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Show MIXIXC IN HAH-fAMP FLOY I AND EMMA MIXES. Under the above caption the sub joined letter appears in the Londoi Alining Journal of July the 20th. The following communication fron Mr.W arren fclussey has bceaaddieaiec to as through Mr. F. Bennett: Sia,Jjearning that a party, othei than Mr. Henry Seweil, has laid claim: in London to being the originator tl the Camp Floyd mining companj scheme, 1 felt it to be my daty to address ad-dress you on the subject, having had tall knowledge of this transaction from its originlhe facts are these. About the &nq of June. I requestec. Mr. Sewell on his 5rst trip to Fast caoyon, to accompany me, and placing my carriage car-riage at hia disposal we started lor that district. My object was to have Mr. Sewell report upon the Sunny Side mine, which I still own. En route, Mr. Sewell informed me he was going on to Uamp Floyd to see a mine oalled the Sparrow Hawk, distant about four miles from the Sunny Side, he having seen a specimen of horn silver sil-ver from that mine which had attracted his attention oonsiderably,as he was certain cer-tain that haid specimen had came from stratified limestone, in which formation forma-tion he had .had considerable experience experi-ence in Chili, Peru, and Mexico, and that his object in going to Camp Floyd district was to procure some milling ore mines for hia friends io London. Having pressing business in town I Was him?H tn rntnm left Mr Sewell to carry on his esplora- y tions alone; besides, Cam p Fioyd district was at that time in very bad odor, and held out no inducements to me-VOn bis return to town Mr. Sewell informed' uiethat in his opinion Camp Floyd was richer in milling ores than any dis- trict he had seen for years. He said) that the Sparrow Hawk; mine was not . sufficiently developed, butrecommend-ed butrecommend-ed it so highly thaXXjwJLilldjnltoJ . jgateh its j'urter , jjevcTopmept. Six weekTTater, on a second vis.t to Utah, Mr. Sewell again spoke to me about i Camp Fioyd, and I then told him that I would take up tho Sparrow Hawk and adjacent mines, entirely upon his recommendation, olfering to 1 pay down the amount of cash required to bond them, and whatever was necessary ne-cessary for sending an agent with them . to London. vjiesuggeated captain Shaw, to which rtss73uTed7 I asTed "Mr! Sewell to see to" getting thee" ' mines bonQjoorincaptaiQ Sbaw solum', l loxtJTjireasons. First because I could not leave my banking business . lo go to Europe. Seoondly, to avoid giving captain Shaw a power of attor- : aey to sell the mines, for such power not only causes delay, but difficulties an so that cannot be speedily overcome at this distance from Europe. The time allowed by vendors here on the bonds of these mines was only lour montha. vXheca3ual circumstancel of the bonds haviDgDeen drawn out in Oapt Shaw's name might make it ap-j pear that he was tha originator of tliel enterprise, whereas he was simply cm-eiJjS-aiag anlnTerest in tneiHtima7erjjtjTP owneTTof the Sparrow HtwTTlIessrs InHuret aud Miilej, wuh wfioiu MTT5eweir"hacr had conversation concerning con-cerning the bonding of the mine (some time previous to any mention of Capt. Shaw'a name), asked him if tho bond which they were then about to execute was not in reality for me. Mr. Sewell inlormed them that it was, and I had promised oq his recommendation to advance the funds for bonding, and alsiLfflJLSjmdkgJlk This satisfied them, and they arranged to get all the stock in their control, for the mine had been already stocked for the San rrancisce market. While Mr. Sewell was at Austin, Nevada, ! Capt Shaw was instructed to com- ' , municate with tho above-named gentlemen, gen-tlemen, and ascertain what progress b had been made in tho collection of - etook. As near as 1 can remember, four weeks had elapsed before the stock was all in. As my banking and other business required my attention, and it was impossible for me to attend to the details of this transaction, I au- thorized Mr. Sewell l o act for inc. I This accounts lbrCapt Shas letters and telegrams to Mr. Sewell, at Austin, Aus-tin, Nevada, requesting him to return 1 at once, and attend to the execution 1 by captain Shaw of a deed to rue oi two-thirds of the bond, which deed it was understood should bo signed by captain Shaw before I made any further fur-ther advance of mooey, I state those lacts in justice to ilr I Sewell, whpmthesojoorminator andohHjfj)roujoter ITteoouho pursmnTwIBTtniyTeoidcd upon beloro Mr. Sewell was much ao-iuaintcdwith ao-iuaintcdwith Capt ShawTnrenZrout tfiowmsnco5asary to bond the mines OByTJyTJiwXeipeniUJto tjuropo, solely upon uiylauEm Mr. u Sewell' 6 judgment, ability, aud integ- F: ray as a praottcal "mining expert," S who had had many years cspericuce in connecuon with mines in formations ,b similar to those in the Camp Floyd i mining district; and Z repeat that when ho called my attention to the treat promise of the mines in this dis- .c met, and especially to the ores in ques-tlOD, ques-tlOD, the district was generally neglcot-cd, neglcot-cd, and its mines had scarcely any po- -(iltion at all. -Jjrciuestcd Mr. Sewell T togivo tapLShawieTtcfToTreommenl dation to his LoDdon friends as ihc wptainbad novebeenjcEuropo, and UatTnoconnectionrthere wTtjumaing ujen; alsotO"fCce1V8lloa answer all communications, and to give him instructions in-structions how to proceed in tho plaoing of these mines upon the London market. mar-ket. In ono of Capt. Shaw's letters he stated that he was following Mr. S Sewell's instructions to the letter: Placing a very high .stimate'npon r ',, ' m,t, adity as a mining eipert, Mr. 1. W. Park and myself employed himin July 1871, to visit the Emma mine; in which wo were owners, and advise os as to tho workings, explorations, explora-tions, etc I am happy to state that uipiurauoos since made, which were carried out as directed by Mr. Sewell, have enhanced the value of the mioe immensely, thus proving the great valuo to us of his direction and experience. experi-ence. I say again that it gives mo great pleasure to plaoe Mr. Sewell all right on the records as the sole investi-gatoLBDd investi-gatoLBDd promoter orThe enterprise chjestiltciJiCJactng Jhjxim p fiioydMiniruI compJnjrTTnTrteciyon the London market with such flattering prospects, and, as I verily believe, a most brilliant future. Warren Hussey. National Bank of Utah, Salt Lake City, April 13. |