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Show WYOMIAU MATTERS. Oi'reiaJoui'o of ttio licralil. Rawlins, June 17, 1S72. Mcars. Editor: It may not be generally known by the numerous readers of your valuable paper in this Territory, that we have, two and one half miles north of this place, a ''Robinon Crusoe," No. 2; but we have ! Said No. 2 hails from New York city, and came as we have been evidenced in court fur the sole purpose of defrauding Hon. J. C. 1 Friend out of his just and legal posses- ' sion in the iron oro mines, but by tbe I superior tact and knowledge of Mr. j , Steel, (Mr. Friend'sattorucy) "Crusoe" j is not ''monarch of all he surveys," in j this quarter, although ably represented 1 and defended by Mr. Street ! Possession is the question, and to ! get possession, "Crusoe" had six men, j Mr. Friend, miners and teamsters, ar- rested upon tho charge of "malicious i conduct" caused by demolishing a i ''leuce" which "Crusoe" had erected, j and which enclosed the cavity of the mine. Now, said fence posts did not I 1 remain firm and flourish, as did the I j twigs and sticks of Crusoe the first, for 1 the verdict of the jury was "tho de- j i fendants are not guilty." Very natu- ; 1 rally, whilst the suit was pending, cer- tain parties went to the mine to see and ; I guard against its the mine's chang- ! ing its locality. ; j Azaia appears "Crusoe" and makes ; the charge of "conspiracy" against ten , ' men, but failed to convict, the justico's d-ci-iou being, "the prisoners are re-leised." re-leised." "Cru-oe" fiuding that there ; was nothing to be gained by this petti- 1 1 fogging business, (fur ho had to pay j the costs of both suits) concluded to ; try aud get an iojunction upon this property. The case came up before judge Kingman last week, but up to the present writioc no decision has V -n rendered. Popular opinion is t! v it wdl not be granted. Tee cause of the tumult in this quiet . cr.ii'.inmity, is that Mr. Friend's ore is ' -".enor to that of "Crusoe's," aud "I,'." In very frequently remarked : ih.tt, "If I owned them mines 1 would 1 t -':i:iish both paint mills and milU for ''.j manufacture pig iron." Now, 'dr. Friend does not propose that he i -;uiil do anj thing of tho kind, for Utah us well as 'mr own Territory needs this metal. Wheu, if it was made into p.tiur and p:g iron, those outside of . iui flowery rehii would reabzj the L-ocetits arising tiwrei'rum ? Justly our own. I visited the mines iu question yes- ; t.rd iv, and also last week, aud thco f mo 1 operations upjn them as brisk a ib'Muh they were not involved in :itit:ui'vi T ms of this oro are ship pod daily to Utah; and why? Because of its superiority as a tiuiieg metal. The -coW a-jd si.vcr mines, thirty- , . live mi.e1 north of this point, are grad- ; ; ually training notice in tbe east. A ' number of capitalists have visited them ' i this season, and moneyed parties are j now operating in both the Seminole ; I and Ferris districts. From recent . assiys ma ie upon the ore, the Semi-, Semi-, nolo is tie-iinc J to rival the popular mines of l-iah. r ' J. I. Kel'ir, county clerk, met wi-ti i a "iou- ae-i'kiu on Si-.'.urJay lnt, hv .r luit:g his tzU U-c br -ken in-low the-lc the-lc ku,e. Surr. -ai a:d was fjn,mo.i x. : ou Fort Steele, 3lii Mr. Keller i, 1 rrcscut wriiin-'. dome well. Globe sight. |