Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-02
AGAINST rHE PROPOSED MINING


THE PRoPosEn MINING
The Es,tsyn Slps opposes the new
mining bill; and it strikes Us that the
,e.sons advanced BY Il against the meas
ire have considerable force. We under
,,.nd tina, Stewart. Nys and A'hley have
,een ,elegraphed: "rhe people OF Nevada
re unanimously in favor Of the measure.
rhi. is q wrong streak Of lightning.
Please take notice of the following, copied
rom the above named paper:
"As the law now stands, our best pay
inp mines are in the hands Of capitalists
Su, they are not purchased until they
possess some character based eitner on
developements made within their own
boundaries or on adjacent ground. NOW
prospec,ors get something for their INT
labor and Judgment. Under the new regi'
men, should it be inaugarated, capitaiis"
will pursue the cheaper method Of Pur-
chasing the whole mining re8ion-tne an'
explored portion we mean-and tax INT
chances Of getting q valuable NINE oot
of an hundred, Place the mines in the
hands Of the capitalists, and the condition
Of Nevada would be akin to that Of the
South. where every Eve negroes counted
three votes, but the owner cast them. 80
in Nevada, every miner would have MS
vote, bu, it would as absolutely represent
the will Of bis employer a. would the
masters W vote. Such Law will ele-
ya,e the rich, but. at the same tint II
would degrade and brutalize the laoorer,
introducing q condition Of society that we
hope may never exist in free America.
Passing over intermediate sections to
section nine, we find q monopoly OF the
waters Of the country il proposed In order
possibly to place the State entirely At the
mercy Of the money kings.
The fee-ample to our water and mines
would work speedier ruin than plaques.
pes,ilenee. famine and war. When TINS
becomes the law Of the land, emigration
will be our remedy"
In copying the law. or portions OF It, q
few days ago. we said that so far As we
had then heard our folks round about
seemed 10 be In favor Of il. But it had
then been seen. and only casually exam
ined BY the miners Of this neighborhood.
who thoroughly read their morning paper
before the night after its issue. Since thar
time the substitute bill from the U. s.
Senate Committee on Mines and Mining
has been the topicof much careful consider
alton among the people Of Storey. From
what we have. since the date noted, gath
cred Of popular sentiment, q vast majority
ere dissatisfied with the measure. And
we incline to the opinion that the "eapi-
whom We respect for their liberal
ventures in Nevada, would be hostile to
the bill # they did not believe that . sub.
seeuent Congress will take Of the tax i'm
posed in the COMMITTEES reported act. Fol
ourselves, we have long been Of the opin'
ion that there should be no sort Of tax on
the mines. If the very argument recently
made by Senator Stewart is thoroughly
founded in truth, and deserving Of appli
cation to all logical conclusions, it is IN.
wise on the part Of the General Govern.
ment to place any National tax.burdeu
whatever OIL the working and product OIL
gold and silver lodges. OF course, THU
new law Is not originally responsible 70,
the taxation objected TO, but It continue,
the levy heretofore adopted. A State
and perhaps a county tax. is all. in GU,
judgment, that should be exaeted Of tn,
mines.
The "outside counties" are authorita
lively reported as very sick Of the Stat
mining law which was passed last winter
under the most solemn declarations on tn
par, of its champions that the people de
sired its enactment. The members Of tn
Storey county delegation knew that /
would be ruinous to this community
mining interests to have it apply here ; ant
some made it q condition Of their vote tina
a section be added exempting their con
~sti,uents from its provisions. The genera
moral Of this experiment" Is, that tn
mines had best remain as they are, undo
law, until a code can be adopted after tn
most searching investigation, after univer
sal notice Of It's discussion shall be em
phatically given. The motto, THAT Is III,
bes, Government that governs least" ha
been grandly e~xempli6ed in the case Of th'
MINES Of California and Nevada.
There was IN attempt made in IS 4
pass what was called mining Abandon
mens Bill" and thrice it did pass the As
sembly, lacking only n vote of success il
the Senate. 1t was claimed that it woult
prove the most beneficial law that possibl,
could be devised. But one lacking vot
defeated i, in the Nevada Senate in 1855
During the canvass Of the succeeding Fall
there wal . hurrah made for the bill
throughout the State; tit would prov
the Panacea for all litigation ills to which
miners are heir to. Those who had no
seen Ct to vo,e for it at the preceding SEES
zion were either denounced in plain terms
from stump and elsewhere. or it wal
limited that they were not good UnioI
men because they were not in favor Of III,
gr-r-reat Mining Abandonment Bill! Nov
comes on the Legislature Of '66: the bill
is again offered in the Senate Of Nevada; i
i. taken into debating consideration onc'
and for one short hour (; at the expiration
Of which time the second father Of III,
proposition confessed that it would prov
TO be a foolish or an outrageous statute i
enacted. So much for the force Of tn
arguments that had grown up In n year
on . fair consideration had In the face o
enthusiastic and really able appeal for Ii,
adoption Of q bill to do away with Ii,
common law doctrine in Nevada ir regard
to the ownership Of mines. We eanno,
avoid the impression that II the Law nov
before the House Of Representative-hav
ing passed the Sensts-having rttsfenc,
to the sale Of mineral lands and Lodges, i,
not passed this session. our people will b,
grateful for the failure. and IL will mt liz,