Show THE STORY OF PIOCHE by miner mike n Z J 0 if n Z 5 N S av M CIA A litigation over ownership had much to do with doling closing mines t in Edl tora II 11 ibl IB 1 Is the forth of a ie 0 f eight articles aning hilpl lighta of the tha history of blocho nevada lii a raining di which iwa been an cont contilli b t tor r to utah iad ln dietry ty a and ad which b i has baa been by utah men reached its early day zenith from 1870 to 1873 in 1870 brigham young built the first heleg telegraph aph line into the district from salt lake city this was vas the first link which began to draw pioche industry toward W ard utah and early mormon farmers sold much produce and livestock to the thriving mining camp the crash came in in 1873 silver was d e zed and the camp was ridden with litigation apex suits and litigation over who owned this or that ground caused operators to close down their mines it is is interesting to note one ca case so of litigation that echoed throughout the country at that time sammy davis in history of nevada writes barnes who knew every trick of mining litigation drifted into pioche pi 0 che one bleak fall day on a mule mul e and clad mainly in a linen duster he had not been in town twenty four hours before he had convinced the management of the hermes mine that rymond raymond and ely people were taking ore from within tho the boundaries of the hermes he showed them liow low easy it would be to start a suit ile he then called on the other side and told them that the hermes people were arranging to start a blackmail suit and that he ha would show thorn thom how to beat it before the week was over he was in in the employ and confidence of both parties he suggested some names for jurymen juryman Jury men giving the same names name s to both sides lie ho then manipulated the drawing a 0 f the tha jurors through tho the court clerk so that both sides thought they had the jury they were so positive j that a thing occurred that has never j been paralleled in nevada litigation j AL where a large sum was involved I 1 while the case casa was I 1 in progress the thol stock market in san 1 francisco ran cisco re spondee to every turn of evidence barnes who was wag manipulating the thea case for both sides handled handled the evidence so that it was apparent that the of the raymond and ely bly would win win meanwhile lief he had his big agent in san francisco ani boxing nexing all the hermes stock possible after the jury ury had retired a clothesline was let it down from a window in response to a hand full of gravel thrown against the pane by barnes A boot was attached to H k and this boot was filled with gold marked R E again and again the tha boot was let down and it always camo came up full presently it was noticed that the boot marked R E contained less gold every time and its place was taken by s silver ii ver after the boot came up empty they regarded the case closed and weighed the evidence the hermes evidence evid enca outweighed tile the other and hermes won the case with heavy damages barnes through his agent was long on hermes and short hort on R R B the conspiracy netted him and his associates socia tes a quarter of a million the fifth article in this series will appear soon in those these columns |