Wednesday, February ic, K904
THh bUMPTER MINhR
IRON DYKE
IN TROUBLE
foreclosure Proceedings Instituted to
Satisfy Indebtedness of
$230,000.
Thouqht The Erie. Pennsylvania
Creditors Wish to Get Possession
of The Mine.
General Manager Frauk E. Pearoe,
of the Iron Dyke mine, roturned to
Tinker City last night from a trip to
Erie, Pennsylvania, the home of the
principal owners of Ihe mine. He
attended a conference of the direc
tors at which plans for future devel
opment of the property wore out
lined. This morning Manager Pearce was
served with papers in a suit Insti
tuted yesterday to foreclose a mort
gage on the Iron Dyke, nmouutlng to
$208,000, and anotbor suit to re
cover a 821,000 judgmont In favor of
A. L. Curtr.e. Tho plaintiff in the
first named actiou Ib the same as In
the second and is brought ou a mort
gage executed by the Iron Dyke Cop
per Mining company to him for the
anm named. The mortgage covers
ihe thirty claims In the Iron Dyke
group, all the machinery, tools,
buildings, materials and miscella
neous equipment.
The suit, It Is understood by the
Herald, Is merely the carrying out of
the plans of the Iron Dyke company
to clear title Co the property and re
fund old debts.
It Is tho general belief, however,
'that the suit la a bona fide one, and
that the control of tbefproperty will
fasa from the present hands Into a
trong company hoaded by the judg
ment creditor, who la a wealthy man
of Erie, Punnsyla'u'ia. If the latter
belief la true, there is expected to bo
some changes in the policy of the
company.
Recently a number of miners' Ileus
;were filed against the mine during
the asbence of Manager Pearce.
When tho Iron Dyke Copper com
pany assumed chargo of tho mine, it
was anuouncod that tho men back of
tho company had sot asldo a fuud of
1110,000 for development. That
was a long timo ago, and it is bo
lieved that tho fund Iiuh heou ex
hausted. Manager Pearro wont east
to raise more money. In view of the
-fact that tho suit has beou Instituted
ainoe his eastern visit, tho conclu
sion Ib warranted that bo failod iu
Ills mission. At the same time, the
Herald is reliably Informed that the
uit Ib tiimply a part of the plaus of
the company to settle Its affairs and
continue the work of making the
iron Dyke one of the greatest copper
mines In tho notrbwest. Herald.
ALPINE VEIN IS
GAINING STRENGTH
Dick Addoms, superintendent of
the Alpine, is In town today. Mr.
Addoms Is a modest man and has an
aversion to seeing bis name in print.
4 'Come out and look at the prop
erty," he said, "but just leave mn
out of it. I know' we have some
thing good, but I don't care to figure
as the one who fumisbea the infor
mation to the public."
However, the conversation with
Mr. Addoms elicited that the Alpine
drift Is now iu over 400 feet with
soveu feet of good ore in the faco.
Some time ago tho drlti went square
against a solid granite nail. Iu
other words, there was a boise In tbo
way- This, however, was drlveu
through and the vein was found to
bold its true direction. It Is in
creasing in strength with dlstauce.
KEYSTONE-EQUITY
CASE UP AGAIN.
Attorney N. C. Richards "-as unex
pectedly colled to Canyou l ity this
afternoon iu the Keystone-Equity
litigation. Mr. Richards was pre
paring to accompany his wife to
Portland, when be was notified that
tbero was a uow pbaso to tho situa
tion, and that it was uocessary for
him to bo present at a hearing of a
motion to dlssolvo tho temporary
rostralniug ordor now in forco. Tho
case comos up bofore Judgo Clifford
at Cauyon City Saturday morning at
10 o'clock.
To briefly roitciato tho history of
tho present litigation, which Involves
much capital and interests of several
Sumpter people, in the first place, a
temporary Injunction was issued,
restraining the Equity company from
removing ore from ground claimed by
tbo Keystone, 'pendlnga hearing,snme
time In April, for a permanent in
junction and damages claimed. It
was urged by the Keystone people
that the Emiltv refused to obev the
.jV j t . j,c I
uiiioi, auu i-uHiBinii iirucetniiugB were
lUBiuuiea. rain case was neara a
few days ago, and while no fine was
imposed, tbo latter- company was
warned to keep off the ground.
It was thought this would be the
last of the matter lib'til tbo hearing
of the permanent Injunction. It is
undeistood now that the Equity urgos
that It has not sufficient orb to keep
its mill running, and therefore, baa
entered a motion for the dissolution
of the temporary injunction. Tbla
la an important equity case, and
Involves somo very rich mlueral
ground.
WILL INSTALL A
PUMPING PLANT
E. J. Wallace has finished his
placer work at Gold Center and will
leavo tomorrow to work ou a placer
claim be has at Stlces gulch. At
Cold Contor he has a largo amount of
gravel on tbo dump awaiting high
wator in the spring.
He proposes putting iu a largo
pumping plant at tbo Stlces placers
uext season, aud is going tbero uow
to do some preparatory work.
Mill Giving Satisfaction.
J. R. Caain, of Spokane, secretary
and treasurer of the Alamo company,
arrived Here tbla luorniug and will
remain several days on business Iu
connection with his company. He
will spend some timo at the property
during bis visit. Mr. Casslu says
the reports from the nev mill are to
the effect that it is giving entire satisfaction.
SLAUGHTER
OF CATTLE
Big Land Company in Morrow County
Pays Two Dollars a
, Head.
Trying to. Drive The Cattlemen From
The Last Public Range
Left.
Details of tho slaughter of cattlo
extending ovor a period from last
Juno until late iu the fall, on tho
range in Marrow county, were ''given
to the Spokesmau-Rovlew reprosontu
tive at' Pendleton "1'uesdav, by Hen
Swaggart, who arrived from his raugn
last evening. Ho is tho heaviest
loser, having had 100 head of his
cattlo killed or driven out of tho
country. Somo ho never expects to
find.
Iu telling about the slaughter, ho
said: "There was probably moro
killing of cattle there, for the terri
tory involved, than In any other
place In the United States. It is tho
settler who did tbo work, but they
'were hired to do it by a big laud
company which bought up a portion
of the range This company la sell
ing the land out to settlers. The
company, 'paid men 12 add 12. CO to
stay out at night and kill cattle.
Some of the cattle were riddled with
bullets, others wero wounded with
shotguns, aud died, a few days after,
and many were 'killed 'by1 being run
for miles over the country. Others
'were driven out of the country,
probably across the Columbia river.
"One day I caught four boya dog
ging my cattle. Two would 'run
them, while the othor two routed 'and
then the latter two 'would take up the
chase. They ran them several miles.
A number of cattlo died out of that
biinoh. I did not want to proaoauto
those boys, as one was tbo sou 'of a
widow, and then they were hired to
do it. Settlers coming in will not
put up good foncps. They generally
string one wire, which Is easily
broken down. Tbon when tho cattle
got In thy bliimo tho raugo men.
They did not kill any great number
of cattlo at one time, but continued
to kill thorn for nearly six mouths.
Thuy wro tryiug to got us to take
tho cattlo from the range. That la
the only raugo available uow. It Is
forty miles long by thirty miles wide,
aud tbero is plenty of room for all.
"It is public range aud I Intend
to seo it justlco cau be had. I ox
peat they will drive us out uext year
completely if Bometblug Is not done
to slop thorn, foi tbey got balf the
cattle I turned out last summer and
I oxpojt to turn the rent out next
season. I was the last oue off the
range last fall, aud that Is the reaaou
my loss was the heaviest. Thoy
practically drove the Ilutter creek
ranchers away, and that was wbat
encouraged tbo settlers to kill more
cattle, It was minors aud foreigners
who were hired to do the work.
Horses wero killed also. Settlers
ouid abut them iu the fields aud a
large number died from thirst." I
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