Show trying to claim towns te ground t Accord ii g to the dally daily press of a i few fe w da daa e ago M L powers one of the pioneers of tl ia is camp is now try tr ing to claim prior rights to a section of the mineral zed territory tern tor now under control of the eureka city cit mining co a powers was one of the parties who located m ning claims covering cover v ing what is now townsite ground the iacov era er of one of his claims was on upper ma n street near the residence of D J sullivan the details of the town site ase case in which the claim ow owners ners tried to hold their claims and those u who ho were working in the interest of of the th townsite tried to show that the ground contained no mineral of corn 1 merial mere lal value and consequently waa as 1 more valuable for townsite purposes es Q than for mining 14 19 sti ai I 1 fresh in the memora demor of the older residents of the camp as is also the decision which the land calice handed down when the townsite patent was granted ranted this decision beai bedig b against the claim own ers and n tavor favor of those who were to fighting for fa r the ther townsite the claim owners refu pd ed to relinquish 4 the r claim in favor of the townsite and cecur ig the ground from which point their development work was being handled continued in possession of their claims powers however relinquished his claims and now that the property owners have deeded their mineral rights to the E edreka ireka city mining company he seeks to claim prior rights in ila conversation with the lepor reporter ter the other day manager walter fitch of the earska city and chief cons mining co companies says that before the organization of the former corn pany this matter was thoroughly thorough lv in vesti gated and written opinions u which aich he has from some of the brig brightest hest at torne s iri tit the state leads him to be lieve that neither powers nor any of the other old time claim owners u will ill be able to bause his company any serious trouble |