Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-30
MINING TITLES AND MINING IN
TERESTS,

We spoke, some days since, of the ne
cessity of proper protective legislation fol
our mining interests on the part of Con-
gress. The same subject is, we perceive
being agitated in Colorado. In the Den.
yer Ne.cs of the 18th inst. we find the fol-
lowing account of the proceedings Of
meeting held at Central City to consider
the subject:
At large meeting of miners and other
citizens Of Colorado Territory, at Central
CITY convened, in pursuance of notice here
Territory, to consider the subject of congress
sional legislation in regard to mining inter.
e.ts, Nov. 9Th, A. D. 1864.
Hon. VIM. R. Gorsline was called to the
chair and c. c. Post appointed Secretary.
His Excellency, Gov. Evans, being pres
emit, was called upon to express his views re-
gardine the subject, came forward, and, after
| a brief address, offered the following resolu
tons:
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, Various propositions have re-
Gently been presented to Congress, foresnad
| owing change in the policy of the Govern
| ment in regard to our mines, looking to the
realization of immediate revenue rather thar
their rapid discovery and permanent and sue
| cessful development; and
WHEREAS, There is a great danger thai
such legislation may tend TO cripple rather
than to encourage our mining interests
therefore,
Resolued, By this meeting of miners and
other citizens Of Colorado Territory
LIST. That we respectfully protest against
the application of any system Of 1enGatTy tc
the operation Of our mines.
ID. That we respectfully ask Congress tc
pass law, giving in fee simple, under proper
regulations, at least one thousand lineal feel
of each lode to such person or persons az
shall hereafter discover and develop the same
Sd. That we ask that the miners titles tc
the mines already discovered, as at present
held by them, be confirmed BY Congress.
4th. That we ask for the establishment o.
a Mining Bureau in the Interior Department
of the Government, and that Geological Sur.
veys of our mineral regions may be provided
Which, after being fully discussed, were
unanimously adopted.
Editorially, the Nescs says:
The platform laid down in Governor Ey'
ans Resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted by large meeting of miners anc
citizens Of Colorado, held in Central City
last week, the proceedings of which will be
found in another column, strikes the key
note of the true policy, both for the interest
Of the General Government and the miner
which sooner or later will be adopted by Con-
1ress. The time when, will depend very
much upon the unanimity and earnestnes:
| "a al hp he n
! the mining States and Territories.
What has been wanted heretofore in regard
to the policy Of the general government on
the subject has been a plan upon which all
miners could agree, and If we mistake moi
this derideratum has been furnished in the
brief, pointed and clear platform OF these res.
olutions. They embody the sediments ad.
yocated BY the Governor in his letter 10 Judge
Benn EFT, last spring, which, so far as we
have been able to learn, meet the hearty ap.
proval |, not only the miners Of Colorado, but
| also Of California and our other mining dis
tricts of country.
The hearty unanimity with which these
resolutions were adopted by large meeting
of our people in the heart Of our mining in
terest prove that they are correct in the est.
nation of those best qualified to judge. We
hope the people Of California, Nevada, Ore.
gon, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Ari'
zona, will at once endorse this appeal to Con-
gress, and thus bring a power to bear in "a
Tor OF its adoption that will be successful.
When this policy is adopted it will at once
infuse new life into the business of mining
develop regions of country that will other
wise lay dormant for years, and secure to the
country such an increase in the annual pro-
duct OF bullion, as greatly to enhance the
value of government securities, and relieve
the national finances.