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Show LI I'LVI'i MMi The Litigation Ban Still Jiangs on Threateningly. COKERTED ACTIO! WULL1 LIFT IT. Considerable Money Being Spent to Put the Camp on Its Feet Again What Will be the Outcome? A few days ago, J. T. Rich, (who, with W. II. Boothe, of ths city, is largely interested in mining property prop-erty at Ia Plata,) informed a iiu-Oi.Kii iiu-Oi.Kii scribe that thcyviave not j'et given up failh in the new camp by any means. Men have been at the camp all winter looking after their property. The great drawback to the prosperity of the place is the litigation now banging menacing!) over it. The recent decision that part of the diggings was out of the tenacious grasp of the C. P. Ry. o., proved a temporary relief, hut a big part of the best piospeets still groans under the weight of the litigations, Mr. Rich says he is confident con-fident that sooner or later the owners of the mi ning properties will come off victorious. lie thinks tbe yoke could be lifted and the camp made to assume its wonted activity in a very short time if all the owners of property in the camp would unite and vigorously push their claims in the courts. Ho far, Messrs. Rich and Boothe have been compelled to shoulder the greater portion of the expense of the litigition, which has been heavy. The results of the test will beejuiteas beneficial to those who refuse to assume part of this expense ex-pense as to themselves. This is dis-cou dis-cou ragi ng to those w ho desi re to put the camp on its feet again. Unless some steps are taken to unit-e the interests of the La Pbita mine owners that they may strike in unison for the freedom of tbe place, we may rest assured it will snooze on in its present unprofitable unprofit-able slumber for many a long dny to come. |