Show 0 AN IMPORTANT DECISION A denver dispatch says one of the most important convictions ever obtained by the united states po post st office department is that in the case of 0 the lost bullion spanish mine aline company a verdict dict being g given in the united states district court here last evening by which william wilson W B cameron C L blackman arthur levan david lawrence and several others are found guilty on three counts of using the mails to defraud investors ve the spanish bullion mine according to the testimony was an absolutely worthless old mining claim in new mexico which at one time had been worked and was later abandoned the men who have just been convicted got hold of the property and be gan an extensive advertising campaign in which the mine was described as of fabulous richness extracts from Pre scotts history of mexico telling of great amounts of gold obtained by the indians from a lost mine were used to entice on investors it was claimed that the mine had yielded millions of dollars worth of nearly pure gold and would yield millions more the tunnels and workings were extensively described in the prospectus and thousands of dollars were secured from ignorant investors by the pro promoters motors during the trial a witness for the government who had been through the workings of the mines said that no work had been done on them by the promoting company and that to get about through the shafts and cross cuts he had been obliged to crawl on his stomach the conviction of the promoters pro motors is considered of great importance as it will likely be followed by the prosecution of a number of fake mining companies ope operating operatic ratin g in nevada |