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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1905)
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Notice is hereby glveu that the au uual meetiug of the stockholders of the Bluck Butte Miniug compauy will he held at the office of William sou & Burleigh, 1242 Water Stroet, Augusta, Maine, ou the stxteeuth day of May, 1G05, at 2 o'clock iu the afternoon, for the lollowiug pur pur eoses: First.- To elect a board uf direct ors for tho utiBuiiig corporato year. Second. To transact any other business which may come before said meeting. Pendletoo.J Oregon, April 24th, 1005. F. W. VINCEN1, Secretary, Blaok Butte Miniug Company. ATTENTION! Do you desire to sell stock iu your Gold, Copper, Mining or other In diiNtrinl companies? If ho, you can not find a better advertising medium than the die;minuficturer MINIMI, iuimm. it is the lending industrial and financial paper published in the South. It reaches that cIuhh of rend ers who are interested in financial and industrial affnhs It is old and established. Published semi-monthly. Guaranteed circulation 10,000. 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NEW YORK -Air-' rAiti - Clfc E DAI IT AC I III fill HI III ii r iii ill INVOLVED IN BAOGbR STOCKTON MIX-UP The Stflokton-Iiadgcr milling easo, recently tried before the federal court at Portland, and takeu under advisement by Judge Helllngor, is tho first iutsanco iu Oregon where a big suit hinged ou a mero technical interpretation of the law of for feiture notice. Tho Hadger com pany relies for its success in thb case upon technical compliance with the statute providlug how to advoi tise h partner out of a mining claim, aud it has dawned that u now point in Orogou mining litigation is to bo tho pivot of the onso. It appears from tho evidence in troduced at the trial that William Moraii aud William Welch were the original locator-) of the Stoukton. Morati loft Susauvillo in 1807, and during his absence Welch sold the mine to W. C. till) t)H for 6500. Thou SimmoiH aud Ames came to the camp iu tho spring of 1H!)H aud huuded the property from tllbhs, knowing nothing of Mortal's connec tion with tho mine. Later hearing of it, they went through the usual pro cedure uf forfeiture by publication They knew nothing at all of M man's whereabouts. in l"u:i Moian went to Fred W. Uradley, at the time he aud Welling ton Urogg, of Ban Francisco, wete acquiring property in the Susauvillo camp, and gave Hradloy a deed to h half interest iu the Stockton for $50, signing au allldavit that he had at all times beeti ab'o to do his share of the assessment work, aud that his postoMlce address had boeu kuowu at tho time by Welch. Morau, in his testimony heforu Judge llelliuuer, explained that he did not think at tho time that he wis convey ing auy interest iu the property, hut simply went through the form as out liued at tho request of Mr. Uradley, who paid him JfiO. lmmediatey after acquiring this title, Mr. UradeJy extouded the Had ger ()() foot level across the side line of the Stockton aud development was boKuu iu an ore body npouod there. A winze was tniuk 200 foot and about 000 feet of drifting was done on tho two levels. liluh oro was shipped from the 000 and 700-foot levels iu the Hadger, and lis Mr. Hradloy testified that the Stockton was opened to this depth, it is probable tint ore has linen broken from the Stockton. Of this work tho Stockton management tcsti ded that it Knew nothing until Urad ley gave his testimony before the court. The Stccktou company never Gold and Copper Ledge. Tuesday murning a party of John Day men lefc for tho South Fork to begin active miniug operations iu their newly discovered gold and cop per ledges. F. C. IJacbeney, IJamp Ottluer and an old miner from the Seveu Devils country made up the party. Doau OfUcer, who nas boeu at work ou property iu the vicinity of the new field, went out last week, bavlug secured some assays ou his .. !l I AWV -' V ,'' rw i w: know that Hradloy aud tho Hadger company claimed a half interest iu tho Stoaktou, until tho certificate of assessment for the year 100H wan filed in the office of tho county re corder of Uraut county, and then be lioved that the Hadger had mad some mistake. Tho otitire caso thorefore, seems to bingo upon Welch's falluie to ad vortiso Morau out of. tho Stockton, and upon Simmons & Ames' failure, as purchasers of the property, to comply with the technical provisions of tho forfeiture law. With all this Hhowing of title on the part of the Stoukton company to the ground in dispute it appeals that the Hadger company has taken a rather long chiiiico in deliberately crossing the side Hue, armed solely with a half interest deed from a man who is considered as having forfeited his rights to tho ground. The Had ger company has undoubtedly acted upon legal advice, hut tiielr op ponents iu the case take tho stand that became they are poor aud tho Hadger company wealthy, tho latter Is trying to wear them nut with liti gation until a compromise can he effected. Mr, Hrad ley's testimony before the court outlined the doMl made at tho time of acquiring the SusHiiville properties. He said that after an ex pert examination, ho decided to buy the Hadger, (Joldon (late, Stockton, Hull of tho Woods and Side Issue groups, most or which wore hold by stouk companies. Control of the Hadger was secured through Myers & Heiinisnu, of San Francisco, who thou operated it for Col. Sol by, the California smelter man. Tho two cnmpenioi wore organized, the Had ger Cold Mining comiiauy and the Susauville Commercial eomnanv. Him lattor of which was to bo the holding company. It was arranged that Wellington (Jroiiili of the Crocker-Wool worth hank, should take three-quarters and Mr. Hrad ley one quarter. The stock of the companies binding the other claims mentioned were secured In small lots, in some instuaocH at low figures, aud in other caMtri at big pi Ices. It was while carrying out I his plan of grad ually acquiring control that Mr. Hradloy bought Moran's hypotheti cal interest in the Stockton. The case proiudles to be long drawn, aud it is not unreasonable to believe that many injunctions will be piayed fur beforo final aiijudclatlou is arrived at. different grades of rjek. It looks as though the bent gold speclmons carry telliirldes, and a tire test con firms the indication. The rock is cortainly riuh In copper, aud theie is little doubt that the boys have open ed up the belt that strikes through the Seven Devil, Hig Creek, (Indian mines) Dlxio Moadows and Prairie Diggings. Till monster lead carries its groat width iu tho Izee country, and tho dip aud dlreution of tho voiu are the same as iu the other places uuoovered. Graut County News. ..... ' i h ' -ii" X. i A I A ;.!; i