Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-23
TERRIBLE THREATS IN wAsHoE


1t is an ancient adage that one should
90 abroad to learn news from home.
Consulting our foreign exchanges to ascer-
tain what is transpiring in our own locali-
~. we find that there is the devil to pay
in Virginia and Gold Hill, and that a
great raid is about to be made by the
miners upon all unwrought claims. The
following is from the Cali of Thursday:
It is well known that, owing to the hard
times generally, and the reckless manner in
which mining operations have been con-
Quoted, thousands Of stockholders have failed
for the last few months to come up with their
assessments. As matter of course, assess
ments not having been paid up, and stock
generally having deprecated, work has neces-
sarily been suspended on many of the Washoe
mines, which formerly stood high in the
stock market, as well as hundreds which
never held much Of a position, but yet gave
promise OF "good time coming. The suS-
pension of work on the Washoe claims has
thrown thousands who depended upon them
for their bread out of employment. The re-
suit naturally is extremely hard times at
are no less rich or promising than formerly,
but the stockholders do not furnish the
money to work them, and the workmen want
bread, or think they will soon be in want OF
il Money is scarce over there, thousands
are idle, and landlords and clearinghouse
keepers demand money for the accommoda-
tons they afford. So great has been the
pressure that the miners out Of employment
are. as we are credibly informed, seriously
debating the propriety of taking possession OF
those mines that have been worked, and on
which operations of every kind have been
SUSPENDED, for the purpose OF working
them for their own benefit. In other words,
thew seriously think of jumping the best
mines which are now not worked. VI
course, should they really proceed to carry
out their present earnest intentions the re-
suit would be most disastrous to the mining
interests OF Washoe. Confidence IN the
security of mining property of all descrip-
tons would be utterly destroyed, and not
dollar could be obtained to pay for run
ming tunnel or building mill. Those
stockholders who have paid assessment after
assessment until they are at present unable
to nav more, would be totally robbed OF the
money they have invested in good faith. and
which has done much TO build up the Terri
tory, while those VINO may turn jumpers Will
not in the least better their condition. In
fact they would rather make it worse. For
with loss of confidence would follow the with
drawal of capital from the Territory, harrass-
ing lawsuits and sanguinary broils, and soon
the miners would find their condition to be
ten times worse than it now is under the
temporary annoyance experienced by par
tial stoppage Of work on the mines. That
the idea of jumping is freely discussed and
strongly advocated around Virginia, we have
good evidence, and there are men of some
influence who urge such policy, as one cal
culated to remove the evils under which
many of the people over there now suffer-
There are thousands of people in this State
interested in the mines of the Territories and
they NAV find it to their interest to watch the
new movement.