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Show 83 Gateway. Area Mesa Creek Group •» * to •» # Transaction M-29 Instrument: Date: Grantor: Grantee: Claims: Mining deed January 2, 1941 P. E. Wigton A. L. Crist (1/2 interest in Bonita Mesa County Recorded: Book 393 Page 387 1) Stated consideration: Documentary stamps; $1.00 and other good and valuable consideration. Consideration less than $100.00 None. to <» •a # Actual consideration: $50.00 for 1/2 interest on basis of $100.00 for full interest. Confirmation of transaction: A. L. Crist, State Home and Industrial Training School, Grand Junction, Colorado, interviewed by Warren Bush. Mr. Crist stated that P. E. Wigton from whom he purchased this property was an employee of Mr. Crist. Wigton had done very little work on the claim, which had a slight showing of mineralization. Wigton did not have sufficient capital to pay for the cost of exploration and traded the claim to Crist for property valued at approximately $50.00. |