The Alaska daily empire., 1920-11-26
COLD MINING co. PAYS FORTUNE TO CLEAR PROPERTY Chichagof Owners Settle John Tuppela Judgment
 For $300,000. ROYALTY TO CONTINUE Tuppela Will Receive Further
 Payments As Ore Is
 Mined and Milled.
ROYALTY TO CONTINUE

An agreement was arrived at Wednesday evening between repre- sentatives of the Chichagoff Gold Mining Company and John Tuppela to settle, without further account ing, the judgment in the Circuit Court of Appeals by Tuppela against the mining company which adjudg- two mining claims that had been operated by the Chichagoff com pany, and directed an accounting of the operations in said property in accordance with the judgment Settlement, in accordance with the agreement, was made yesterday. It is understood that the Chichagoff Mining Company Maid Tuppela and his attorneys $158.0oB in cash and will pay a like amount in January in full settlement for Tuppela' S share of the profits that have result ed from the mining of the prop erty in question, and that Tuppela will get a royalty on the ore in the claims, of which he Is half owner as 1t is taken outaand milled. This iG in full sediment of the claims of Tupplea and his attorneys.
 Attorneys Negotiate.
 The Chichagoff Gold Mining Com pany was represented in the nego- tiations which were terminated yes terday, and which make further ac- counting under the judgment unnec- essary, by w. R. Rust, one of the principal owners of the property, James L. Freeburn, its Manager, and H. l.. Faulkner, it's attorney. Tup- pela was represented by his attor- neys, J. H. Cobb and Judge John R. Winn.
 The two claims in question were purchased by the Chichagoff Mining Company at 8 public sale lconducted by the guardian of John Tuppela while the latter was confined as a patient in hospital for the insane in Oregon to which he had been committed from Alaska The public sale was held pursuant to an order made by the United States Com missioner. The price paid was s 900 and was for one-half of a one-half interest, the other half of the one half interest having been previously purchased by the company. Later $500 was paid A. Bauer of Sitka for the other half interest in the com pany.
 Judgment Reversed.
 Alter Tuppela was discharged from the hospital for the insane at Portland, he, through his attorneys, attacked the guardians sale, alleg- ing that it was void on account of irregulaties, and claimed a partner ship with the Chichagof Gold Min ing Company in the two claims in question, and therefore the right to share in the partnership of the in terest of Bauer in the property and asked for an accounting on that basis.
 was rendered for the defendant com pany, but this was reversed in the Circuit Court of Appeals. Tuppela was adjudged to be half owner in the property, and an accounting was ordered. The settlement con- summated yesterday terminated the litigation and stopped further pro- ceedings under the accounting authorized and directed.
 The settlement of the litigation will mt make any anDraciahlo diff ference in the working force em- ployed at the mine. according to a statement made today by Mir Rust and Manager Freeburn. Any addi- tional men required in the mine it. self, would be taken from other rarts of the company's holdings