The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-08
Affidavit of G. n. Moffitt.

In his affidavit in support of the
complaint f. II, Mofiitt of this city,
president and manager of the Star
Mining company gives a summary of
the option given the Federal by the
Star company, and states that the
first information that the Federal
company had removed ore from be-
meath the Star ground was in the
fall of 1916 Affiant thereupon called
upon Frederick Rurbidge, manager of
the Federal, and asked that he per-
nit an inspection and survey of the
/ Federal workings to ascertain whether
/ they extended into the Star ground;
that Mr.. Burbidge at that time de-
clined to permit the survey and in
spection, and informed atfiant that
the Federal company had stopped ore
/ from within and beneath the Star
ground. This information and the
subsequent survey by Rush J. White
for the first time informed affiant that
Star ground, and had extended
number of levels beneath the Star
property and had removed large
quantities of ore. fiant says that
he verify believes that the said de-
PENDANT company, shortly after the
surrender of the said option and
without any notice to this affiant or
to the plaintiff extended its work
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property
Atfiant further states that after the
Federal company had abandoned it's
option, plaintiff caused. an eXamina
ton of the workings to be made by
mining engineer. land the only work
ings of which he was advised by the
Federal company We're those upon the
No 5 level. and that there was no
connection between the same and the
said workings within the property of
the pla intiff which had been extended
from the 500, 1850 and 1850 levels, and
information that such work had been
done was withheld from this plain
tiff and this aftiant by said Federal
Mining & Smelling company"
"Afiiant further says that he is in
formed and believes that the said
Federal Mining & Smelling company
as rapidly as it accumulates any
money from the sale of ores, over and
above actual cost of operations, dis
tributes the same to it's stockholders;
that it has little property of any
value; that within the last twelve
months two Of the mines formerly OPP
Grated by ii, to- wit: the Frisco and
Iron Mountain mines, have been en-
tirely closed permitted to fill with
water and abandoned as valueless.
"That its Mace mines. which We're
formally quite productive, are now
practically worked out, and afiiant is
informed and believes and therefore
says that they are practically value
less, and the mining being conducted
there simply is in cleaning up old
remnants of ore left from the former
operations.
"Afiant further alleges that he is
informed and believes and therefore
alleges that the properties formerly
owned by the said defendant at Ward
ner are of little, if any value, That as
result of certain litigation and in
settlement thereof, the defendant en-
tered into a contract with the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concen-
trating company whereby it reserved
only a right to work certain designat-
ed areas and that upon the arrival of
the time when they could not be
worked profitably. 1t would surrender
all of it's property and equipment at
mill, to the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Mining & Concentrating company.
Wardner, including its concentrating
And affiant says that he is informed
and believes and therefore alleges
that the ore bodies reserved at Ward
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