The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-11-10
MANHATTAN DEVELOPING

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ing district known locally as the
Litigation Hill section has we'll de-
served it's name. Fortunately for
present investors, the litigation from
which the low rounded hill situated
in the eastern portion of the dis
trict derived its name is all of the
past. The title to the acreage cover
ing the hill in question is now un-
clouded, the numerous conflicts have
been settled, and for the past few
years it has simply been a matter
of developing the great orebodies
which once served to give the nee
essary impetus to the mero in
functions, court orders, gun plays,
law suits, supreme court decisions,
etc.
The main reason why there were
so many law suits in connection with
Litigation Hill was because of the
cropping of the main ledge of the
hill, where in plain sight on the sur
face, following the brow of the hill
was a free gold orebody which gave
returns up in the hundreds of dol
lars per ton. The limestone belt
wherein this ore came to the surface
is found for the entire length of the
hill, and ore groupings have been
found in many places along the
limestone.
The companies which were the
chief parties in the many law suits
affecting the Litigation Hill acreage
were the Manhattan Dexter Mining
company, owning the Union No. 2
and Union No. 3 mining claims, the
Liberty and Justice Gold Mining
company, owning the Liberty and
Justice Fraction; the Manhattan
Earl Mining company, which owned
the Earl claim; the Granny Mining
company, with title to the Granny
claim, and the Manhattan Consoli-
dated Mining company, which owned
the Silver Pick, Keystone and Red
Roy claims, together with several
fractions and claims owned indi-
vidually.
The litigation between the Dexter
company and the Liberty and JUS
tice company was the hardest fought
and brought out many interesting le-
gal features. One of the principal
points in this litigation was the
question of abandonment. The two
claims owned by the Dexter company
were staked under an abandonment
agreement from the first locator.
The lower court sustained the Dexter
company, the supreme court revers-
ed the lower courts decision and re-
manded the case for re-trial.
These proceedings covered the
years 1906 and 1907. Adverse suits
were also brought by the Earl,
Granny and Consolidated companies
to stop the patent proceedings of the
Dexter company. During all this
time leasers were clamoring for the
privilege of mining various portions
of the hill. The first step to quiet
the various conflicts was taken in
Jt8 when the Forman brothers,
controlling the Liberty and Justice
compromised with the Manhattan
Union Mining company, the COM
pany formed to take over the two
claims owned by the Dexter company,
and a new company was formed call
ed the Litigation Hill Merger Mining
company.
Compromise lines were establish
ed and this same year the prospect
i've litigation with the Earl and the
Consolidated companies was settled
by more compromise lines between
the conflicting claims. This left
four companies owning the estate of
Litigation Hill. The Litigation Hill
Merger owned 81 acres of the west
ern and northern portion of the hill;
the Manhattan Amalgamated owned
what was left of the Liberty and
Justice fractions, together with the
Granny claim, on the north and TAX
ing in the summit of the hilr; the
Manhattan Earl still held it's Earl
claim, reduced in size, and the Con-
solidated retained title to o part of
the Silver Pick claim, on the eastern
end of tbs hill, a compromise line
cutting off the western portion of
this claim, with the last named com
pany owning intact it's other claims.
By this time ~leasers were operat-
ing over the various estates men
toned. The Earl company leasers
mined to a deDth of $50 feet. John