The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1924-01-03
IDAHO MINE INSPECTOR
ROCKY BAR PROMOTION
.rr,cERs ISSUE STATEMENTS
THAT DO NOT CONFORM
TO FACTS.

,.a,,art Campbell, state mine in
oefor. is gong after mining com
n,es which tai to comply with the
- of the state and whose promot-
issue false and exaggerated state
,nents regarding the merits OF mining
aronerty they propose to develop.
,,obo has been comparatively free
rom this class of promotions, ana
4, ,s very much TO the interest of the
lining industry that the state be
lent free from them. There are
.ientv of good mining opportunities
IN Idaho which Will attract capital
for development upon investigation
ond truthful statements of facts, and
methods of promotion that resort to
instrumentation should be discount
tananced and those who resort to
them should be prosecuted when they
come in conflict with the law. In
snector Campbell has evidently found
a case of this kind Rocky Bar in the
southern part of the state, as indi-
Gated by the following from the Boise
statesman of the Goth;
High Values Not There.
Ore samples taken from the Rocky
Bar properties of the Idaho Gold cor
poration, claimed in press articles to
run s472 per ton, did not assay to
exceed $50 per ton in gold" says a
statement Wednesday from Stewart
Campbell, state mine inspector. The
company, organized under the Nevada
laws, the inspector says, has not COM
piled with either the mining or blue
skv laws" of Idaho, land as it's adver
Using circulars and press articles are
misleading, 1 consider that the public,
as well as the press, should be so ad-
vised."
Enforcement of the blue sky law,
so far as mining is concerned, rests
with the mine Inspector When asked
why the law had not been enforced in
this case, Mr.. Campbell said he could
find no responsible member Of the
company to arrest
His statement follows in full:
Statement by Campbell.
Il returned to Boise December Il,
from Rocky Bar, where 1 inspected
the property of the Idaho Gold cor
poration. of which company Samuel
Newhouse has been recently elected
president and manager. Samples TAX
en- from the vein, which recent press
articles averred ran $472 per ton in
gold, did not assay $50 per ton in
gold. The vein does not have the ap-
pearance of developing a commercial
tonnage, and the entire showing does
not warrant the publicity that has
been given to it. Also this company
has never complied with the mining
or blue sky law of Idaho, and as its
advertising circulars and press adticles
are misleading, 1 consider the public
as well as the press, should be so ad-
vised."
Copy of Bulletin.
Mr.. Campbell has copy OF
stockholders bulletin" sent out from
the New York Office of the company
under date of December 20. The bull
letin, submitted to the stockholders Is
a letter in the name of Mr.. Newhouse'
the president, to the secretary of the
corporation, informing him of the
value of the ore taken from what Is
designated as the Clifton Bell" vein
Of the mine. 1t says average samples
assayed s472 ton.
The bulletin also contains report
of Harry S. Joseph, Salt Lake mining
engineer, on the assay. Part of his
report to the corporation, as quoted
in the bulletin, follows:
After my visit, just made to your
property, 1 take pleasure, as a mining
engineer of 80 years experience in the
west, in placing myself on record that
in my Judgment, the Idaho Gold cor
poration's property, under systematic
development, is destined to be one OF
the greatest gold mines in the west
and is a wonderful property"
Jess Hawley, Boise attorney, Thurs
day resigned as statutory agent or
the Idaho Gold corporation, following
a statement Wednesday by Stewart
Campbell, state mine inspector, charg-
ing the company was advertising that
ore taken from its Rocky Bar prop
erty assayed s472 per ton when ut
did not assay to exceed $50 per ton
in gold"