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Show "OLD TITLES." "Throe IMtiiu ((uctttiontt' A 11-Kwcrt'd. 11-Kwcrt'd. and Throe Oilier ( uiiuuclrtiiiis I'ropoandcd. Salt Lake, Bont. 3, 1S73. f-Milorx N.jf Uikx Jkral-l; A wi itr, who sipiw liimself "One Who Knows," proioundcl "Three 1'lain tiucstkuis in the IIehald of Uie 'M, which! pnioso to answer; nnd I shall try to ELUCIDATE EACH QUESTION, .So that the way-faring man, though a knave, may not iiiisiindrtiiland. Tho nlijeet of "One Who Knows," in putting these questions, is self-evident to even- one who is familiar 1 with the subject uf mining in Ulah. It is to shield from the indignation of the community, a class of men who hang around Salt Lake City, without any "visible means of supjwrt," and with their jxxketd full of pretended locations of mines, which they call ' ' Old Titles, ' ' ready to float them on to the location or juiuc of any man who applies for 11 patent, or has a prospect fur a sale, with no other object than that of bo-in bo-in bought otf, which some people arc uncharitable enough to call "blackmailing." "black-mailing." If this is not the case, then why is it that these "old LOCATOLNs", ' ' Which have become so famous in Little Cottonwood Canon, have been allowed to lie idle for the past eight years without a dollar being expended to develop them, and prove their niiTit and value' J3ul to the questions: KirfL. If there was 110 validity nnd irity in the "old title'' to tho Emrnn mine, wliv did Park fc Co. pnv to Lvon l..,.i;-,.,l lint- llmniimil Antlnis: guid coin, fir witlnlnuving liis protest, that tlio patent miht be taken at tlio laud ottiou in WusIiimkIoii? Answer'. Mr. Lyon was a partner in common with the original locators of the Emma mine; ami under the Emma mine location he, and not "Old Titles," was entitled to a snare of the property; and probably got all he was entitled to and nothing more, which nobody ol ijects to; but whether he got fifty, or one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, I presume no one knows, unless, perhaps, it may be A Sl'LKlTf.VL MEDIUM. This proves nothing in favor of that class of "Old Titles" which "One Who Knows " is trying to galvanize into some sort of legitimate claim. Messrs. l'arkand Baxter paid ?o7"),- 000 lor one-half of the Emma mine, with a full knowledge of Mr. Lyon's claim, as a tenant in common, which was eventually recognized, and paid for; but how this transaction proves the legitimacy of a class of "old titles" which never had anyexistanec in fact, and have been "floated" upon every mine of any note in Little Lit-tle Cottonwood, will require something more than a conundrum to explain. Second After tho patent wns taken to London, if all was riirlit and goiinil, why-did why-did Park it Co. pay Lent one hundred thousand dollars in coin, not to expose- the fraud and rascality in the obtaining the j intent , and oilier matters relative to the Lmma mine?; The author of the above conundrum conun-drum starU out with the assumption that " Park &, Co." paid " Lent one hundred thousand dollars in coin," and in substance wants to know why this was done, unless "Old Titles" liad ; A LEGITIMATE CLAIM. The truth of this matter is brieilv as follows: The Old Title fraternity had a quarrel, and dissolved partnership, partner-ship, each taking his share of okf locations lo-cations and paper. One of these parties par-ties went to San Francisco and interested inter-ested Wm. Lent, LA. E. Head, and others in that city, in the scheme to steal the Emma mine. Mr. Plead spent the summer 01 1S72 in Salt Lake City working up this scheme, and, late in the season, hearing that Mr. Park was about to sail for Europe, he and Mr. Lent went to New York to see Park and fix up a compromise. Failing to get an interview with Park in New York, Lent decided to go to England on the same steamer with him, which would give him an opportunity to canvass the matter during the voyage. After they hail been afloat three days, the subject of "Old Titles" was broached by Lent, when Park pulled out a U. S. Government patent for the Emma mine and showed him. It is reported that when Lent saw this document, he went down into his boots, about a foot and a half. I have the authority of Tramor W, Park for the assertion that he DID NOT r.VY LENT, or any of his party, a farthing for any "Old Title," or anything else connected con-nected with the Emma mine. Third After the patent was over one i vear old, and Park and his company ' owdupj, in full possession of tlio miuc why pay tnc Kihh.i. Hill ComnlidnteU i Company one hundred thousand more a shnm trial of live days, before honest Judge Jlelveait, after the nrrnngement was made to pay the l;t one hundred thousand ? Will "One Who Knows" so much bo good enough to explain how the assumed compromise, referred to by his third query, proves any thing in favor of what he terms "Old Titles," which should have been called "floating "float-ing titles?" The suit above referred to was brought by the Emma Mining Company Oimited) against the Illinois Illi-nois Tunnel Company for trespass; claiming $10, OUU damages for taking possession of a portion of the Emma mine. sow, lkt i& sKr; What figures "Old Titles" cut in this ea.io. The Emma mine was located November lbdy, whilo the Illinois Tunnel was not located until July, ISd1.). This proves conclusively that "Old Titles" did not enter into this contest. As to the Emma Hill Consolidated Con-solidated Company receiving one hundred thousand dollars, it is a mere fabrication, originating in the fertile imagination ol "One Who Knows." Neither the Emma Hill Consolidated Consoli-dated Co., nor the Illinois Tunnel Co., ever received a farthing as a compromise compro-mise in the ca.-e referral to by this third and last question. I state this on the authority of an eminent gentleman of this town, who was attorney for the Illinois Tunnel Company, during the trial of the cause. As I think I have pretty freely answered the questions put by "One Who Knows," I will close by asking the following CONTNDULMS: 1st. Who altera! the record of the notice of location of the "Great Eastern East-ern lode" so as to move or "llyat" its position one ami three-fourth miles, thereby making it conflict with the "Stoker " Last Chance, Hiawatha, and other valuable mines which are situatal about two miles from the point of location originally described by said record? 2d. What becamcof the "sixty (00) tons of rich argentiferous galena ores," sworn to have been taken out of the Great Eastern, and Great Western West-ern lodes? od. How could a prospector or any other man, "drive a stake" and locate lo-cate a miuo in Little Cottonwood, whilst he himself wts driving slakes hi Pahranagat, 400 miles away? When these conundrums aro guessed, guess-ed, "I propose to ask three more." Pktk. |