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Show SUIT IS BROUGHT FOR $6,252,000 DAMAGES Large Corporations In Colorado Defendants De-fendants In Dispute Over Min lng Leases. DEMVfJR, Dec "3 u t for $ 62 000 damages was filed In the Un ted States district court here by Rufus C Elder and Frank E. Mann executors of the estate of George W Elder against the Western M ntng company and other corporations and ndlvlduals. The damages are for minerals said to luwe been taken from certain mines under a lease which the compla nants declare Is void Among the defendants are 6amuel D Mcho son e cently candidate for the Republican nom nation for governor the American Smelting L Refining company the Gug genhetra Exp orat on company and the An erlcan Sme ters Secur ties company The complainants, who are executors of the estate of a stockho der of the Adams Mining company of Kansas City seek cancel atlon of the leases held 1 y the Western Mining company on the charge that they were granted without the knowledge of the stockho ders of the Adams company The comp alnt cl arg6s that the officers of the Adams company granted the leases to J ho son who later turned them over to the Western M ntng company Mann also has bro ght suit against W W Sylvester an W H. Rule f rmer officers of the Ada ns M n ng company charging them with a owing themselves S14 000 in exces of the r regular salar es and a so allowing themselves over vjooo in traveling expenses Stockholders of the American meltlnsr & Refln ng company Guggenheim Exp o ration company and the American Sme ter Securities company are large stockholders In the W estern M n ng company |