Correspondence, F.R. McNamee to H.E. George

Delarnar, Nevada, July, 9th 1902. Mr. H. E. George, Los Y egas,. Nevada. My dear S irt- I have your favor o f the 27th u lt. inclosing copy o f your location Stewart at al and B onelli et al,and note contents fu lly . Have also examined Patent notice, and believe that I fu lly understand the situation. Bonelli evidently seeks to sustain his location on these grounds, namely that he nad never abandoned his lode locationspthat h&- claims fchvers the iden tical ground,until he abandoned expressly to made his salt placeilocation , th is he cannot maintain unless there are lode depostife which I am re lia b ly informed do not ex ist. This w ill be a matter o f proof. Your location notice seems to comply with the law and I believe i t is good, tho the notice does not include the origin al locators named in the notice placed on the ground, s t i l l no one can complain o f this save the person le f t out in the recorded notice. B onelli w ill not , be allowed in law to take advantage- o f this so long as one o f the origin a l locators appear on the fin a l c e r tific a te . The l.ajP/even allows verbal transfers befor the fin a l c e r tific a te is recorded, and the notice may be completed under the names of the grantees. Now as to the terms in which you want me to handle th is case fo r you. It w ill be necessary at once to have a survey made by a U.S. Bep. Min. Sur.of Nev. ( we have one in Delarnar) o f our claim , and to make and f i l e ana adverse: in the U.S. land o ffic e , Carson C ity, Nev. The Register w ill then c e r t ify to the D istrict Court at Pioche a ll the papers in the case fo r t r i a l . I am o f the opinion that Bonelli w ill fig h t th is case hard , but we can beat him on the law, i f he cannot establish his lode claims as our location is prior to his.; It is a good XmcoU (Bounty, . ' $lcvada. Xincetn Sountij, . " SZtvada. ( 3 . ) case. Do you consider the commercial value o f the Salt su fficien t to ju s tify contesting the natter ? Of course th is is nothing to me, hut I. must advise you that the cost o f Surveying fo r and adverse and the court costs wouldbe at least $200 and in a case lik e this I would not lik e to set A t t'y fees as I cannot t e l l the amount o f work that w ill be entailed. I w ill be reasonable with you however in fees,but w ill look to you , Mrs. Helen J. Stewart and the Stewart Boys fo r my fees , in the case, as I do not know the other parties interested, and I w ill exact a retainer o f $150.00, and you must be prepared to pay the surveyor on the completion o f the adverse. It may be such that B onelli w ill pay a handsome figu re sooner than to loose these claims,and as I understand it ,t h is particular claim the Briney Salt Claim, is the most valuable, and besides there are Cal. parties I understand,making some callus to this ground. However i t w ill be a ll settled in one suit. I was informed in Pioche, that Levi Syphus has knowledge o f a ll the facts , and I did not w rite him.: This matter must be attended to without delay i f you intend to adverse , as we have only sixty days or or less now in which to get our adverse f ile d . In the meantime I w ill hold the papers you sent me waiting you advices in the matter. With kind regardJ to Mrs. Stewart & fam ily, and your good w ife, I am, Very tru ly, » '/ y y ?rOC S~ ?*/- ;3 .A (7 A $ (/ ' * M I Cc ' V