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RE: JOHN L. LEWIS, ET AL INTERVIEW WITH Mr. MALLOY ie presently located in the State Capitol CHARLES MALLOY Building where he is the Superintendent of Buildings. This interview was conducted on the basi# of informatp=e furnished by Mr. WILLIAM RYAN, former owner of Mine A, who stated Mr, MALLOY possibly had information concerning an attempted purchase of a mine located in Bond County, Illinois by CARL H. ELSHOFF. Mr. MALLOY was very cooperative, advising that this mine was the +“ Pocohontas Kine, which was located at Pocohontas, Illinois in Bond County. “ The mine was formerly owned by parties living in Bast St. Louis. As a re- sult of the death of the owner the mine was sold to a Jewish junk dealer in Terre Haute, Indiana. It was the desire of a iir. WOOSLEY and other citizens in Pocohontas to keep the mina cpen. They made a proposition te the junk dealer in Terre Haute wherely they would form a corporation on a cooperative basis, séll stock, and thus ruise money to operate the mine. It was estimated that it would take $60,000 to put the mine in operation. Mr. WOOSLEY was unable to pramote this proposition and raise the necessary - money. He appealed to Lir. MALLOY for assistance in finding a man who would be willing to operate the mine. kr. MALLOY stated that Mr. RYAN was a personal friend of his, so he endeavored to interest Mr, RYAN in the oper- ation of the mine, He found, however, that Mr. RYAN had retired from tne coal business, and was not interested, Mr. RYAN subsequently brought CARL H. ELSHOFF to his, Mr. MALLOY's home, and at that time which was approximately six months ago, ELSHOFF indicated an interest in purchasing the mime. 4 ¢a}] was placed to Mr. WOOSLEY in Pocohontas to see if the mine were still available, for it was Mr. MALLOY's understanding that the-option to purchase and operate the mine ran only for a limited time, Mr. WOOSLEY advised by telephone that the option had expired and that in fact the junk dealer was already taking the equipment out of the mine and scrapping it. This, according to Mr. MALLOY, terminated the negotiations; hence no proposition was made and no conversation was had as to how Elshoff would finance the proposition even TF £4 anulda he earecludad. BN ee a Mn cee serge