Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-17 | Page 27 | Mines and Mining

l MINES MINES- AND AND MINING EDITED BY F. F W. W SPRAGUE k SUIT OF EJECT EJECTMENT tENT I AGAINST SIt SILVER VER KING KIND I j. j Conkling Company Asks Federal Federal Fed Fed- Federa era eral Court to Oust the r. r Coalition BROUGHT TO QUIET TITLE tj Coalition Coalton Quibbles Over Junior Patent Overlapping Coalition Coal Coal- r lion tion F Feet I. I lon t Suit of ci ejectment j against the SI- SI Sil- Sil v ver vez 8 J ICing in CO Coalition company was wa yesterday yes yes- i ted In tho the Federal Federl court by the ithe he Conkling Mining company compan which to gain n possession and I I lion ion ton of or Its It property tho Conkling I j Jodo lode mining claim The really realy Important object objEct of or the I suit uit Is to quiet title tUo to a portion of or c tho the Conkling claim to thus eliminate e tho the only defense of or the tho Sliver Silver SI or Ein King I Coalition Coalton company compan to z a n suit In Inequity Cult equity brought January Januar S S. S 1908 by hi and Burch former owners b of or oran an undivided ed three fourths Interest in inthe 1 the te Conkling clam claim who have o ha since 1 their interests to tn tho Conk Conk- I J ling ling- n- n Mining Mining- c company n The Tho suit sui demands an accounting ac no ac- ac counting counting- b by tho the Silver SI er King King- Coalton Coalition L company for close to orf of or f re r alleged to have havo been by it i extracted extracted ex ox- from Conkling goun ground The answer of ot Silver SJ er King King- Colaton did not dc deny taking taking- the ore It alleged al alleged al- al that tho plaintiffs did not pos pos- coss title to t the ground In queston question Money fone had been borrowed It I seems for Cor which the Burch holdIngs holdings hold hold- ings had been given as a security This Thim was later straightened out by TlC TlC- Tro- Tro week eek and Burch obtaining an assignment assignment assign assign- ment of or th the conflicting conflicting- Interest held hel by J J. J M. M I. I Daugherty and assigning that with their own interests interest to the I Conkling Mining Mining- company compan a corpora corpora- I J I I lion fon Junior I Patent O Overlap The rhe final hope of tho the Coalition Coalton company It appears appeals was in an nl- nl Je cd conflict between time the Colliding Conkling claim calm and ld the Custer and Silver Hill II claims now owne owned by P Coalition Coalton The Conkling claim caim was wa p patented tented IS years ago the patent calling calling- for a a tract of or ground COO feet wide and feet long Five Fh years re rs ago the Belmont Mining company compan later absorbed cd b bythe by bythe Y the Coalition Coalton company patented tile the Custer and Silver Hill Hi claims which overlap tho Colliding Conkling claim 1 13 2 1 feet extending that over oer its southwest It is just within the tile ConJ Conkling ln claim from that that en endline that the Sliver Silver j I J King King- Coalition Coalton company compan opened the Elephant which VichIe's recent report describes cs as being O feet teet long Jong That would leave 21 lu feet teet of tho from which a vast et amount of or rich ore has hag ip con n talon taken in III ground tho the Conkling 4 ownership of or which Is unis un- un unI I f- f ano 4 It is understood that the the Coalition Coalton pep people Ie would woul iho bo gla glad to sett settle th th H ui suit sui upon that basis But the tho Colliding Colliding- people are j ae confident that holding holding- the senior patent the overlapping overlapping over over- j lapping of it the claims will wi not hot be c held to affect their title tWe to the j disputed disputed ground 1 To J I h Fir t I i It I is this point which the Federal I court elliOt In the tile suit flied filed fed yesterday i is asked to determine With this point I settled tho the demand for fOl an accounting j I for the ore extracted from Conkling ground will wi be pushed The amount of ore extracted from from tho the Conkling claim according to ls measurements taken in compliance with wih the tho c courts court's urs ur's order is from 20 O- O to 2000 tons valued at al from to The entire entro v ore rc bod body as far as a opened being in tho timo being Conkling Conking claim with wih its strike northeast northeast north north- east Il gives hl es a a. a largo large extent of north at attractive at- at virgin ground In that claim I and anti the company is naturally anxious to conclude litigation that it may got get I busy bus mining on ott its Us own account