Show GOLD IN TACOMA A Land Decision Regarding Mineral Claims in the City TACOMA Jan 6By a decision of the general land office John G McBrIde gets possession of and title to 120 acres of land in the city of Tacoma which is valued at half a million dollars In 1889 twenty citizens of Tacoma filed on the land in mineral claims of twenty acreS each McBride bought these claims at from f 100 I to 300 each put 4000 into improvements I improve-ments and then applied for patents This was refused and after twentytwo days legal Fight in the local land office the case was decided against him in February 1892 He appealed to the general land office and the decision is just made public During the fight for possession just after McBride bought out the claims the county commissioners sunk a shaft on a I school sectionto search for gold They erected a high board fence around the I shaft and stationed guards at the gates carrying Winchesters They and later mining experts also found gold that averaged aver-aged 10 cents to the cubic yard these finds being the basis for the land office decision that the mineral claims are bona fide and valid McBride claims the land I is worth f5000000 for mineral purposes |