Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-08-28
Tho Nevada State Mining Law.
AUSTIN, August 10th, 1866,

compels me to say their name is LEGION,
who so violently denounced the STATE
Mining Law; but in all communities
there are some noble spirits, who are ca.
pable Of approaching a great and good
public measure, and your correspondent
1atters himself that he is one Of those
spirits.
HOW THE LAW IS liked.
Although an ardent admirer of that law,
I did not give it the attention that it de-
served however; l fastened to repair my
error by going Immediately to the District
Recorders office. On my arrival there !
was agreeably surprised to find a large
number of persons seemingly bent on the
same Grand; but my delight was some
what abated on mixing with the crowd,
particularly when I heard the bitter de-
nunciations and Unsurpassed contempt
which was heaped upon those worthy men
who made the law. l separated myself
from those ungrateful people as soon as
possible to attend to my own business.
On presenting myself to one of the deputy
recorders, l inquired what was necessary
to be done to secure my claims according
TO the law, and also the cost Of doing it.
He requested me to swat a moment" and
''he would attend to my case" l waited
a long while, but no attention was given
to my repeated inquiries. The delay l
could have patiently borne; but it made
my blood boil to be obliged to listen to
the vile epithe,s which were applied to the
mining law. From every lip deep and
damning curses were showered upon its
authors and projectors. Even our worthy
County Recorder did not escape-they
cursed him heartily, too ; but / am told he
bears his sufFerings like a martyr, another
instance of the heroism Of q truly great
man ; besides, ! am informed on good au-
thority that for all his trouble he does not
receive more than three-fourths Of the fees,
and they will not average more than eight
dollars per claim. l could not endure
such abuse. so l hurried away from the
place. Later in the evening | returned,
obtained the necessary information, filed
my papers, and am now the happy pos
SCISSOR Of one hundred and fourteen monu-
ments, the legitimate boundaries Of thirty
four rich lodges. Thus you see, I am
beyond the reach OF adversely.
THE MONUMENTS.
At present, the excitement has some
what aba,ed empty boot cases (they were
used for tablets) are dull, very little de-
mand for painted signs, and candle boxes
are positively not worth preserving-last
week there was a lively business in all the
above articles. This morning, as l sat by
my door, gazing with rapture on the long
lines Of graceful monuments, l could not
resist the inclination l felt to wander
amidst their stately shafts, and read the
legends with which they are adorned. l
strolled for an honr or so amongst those
recently erected columns, deeply impressed
with the lessons I had received from the
of their various inscriptions.
Those inscriptions were written in every
style. There were the elegantly embel-
llshed characters Of the German text, be-
side the ill-shsped hieroglyphics Of the hon.
miner ay, there they are. side by side;
one, the evidence of lying %chicanery ; the
other, the surest sign Of ill-requited toll.
Yes. sir the very men who travelled to
his God-forsaken country, who endured
every privation in the vain hope Of wrest-
.ng from its sterile mountains the means
return to home and friends, and who
have made this place by their energy and
perseverance what it is, and are now being
by the hungry hounds Of office,
who. not satisfied with a portion Of their
hard earnings, must. by legislation, en-
to wrest from them their last ray
.r ko- d., I on I,groo;pn
A REVERE.
l had in my walk attained a command
ng view Of the surrounding hills, and
aid myself down beneath the grateful
ihade Of a monument; ~by-the-by. l may
IS well describe that one description
will serve for all. The one in question
vas a stately column, three and a half
eet high the material Of which it was
composed was a piece Of scantling two
nches by three, Reese River lumber at
hat, and had from the heat of the sun
the appearance of arc Of a circle;
lear the top was firmly nailed the lid Of a
candle box, on which was inscribed the
'ollo wing legend: Southeast boundary
II the Ben. Butler. Thad. Stevens Co."
The pleasing recollecsions the name Of that
warrior recalled was too
much for me l could not repose beneath
the name OF such q hero, so stood silently
,dmiring the gay and numerous monu-
nents, and all those beauties had sprung
up in less than one short week. II seemed
me as il the spirits Of long crumbled
md forgotten monuments had revisited
and selected this place for their per-
nanent abode for, far as the eye could
reach were monuments! monuments !!
but monuments y! l became
almost wild with Joy when saw 80 many
of the indomitable will and energy
our people, and the indestructable
they have bequeathed to pos
,erity as silent memorials of their great
ness, and Just tributes to the sterling ina
Of our enlightened legislators.
Having, as I imagined, drank happiness
for one day, l retraced my steps
10 awards home. When I reached the
house | threw myself into a chair. and
was lost in a delightful reverie: l
was picturing to myself the pleasure l
should feel in showing my monuments to
nv friends when they would visit me.
A %PuRACIous INDIAN.
In the midst Of those delightful mus
.nps l was rudely aroused by the voice Of
, Shoshone Indian crying out "wood,"
at present the Shoshone Indians furnish
he most Of US with frewood), "a heap OF
wood, two bits" I walked to the door
md perceived upon the s%coundrel's back
. load of monuments. I became wild
With indignation and tore them OF his
randall shoulders, brought them into the
house and counted them. There were
:wenty-four in all yer, sir, twenty-touT
and out Of the twenty-four l
picked fourteen of my own, leaving me
,nly one hundred-nay, perhaps there are
40, fifty left standing to-day; whilst l,
Dol tina, I was. imagined myself the
,wner of one hundred and fourteen. !!
,ushed to the door. but the wretch had
ied. What could I doc What can l do'
Certainly 1 cannot do justice to the sub.
- -, ,yora in authority, i would