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Show MAMMOTH C0PPEROP0LIS ' TROUBLES. Ye Honest Mine re Get their ray by Purchasing the Ore for a Soug. Sua eh City, Tintic, Augu.l-J'., 1S7I. L'lito-s lhrah.l: Last Satunlav was the day appointed ap-pointed by the U. S. Marshal to hell the copper ore recently extracted from the Copperopolia mine by the miners who, your readers will remember, re-member, went to work through advice ad-vice from an attorney with a view to take out ore sufficient to meet their demands up to the 10th day ot Inst January, at which time work was suspended in consequence of an attachment at-tachment in favor of Wells, Fargo & Co. On that morning, between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock, quite a number of persons assembled on tho premises, and those intending to purchase the ore examined carefully care-fully the several piles lying on tho dumps, and various platforms receiving re-ceiving ore irom chutess. After one of the rnmera informed the parties who came with a view to purchase, that twelvo men had been engaged sixteen days in extracting the ore before them, and expressed a wish that they, as men of CONSCIENCE AXD JL'S.iCE, Would bid and purchase with 'he intention in-tention of paying the.se men (or their labor, the salo proceeded. Tho fiidt bid was tendered by P. Cusijk. Esq., of Silver City. Two or three bids followed each other in rapid succession; succes-sion; and when ono of the miners raised his voice nearly a hundred better, bet-ter, the marshal ejaculated with emphasis, em-phasis, ' 'gentlemen, this is a cash sale. ! ' Here one of ths minutest W. F.'s, Ecrhaps on the Pacific Coast, made a id, and Mr. Cusick followed, and the miner, determined to pay for his own labor, made a second bid, when the Marshal said again: ''THIS IS A CASH SALE, GESTLE.MES." At this juncture another of the miners, mi-ners, seemingly anxious to pay his part, a twelfth of about $101 for every day he had worked in getting out that ore, informed the Marshal that everyone present understood it was a cash sale, and he presumed the parties par-ties bidding had the money to ("pay for the ore if it was knocked down to them, lousiness was again resumed without much loss of time, aud alter a few bids and several emphatic entreaties en-treaties of the auctioneer to thepeo-plo thepeo-plo present, he telling them the price bid was not half the value of the oro, (good judgment, aud earnestly ask' ing 01 another bid, the whole lot was I knocked down to K. Gillespie, one of the miners, forfl.GGO. A few tools were sold an 1 the crowd dispersed. The miners, jubilant and brim full of festivity, filled their wagon, and away they Btarted for Silver City, with a view to pay for the ore, "part in currency cur-rency and part in a dralt on the First National Bank, Mauch Chauck, Pa. When within hall a mile of the town they were met by a man on horseback, horse-back, who informed them that cer- j tain parties, representing Weils, Fargo Far-go & Co. had said a PAN'K CHECH WAS NOT CASH, And were using every effort to influence in-fluence the Marshal to assign the ore to W. F. & Co., or go back and Bell it over again. Everybody can imagino the feeling this news created among that wagon loa I of poor, innocent dupes, and may wager with safety the value of that pile of ore (said to he worth $4,000), that the mules could not be seen for dust until they reached Silver City, at which point they, like the "boys," felt warm. The telegraph office was immediately sought for.and James Muran (miner) proposed telegraphing direct to Mr. Leisenring, president of the bank above mentioned, to ask whether his check would be honored lor $1,000. At this Mr. Smith proposed to tole-graDh tole-graDh to H. Wadsworth, Esq., of W. F. &Co., Salt Lake, Baying it would cost nothing for that gentleman to telegraph to the bank and the answer would come just as qmctc. witntnat proposition the miners acquiesced and the wire was given to Mr. Smith, who immediately telegraphed Mr. W'adsworth to ask the above-named bank whether James Wuran'a check would be honored. At 4.30 p.m. no answer was received, and rumors slid that horses were saddled ready tj return re-turn to tho mine to sell the ore acam. The miners, previous to this, offend to give bonds to defray all expenses which might be accrued, if the check was not honored, and the ore had to be Bold five days hence, which they understood was according to law. Deputy Marshal Kiugsley was soon found, and whether or not he was bored by boors, as was Baid, he was found true to his colors and of a mind and will of his own. He ex-pr.sscd ex-pr.sscd his cenfidenco in the check, (he knew the miners had never been cashiers or clerks in a bank,) and told them if they paid the $Gt50 that evening he would wait the answer to the telegram. That amount was paid hum in twenty minutes ami an uius far was satisfactory. No answer came from Mr. W adsworth during that evening: the miners, however, having confidence in everything oing aright, retired to. their homes. Sunday Sun-day morning thi-v were informed by Mr. Smith that Mr. Wadswoith had telegraphed to. "accept of no checks without security." This raised xu--othcr soene of excitement and in a measure verified the rumors ot the day previous that ''a job is being put up to GI.T THAT ORE AWAV l'KOM THE MISERS." , Every citizen thought it was Mr. Wads-i Wads-i worth's business to telegraph to the bank and sbk if the check offered would be rumored. Smith, on being Asked what he thought about Mr. Wadsworth's action, said, "My tele-pram tele-pram never called for such nn answer, an-swer, and what it means I don't know." The business men of J'le town, except Wells, Fargo & Cn's agent, know the miners on the Cup-peropolis Cup-peropolis have acted honestly and squarely with every one; and being ot the opinion that something was being concocted contrary tojns-tico, tojns-tico, all rallied to the distrese.-d victims and proflered the money required re-quired to liberate them from their pressing emergency. Among the number may be mentioned Mcssi'3. Thiriott, Taylor, Camp, Albee and Cusick, to whom the miners publitly expressed their many thanks for liic kind act they had executed. Mr. John Hendrie, superintendent of the Crismon Mammoth mine, who is familiar with the treatment the Ct p-peropolis p-peropolis miners have received, on hearing the boys were again cornered, offered money enough to pay all de-ficenciea de-ficenciea if there were any. TlxfC of the alxive gentlemen who :ire merchants, arc well deserving l ie patronage of all miners who can make it convenient to reach their establishments. It is safe tn e.iy that their laic net e.-:t:a1:;hed for them a Nt'.f.r.-DYLNi. i.nrriAiioy. Tli'e prisons, if thr-p are.-.n h. who contempiatrd petting lr.-j or 1 away a second time iro:;i l'ie ;ucn. ehould remember t:1-' t? miner hag the r.ie uv. o: zr' ;- 1 ing injuries that other people have, and with Buch premium as the circumstances cir-cumstances may annex to it. The miners afterwards telegraphed direct to the bank lo forward money sufficient suffi-cient to pay their creditors, and the ' answer came saving, "Monev lor- j warded by express this day." Jt will be in eJLs, Fargo & Co's office on ' Saturday or Sunday next. The ore purchased will be Iran- i sported immediately to the tier-mania tier-mania smelter for reduction. The, boys say thev will get pav tor their; nixtreu day's lalw, and $1,000 with which to treat their friends. . SPECTATOR. |