mr.
Richards had been induced to turn
his attention TO the Houlihan proper
~ which adjoins the Baker on the
west. Ills efforts on the HoulihaD
brought results. a body Of ore being
found at considerable distance from
the Baker line
A shaft was put down and the Hou-
lihan property, the name Of which was
changed TO the "TullS, opened up.
Subsequent development work at the
Baker was not as encouraging as the
operators had expected il 10 be but
on the Tully property conditions were
reversed and they were better than
expected Among other unexpected
happenings on the Tully property was
the finding OF a nice body of ore close
to the Baker line.
Az the Baker openings were close
to this ore body drift was run in
and the ore body partially opened up
from the Baker. Some ore, taken
| from development work, was hoisted
through the Baker shaft and account
ed for as Tully ore.
In the mean time no arrangement
| had been made for shaft privileges
and when the operators had satisfied
themselves that they had consider
able ore body they started ncgotia-
tions. with the Bakers looking TO Sc
curing from them the priv'lege of
hoisting Tully ore through the Baker
sh0ft There was q difference of opin-
ion between the parties over this the
Bakers demanding more than the miu-
ing company was willing to pay.
Price Mckinney came to Stambaugh
from Cleveland in an effort To person
ally settle the difficulty and II is
claimed that he offered them 7-cents
per ton for the privilege. Ills offer
was rejected and he never made them
another but instead ordered the sink
ing OF a new shaft on the Tully prop
erty 10 open up the new ore body
The contention between the parties
grew. once that II was started. The
mining company suspended operations
on the Baker and moved the buildings
or. excepting those necessary to op-
Grafton Of the property Since then
the Baker has been unwatered and
some ore mined from Il but not any
great amount. The mining company
has kept mp It's lease obligations and
has . number Of years yet in which
to operate the property II Il sees NJ
20 do so
The Bakers claim that the company
has been hoisting ore from the Baker
and shipping Il as Tully and in that
way the fee owners have been denied |
mucii royalty that they should have
received
The case II an intricate one, involv-
ing lot Of questlons SO that II will |
be followed with interest when u
comes up for trial
The Corrigan- Mckinney interests |
viii be looked after by the company'e
attorney. Mr.. Chas r. Watson OF this
city