The mountain Democrat., 1863-09-05
THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
VrsA - sasEA3sats Unisa.
The GrOseh AtAinG Company Va the
aan FraRoGSSSr PrUSSS


Ma. EDrroR: Immediately after the in
rornoration of the Grosch Consolidated
cod and Silver Mining Company, several
prominent papers, published In San Fran
cisco and elsewhere, gave to the public
that they stated 70 be the character o.
the claim Of said company to the OFiginaI
discovery and location BY the GrOsch
brothSss.i~ Saks-T OE tA@ VeiaiNg ground
IN Utah Territory, since mmHI&riy known
ns the ComstOck Lode. These statements
being. in the main, 80 entirely devoid oI
truth. . party Interested wrote out con
else statement Of the grounds of the com.
uany's claim, and offered it for publication
TO two of the most conspicuous Of these
journals bulletin and Alta) in misstatine
the nature and purposes Of the company
both declined to publish the truth. mainly
upon the ground that to investigate the
rights Of the original locatOrs would pcpve
highly detrimental to the interestS oI
many Of their friends holding under title
derived from Comstock, and therefore q
xTesk public calamity.
Your paper having at our request pub.
lished il, we again take the liberty Of re.
ferring to some Of the arguments that
have appeared in the public press bearing
upon the subject, promising, however, by
saying that newspaper controversy is
not our purpose, paper bullets not OUT
chosen weapons That peculiar guardian
Of the "people's" interests, the Evening
Bulletin, leads the van, at the special in
stance Of the Secretary Of the San Fran
cisco Board Of Brokers, by saying Bomb
shells in the Comstock Ledge, Tremen.
dOus Effort TO Bear the Stock Paying
Companies at WAshoe The Grosch Con-
solidated Gold and Silver Mining Compa.
nv claim the whole Of the ComstocES
&edge, or at least 3, $50 feet, to be at once
tested In the United States Courts. The
papers have been submitted to the Hon.
ReVerdy JOhnsOD. Daniel s. Dickinson,
Judge Amasa J. Parker, n. R. Wheeler,
McElenry, S. W. Sanderson and Edward
TompkiOs, whO have agreed to prosecute
the claim and take q contingent fee in
feet How it will 60 in . country where
EmantOur and other gigantic swindlers
have had their day. every reader can pre-
dict Ger himself; preSuming all tie facts
alleged in regard to the GrOsch brothers.
title to the COmStock mine to be true, il
Will still require much argument to show
(uS) that they have any title whatever
We state the fact that there is q big bear
in the market; let the animal he met man
fashion. We have our doubts whether
the action could be sustained (for the fol-
lowing cogent reasonS): We have heard
OF very mean son Of Q very mean man
who sued his father (ur begettiNg him. +"
We too. know Of Q son Of a man where
We think the action would be sustained
in favor Of az outraged public. The Bull
ieIin further proceeds to demolish our
claims Speaking Tor "LOrd Give" ="
they say: BY Cd, TIN surprised at
my own moderation" Speaking for aud
in behalf Of parties whose clailnS are not
included within our discovery AID loca
tion, they ask: "Dont The great cock
turkey think we are tit to be gObbled opp
As against tritiing nonsense like this, the
Grosch Company have no arguments to
oppose. They cafty upon their face the
best answer that can possibly be given
parties conscious Of their rights in mat.
ters Of great moment will always ind ar
guments based upon the facts Of the case,
and seldom descend to ridiculc or billings.
gate.
The Daily Alta, usually just and edited
and controlled by gentlemen after giving
our claim . long review, in the main sub
stantialiy correct, are betrayed into the
following gross miSstatements: whether
the Grosch brothers obtained their eigh-
ty five per cent silver ore from the Com.
stock lode is q matter Of conjecture
While we hold scores Of assays made by
them and forwarded to their father at the
time, besides the evidence Of three living
witnesses, who worked with them for
months in 1867 upon the identical ground
now occupied by the works Of the Ophir
Company, in the (now) city Of Virginia,
besides many others who are familiar
with all the facts. They further add {:
3" The GFeseh brothers never took up
5000 feet of the Comstock lode as their
mining claim" The assigns of the estate
Of the GrOsch brothers only claim three
fourths Of $3.50 feet unsegregated Of the
ground located and occupied BY them in
1867, as by their notice and records
fully appear, cne. fourth having been sold
to COmstock in whose charge their inter
eSts were left in the month Of December,
Of 1857, and through whom the adverse
claimants now hold all the title that Com
stock himself had, it being as per written
Lone fourth Of the silver ledge
in the Hiu District, commencing at .
point Of rocks veSt of the trail beyond
the brow Of the hill and extending Rorth
$3.50 feet, or thereabOutS. to the notice
upon the ravine." The Gr0Sch Company
claim no rights that ComstOck owned, or
that he could convey by virtue of his part
ownership his title is theirs, their title
was his No soPEstry or mySti6cation
can change this cowmen principle of Law
or equity. They further say. The
GrOSch brothers owned nothing SAGE the
hole which they dug" What . wonder.
ful discovery in the science q law. Nj
ners locating claims AaZe no night to the
mineral therein" they own only the
holes they dig" Mr. Editor, will you not
accept from the grateful miners a (leath-
err medal in consideration of your able
and logical exposition Of the laws pro.
tecting their interestsH Again: "They
made no record Of anything" Here
seems to be revealed an attribute hitherto
confined to Omnipotence. Still further !:
d" Discovery and occupation does not give
title. mOst profound logician miners will
be glad to be informed. What does give
title to the minerals if "discovery and
OccupatiOn-does DOtI" The Alta closes
its arguments against our rights. by say
bng that "the Grosch claim is denounced
by many as a mere black. mailing opera
AiOn. By whom, Mr.. Editor, except by
parties holding by virtue Of the title de-
rived from ComstOck and such others as
they employ to misrepresent our claim,
And trnduce and vilify parties interested