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Show .APEX IE SUES HIGHLAND BOY FOB $1,750,000.00 Utah Apex Accuses The Consolidated Con-solidated Company; Experts Study Ore Vein. An action involving millions of dollars dol-lars and a great deal of elaborate preparation, both from a legal standpoint stand-point and a geological standpoint, was .'itltuted in the .United States court herejj. '"iv when suit to recover M.750,000 damage's "w.ied by the Utah Apex Mining Company',ft'gai!, the Utah Consolidated .Mining Company. Com-pany. . .. , . . , ... . The action is brought to recover damages for ore alleged to have been wrontfully extracted by the Utah Con- polldated ' Mining Conrpany vfrom . the j property of the Utah Apex Mining i Company. Both properties. are in the Bingham district. The Utah ConRoli- dated has been khowri as tlie Hiith-land Hiith-land Boy and the Utah Apex as ffte ! Jpej. aT)eTtah .Apex- is the biggest ' lead producer in the state and the Utah Consolidated Is the largest un-', derground copper mine In the state. There are more than sixty-five miles of underground workings in the two ; properties. Uhe claims involved are the Leonard Leon-ard and Leonard Number 2, Edna Consolidated, Nelly Bly, the Climax Consolidated and the Harrison, all of which belong to the Utah Apex Mining Min-ing Company. The suit is colled an extra luteral right case, the Utah Consolidated claiming the extra Interal rights to the ground of the Apex Mining Company Com-pany The ore it) question has all bcrn removed from the Apex ground. The suit Is brought for the Apex Mining Company by Judgo Curtis H Llndley of San Francisco and Bagley, & Ashton of SiatLaVe Jude .lndlev' Is regarded as an eminent mining authority au-thority and lawyer. He has written a work on mines which has g..iiu through four editions. He has been connected with the most important mining litigation in the United States. The properties Involved are among the greatest in Utah Each produces about 500 tons of ore a day and the number of men employed in each Is around 600. |