Shot Gun Brigades and Bulldozing Fraudulent Sales, Claim Jumping, Murder and Eminent Domain Abounds Homestake Mining Company Picks Up the Few Remaining Pieces
Lead City has 11 mills in operation
Old Abe Mine puts 50 men to work
Gilmer and Salisbury buy Homestake No 2 for $100,000
A survey is made of Homestake No 1 and No 2, The California Company does not agree
John C. Ottinger goes to trial for the fraudulent sale of Homestake No 2 to Gilmer and Salisbury
Jury tampering is eluded to in the Ottinger trial making a verdict impossible
Sam McMaster takes charge as superintendent of Homestake Mine No 1
Cause and effect of Homestake Mine No 2 sale, contracts expire and mills close down
A bonanza begins to turn up at Palmetto-American Flag Consolidated Mines
Old foes Palmetto-American and Old Abe Mine face off as mining interests overlap
Lawrence County looks for their share of the pie, county wide taxation begins
Assessment versus taxes becomes a dilemma for voters
$1 per share assessment is levied on all Homestake Stock sales
Old Abe has Judge Granville Bennett issue restraining order against Palmetto-American
An order is later granted allowing Palmetto to begin to mining ore
Below and to the east of Palmetto Mine, Katie Fraction Mine owners Hines and Reagan sink a shaft into the neighbor's shaft at Old Abe Mine
Katie Mine vs Old Abe is settled in court in favor of Old Abe Mine
New outbreak of trouble occurs as Homestake notifies Old Abe to stop reducing their ore
An awkward situation, men of Homestake and Old Abe are working side by side
Contractor at Old Abe fails to pay his workers, miners then take possession of the mine for back wages
Old Abe Mine is sold in San Francisco to J. W. Gashwiler and D. B. Curtis
Joe Adair, Superintendent Old Abe Mine, initiates the shot-gun policy
Homestake Superintendent Sam McMaster appoints Joe Adair, late superintendent of Old Abe, as supervisor at Homestake Mine
Alex Frankenberg, a Lewis, Cohen and Johnston employee, is shot in a mining dispute at Homestake Mill by Homestake foreman
Alex Frankenberg, young man wounded in the face by buckshot at Homestake Mills, dies from wounds
Lewis, Cohen and Johnson claims prospect hole on Homestakes new mill site
Sam McMaster is warned to stay out of Lead
Deputies are placed to guard the Homestake Mill
Michael Hines and Dan Reagan, nearby Katie Fraction mine owners, sink a shaft on the grade of the new super Homestake Mill site
The California Company has Mike Hines arrested for trespassing
Despite Homestake's best guarded efforts, Hines and Reagan manage to sink another shaft at the new super mill site
Homestake Company arrests Dan Reagan along with his wife for forcible entry
Sam McMaster takes Hines and Reagan to court for mine jumping
Hines and Reagan are convicted and sentenced to 1 year and 6 months
Convicted mine jumpers Hines and Reagan skip bail, jail and the Hills to meet up in Miles City, Montana
Old foes takes their differences and mining interests to court, Homestake Mine vs. the Old Abe Mine Feb 04 1879
Prof Jenny gives his mining opinion in regard to Old Abe "Gold is where you find it"
Old Abe Mine is surveyed
California Company has an injunction placed on Old Abe, throwing 150 men out of work
Sam McMaster and Homestake jumps Golden Terra, law intercepted them
Large number from Lead in Deadwood for murder trial of Lee, Travis and Smith for the murder of Alex Frankenberg at Homestake Mill
Lee, Travis and Smith found not guilty of murder of Frankenberg, a verdict not in accord with Judge
Lee, Travis and Smith have left town with nice horses and outfit
Old Abe Mine Extension is only mine on hill not owned by California
Legal battles continue, Segregated Homestake vs Giant and Old Abe are back in court
Lot owner Tim OLeary and Little Nettie Mine stands in the way of new Homestake Mill, refuses Homestake offer
OLeary asking $12,000 for lot in way of new mill
Sam McMaster obtains court order to take land from OLeary and turn over to Homestake
Deputy Brewer dispossessed OLeary and put McMaster in charge
How could a Judge could decide what a man gets for his lot in regard to Tim O'Leary
Enterprise Newspaper sides with OLeary against Homestake Company
One of the big mining suits is settled between Old Abe Mine and Homestake Jan 22 1880
A successful mix, Sam McMasters system, bulldozing and the use of shotguns
Samuel McMaster and his shotgun brigade were down from Lead
