| Show MINING litigation 1 PROF RO F KEYES EXPRESSES SIS HIS OF IT but it lifts has proved of incalculable able benefit to butte A review of some of the tha more important suits suite lion hon TV S keyes one of 0 the star bitne in the great drama of 0 litigation now embroiling the bonanzas ot of butte came down from rom the north yesterday to confer mith his principals in this illy city upon matters of simile similar r nature and will leave tomo tomorrow trow jor for the west wes L while all men abhor lawsuits said the professor as aa he fie settled into a chair in the lie lobby of 0 the knutsford let me assure you that litigation in butte has been of 0 incalculable benefit to the district sounds grating and inconsistent it but understand me when I 1 say that it has been ot of great benefit 1 I mian mean that it has been of great good in that in fit di the questions at 1 l issue it has bus resulted in the opening up of vl empires of new ground pound pou nJ and the u uncovering covering 0 of enormous ore bodies that n bould otherwise have I 1 undisturbed nor la Is the experience in butte an aft observation has taught me on tho th contrary that it has haa been general for bour our coen lence take an example that has haa been furnished it at home the value of tile the bullion beck and Chum champion plon was not demonstrated demonstrate il until they lucked horns and millie hlll t the he battle was an expensive otie one tile rhe disclosure that were brought out during its progress tor for demonstrative purposes there la perhaps as 03 eff effective ettive as a hamsuit law lam sult suit it brings together the bet best class of talent t and it if there jiro aro ores to be found they are ara generally loosened up by ono one aide or the other go back fifteen years for another ex amale and take tho the mount diablo callison Call lson at candelaria candelara Cande larla 4 nev the dla dim blo was waa practically abandoned when that fight originated its ita stock was il a little worse off than nothing for encumbering cum bering it at tile the time was an assessment ses of 0 25 cents a share A lawsuit arose however a crosscut was run tor for demonstrative purposes aes through its ita ground and ores orca were mere encountered tho th result was waa an all ada jice of the stock by leaps and bounds bound to sa 52 a share phare and a monthly dividend of si S a a blia share re soon came rolling from its ground the dwrie bit of er la Is repeating itself at butac t to on only y upon a tremendously larger scale nor Is there a man connected neeta d nith the developments that have followed the advent of litigation mi ration up thero there efio ano does doea not assure you that it has baa been ot of lecat areat advantage adv antasa so tar far as it necessitated the opening up of 0 ground one of tile the mines involved was practically abandoned down 1 to tho the toot foot level it became necessary to go into the ground above and one of 0 the me m that it had resulted 1 1 in the disclosure of ore bodies in ili arft are contained no les less 1 tb than an tons th thre there re are arc much jar aicer r c I 1 r disclosures elo ln in neighboring grou ground nd sn and d much of this has been acco accomplished ched in the luat last ninety days onu one of the litigant has hall had tit at least lifty uve men on d demonstrative work tor for eighteen months and ana it has resulted in the uncovering of tort ten timea the aft amount of oro ore that m was exposed expelled m nhan hen the work was begun in on drift with which I 1 am familiar millar fa the streak thinned down doat to almost nothing and taso lh ground say under the tha stimulating effects of litigation would have been dismissed tho exigencies of the enno case required that vork be bb continued however and from a more mere knife edge it has haa opened bcd into twelve feet of copper bearing ore these are the compensating feature of of course P it Is expensive and an its ha a matter ot of indifference on th tho pl part a rabil of f the community 0 m nit y as an to who aho foots tho e bill 1 but acl in n cah e instance 1 the value of the stakes has been In increased creed you mill w not place ran mft on record understand as espousing litigation but bim am ply as demonstrating how the practice has bus promoted promote tho growth of the ih ellul camp |
