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Show THE EMMA. Mr. JUiiuilj.U Williams Speaks fiid Tells hat Ho Knows. F.uma M;.j:, May oUtli, 1871. FAil-rs-iluaU: Iu your isue of this date in an editorial referring to the Emma mine I notice the following: Some I i mi I'g" a mimhi-ruf-lockMileri, R'prcsi'iilmg Iwelvo llioii-imd alums .d'tlio flu- k.di -iili-li.-tl witli llie i ir. uluri arid ri'-Hirt- b-iinl by llie' Konrd, nuitcl in n-nd-mg un eiiortlo examine tin: minis. Tim I gi-iillfiimii cmiii' lien; I'min l.-nidon, e-mnin.-il tin- ii'-cr wvrkiiiL;J. but could not E-t djwn Id lie; lower levels, which wero tlocli'd, Willi -lining i ireuiiiabintial cvi-d.-ticf t- sIidw llmt tlie ilo.ding litd bei-n (ini'jiu.-. ly done, lint bom tin1 condition .if tfio up .-l wurl.ing liu denied the cr-r.-. iii.---nl'tl.e puhli-li.-d .-taleinciil tlinl thi) mini: wu t-xliniialcd. Having given so prominent a place lo a mere conjecture of the expert al-ludid al-ludid to, you can hardly, in fairness, refuse a. place to the positive statement state-ment of one who knws something about Iho matter. 1 am, and have been for ovu a year, superintendent of the liinia mine and as such, 1 ought '-o know and h know something some-thing about the expert's visit and the alleged "Hooding." These aro a few of the things I know : 1 know that tho "Hooding" was not "purposely done" iu IhciCiiM: to he inferred from your editorial. 1 know that tho expected ex-pected visit of this expert, or any other expert or person, had not the slightest influence to lutsten, or rc-tard, rc-tard, or ailed the nllegcd "flooding" in any way whatever. I know thai no person connected in any way with this company, who has ever communicated commu-nicated with mo, either verbally or by Idler, directly or indirectly, has ever expressed Iho slightest concern or inlere.4 as to what this expert might or might not see in the Emma mine. 1 know that it whe rathor the interest of the officers of this company com-pany that Iho export j-oh01 examine than that lie Fhotitd "( examine the submerged portion of the mine, as the reports of thoso officers in regard i to it would have been fully borne out i by such examination, t know that it was a mailer of regret to me personally per-sonally that, tho examination could nut be made. I know, further, that no person connected in any way with this company has ever given mo the slightest intimation that it wits desirable de-sirable this mine should be worked in ami interest except that of the whole body of shareholders. Having stated some of the tilings 1 know, 1 will now mention some that 1 have doubts about. I doubt whether the shareholders share-holders would justify the expenditure of money necessary to pump the water wa-ter out of the Attwood winze or keep it pumped out for the benefit of tho friends of this expert and for no other purpose. Speaking as a minor of about nineteen years experience, I doubt whether an opinion from this expert, or any other, on the portion of the Emma mine accessible to him, based on such an examination :w 1 know was made, would have any value whatever. Finally 1 submit, Messrs. Editors, whether it is perfectly fair to assunio that every expert who visits the Emma mino and makes a favorable favor-able report on it, must necessarily be an honest man ami every person connected in any way with the management a knave. Hannibal Williams. We take much pleasure in giving space to the foregoing. Having met Mr. Williams, a year and a half ago, we have confidence iu his honesty and ability. Ami il any person will furnish the sa:uo evidence as to the honesty of the Ixmdon Board we ,-hall Uike especial ploasu rein giving il space. Meantime, the "hearing"' opuiiodi iu Ij i;i lo n lire nntoucbttl. |