The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-31

| do not know whether any pay
ment has ever been made to the dis
trict by the Butte Copper and Zine
company, or the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company that are undermin
ing the south portion of the town fol
the Garfield school or not, but wheth
er or not some payment has beer
made, it has doubtless been made or
such terms as the mining companies
adjudicated was sufficient, and we are
powerless before any jury in Silver
Bow county to assert the rights OF
the district for the loss of the Gar
field school building; that is doubt.
less water over the dam, which will
never turn the millers wheel. How
ever, | do suggest plan for saving
the high school, and that is that you
request the Bureau of Mines of the
| United States to Immediately investi-
gate the underground working of tho
if such investigation reveals that the
high school is about to be injured,
the War Production Board would
agree that there is no such immediate
demand for manganese in the prosecil-
ton of the war as requires it to pur-
chase through the Metals Reserve
Company any manganese from the
Emma mine. 1t is probable that a
sufficient stock pile of manganese has
been produced to enable the Metals
Reserve Company to cease buying any
product of mining operations which
are destroying millions of dollars Of
surface improvements.
Many other people have been in
jured in their property by the work
ings of the Emma mine. A recent
trial reveals that there are three es-
carpments extending through the
southwest section of the city of Butte
roughly, from the north side line of
Wyoming street to the north side line
of Travona street, somewhat above
Silver street, and the ground affected
being 500 feet wide. Some of these
persons affected have requested me
to present their grievances to the Blu
reau of Mines and the War Produc-
ton Board in Washington, and | ex
pect to do this about the middle oe
next month. 1t might be of financial
benefit to the district if you would
for some representative OF
the school district and its Board of
Trustees to join in requesting an in
vestigation by the Bureau of Mines
Of the underground workings of the |
Emma mine, and a petition that if the
stock pile is sufficient |
from other sources to have the Metals
Reserve Company cease buying man
s resulting in a widespread destruc-
ion of property, for which there is
10 redress in the courts, because of
he peculiar situation of Butte-that
S. that the Anaconda company has
iuch influence with jurors that it is
lot possible for private persons or
he school district to obtain a verdict
.gainst that company regardless of
low strong the evidence may be.
| may add that the seven children
t Mrs. Maury and myself have all
raduated in the Butte public schools,
nd as we now have eight grand
hildren coming on, we still take an
interest in the welfare of the schools
ere, because some of the them might
ttend these schools. v
If the high school grounds embrace
ny portion of the Nellie lode, then G
le school district doubtless owns the y
lineral title, as well as the surface, 0
ecause as to the Nellie lode, the g
,wnsite title carries the mineral u
ghts. n
Will you be so kind as to reply, and
you will permit, or desire, l would b
? glad to explain this situation at
eater length in one of your meet a
gs. c
Respectfully yours, l
LOWNDES MAURY. =.