Show Woman With Determination Wins Over Famous Gold Mine in Kohave Desert Injunction Halts Sale for Judgment Millions Claimed Waiting Alleged Conspiracy Made to Gain Control By EVERETT TIPTON Associated Press Prez Writer LOS ANGELES pct Oct 26 26 Mrs Ruth S. S Graves a a. woman with a a. de determination determination de- de termination won a victory single- single handed over a n. famous gold mine in inthe inthe the Mohave desert Gunmen and deputy United States marshals have figured In it and there was wa-s a n. mile mUe a n. minute ride with an In InJunction Injunction Injunction In- In junction to halt the sale ule of the mine under a a. sheriffs sheriff's hammer The late John Hays Hammond and Chauncey Is M. M Depew were stockholders ers In the mine the Pacific and had hada a part in its early development It has produced more than in gold silver sUver and copper chiefly iely gold and Tom Torn Carmack the tho prospector prospect t tor r who ho discovered red it in 1899 claims other millions are waiting to be mined GRADUALLY DECLINES Depew built the Ludlow Southern Southern South South- em ern railroad from the mine twelve miles northeastward to connect with the Santa Fe line Une at Ludlow miles east of here His private car now no sun faded and out of ot repair stands by the n mill n at the mine More than was spent in developing the Pacific The main ore bodies bodles then known were worked and maneuvers among stockholders for control of ot the property led to its gradual shutdown New companies were formed to take over preceding ones and bring in additional capital new now and allegedly Illegal leases were mode made tax taxes became delinquent and the title was in a n snarl The Tue mine finally was ordered sold at San Bernardino Bernardino Ber Ber- nardino CaL Calf to satisfy a n Judgment Judg Judg- ment obtained by Martin Tn Taylor lor Sheriff Sherif Ernest T. T Shay prepared ared to auction it to the highest bidder at nt 2 p. p m. m At his hb telephone rang It was WIlS the tho United States marshal callIng call- call lag Ing from Los Angeles He told Shay that Mrs Graves trustee for her two children who owned o a shares in the original Pacific Mines corporation corpora corpora- tion had convinced the tho court there was evidence of collusion between John H. H Hobbs president of or the corporation cor cor- and Taylor to gain control of ot the mine and deprive stockholders of their rights He Ho asked the sheriff to delay tho the sale we RECEIVER APPOINTED Armed Anne with a federal injunction Mrs Graves and a a. deputy marshal drove the Ule two sixty miles to San Bernardino Ber Ber- nardino in an nn hour and fifteen min min- utes Tb The sale va was we-s halted hl and early this week William Griffith was appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed by the superior court in San Bernardino as receiver for the mine The fight has just begun Mrs Graves Craves said today I lived there at atthe atthe atthe the mine on the desert nine months In 1926 trying to straighten things out and were we're not going to lose now Other stockholders are arc Joining me and well we'll get the ore Carmack ck has shown us ns is there I Carmack who said he had had a apart apart apart part in the discovery of the Tom Reed Fortune Mocking Bird Gold Roads and Extension United Verde mines In Arizona and California told of ot two alleged gunmen coming to the Pacific mine and trying to frighten away William Garret who held a lease on it IL But they couldn't bluff an old desert rat like H. H J. J Jackson who was foreman for tor Garret said sald Carmack He stuck I |