Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-10-07
HI MINING LAW.


the question-and in this case begs SYM
patty for its master as well,-by alleg-
ing that all words Of condemnation
against the mining law spring from
"~personal hate towards its author"
This PEccAvI allegation, brought in
with such connection is very and char
acteristically silly, and only serves to
show tho desperateuess of that suit
which assume that the Mining Law is
a good bill. We suppose it was "per-
sonal hate" toward Universe William
that led a man of such high repute
(otherwise) as Senator Williams, OF
Oregon, to describe the defects Of the
law as he did? 1t must have been or
he would have said il "a a good law.
Such is the argument, and all the argu-
ment, of the Enterprise on this subject.
The simple fact is, the Enterprise
knows nothing about the law to which
it alludes-its character and practical
effects are not understood ut all, in any
sense whatever, by the conductors OF
that sheet. Blind and uncertain rs 1t
is, its obscuritles, even, are not known
by these praters, who hate no one and
who do all things from a sense of duty,
for the public good! [Smiles.]
The Mining Law, while being dig
cussed in the United States Senate, was,
as we have shown, denounced as q
bungling, litigation-breediug, difficulty
occasioning statute, by two Senators
from this coast,-the two Senators who
in point Of ability stood far, far above
those associates who advocated the law.
And Senator Nye clearly indicated that
he did not like the measure, though out
Of courtesy and without fully compre-
bending its defects, we believe, he voted
for it.
And now comes the fact that the Com
stock companies have never located I'M
der the law. Why not? If it is a good
law, why have they not fastened to
make locations under it? Are they de-
TERED from making applications under
this law from a personal hatred toward
its author" on the part Of the mine
Directors? Such would be, such is by
implication, the argument Of the Enter
prise. Certainly nothing which could
be said against the bill is in such em-
phatic contempt of it Tor of its author,
if you please, as the practical rejection
| of it by the mines on the Comstock lode.
Without knowing anything whatever
Of the reasons for this rejection Of the
proffered terms Of the law, the simple
fact that the Comstock companies re-
fused or neglected to locate under it
would argue to most minds that it was
not the capital statute the authors or
gan claimed.
1t may be hard to believe that the
conductors of Stewards organ do not
know that the leading mining companies
on the great lode have proposed to To-
cate under Stewards bill, but, upon ex-
animation, have found it to be a danger
Gus experiment, to say the least.
The Mining Law processes to give to
n company locating under 1t all such
company may claim in the absence OF
dispute-professes to give perfect title.
Out of its complex sections, and its in
consistent sentences in the same section,
its author has pretended that q per
feet title would be interpreted by the
Courts, for locators. But upon closely
scrutinizing the sections, it is obvious
that there might arise great "dificul-
ties" controversies" l~itigations,'
if a company claimed under the law,
and by the law, between certified ledge
walls. And then connected with it,
under the Patent Law, comes in the
Stewart Sutro Tunnel Bill's provisions,
which of themselves would deter any
well-informed Board of Mining Trustees
from making a Comstock location under
Stewards Mining Law.
That Stewards Mining Law is well de-
fined in the language of Senators Will
liams and McDougal, the leading law
yers of this State we'll know and have
repeatedly and professionally agreed.
That William would be obliged, now,
for q draft of a Bill, which would be
a really good Mining Law, we don't
doubt.
The Bill starts out as, and in the
9th section again processes to be, a ma
tional statute of confirmation for all
"local customs, laws, etc." As such,
If that were really and simply its
character-it was not called for; and
the mining companies are not n whit
better off with a United States patent
than before. No one suspects that the
general government will sell the mines
to the prejudice of the miner. That
scare" has passed. Senator Nye
said, while speaking on this Bill, in sub
stance "I am glad to know hat the
title to the mines is in the Federal Gov
eminent, and for one I desire that it
may remain there" But the Bill does
not keep up to its promise of not inter-
fering with " local laws, customs, etc."
It contravenest them in several important
respects. There are many Districts
where persons and associations may
take up and locate many more feet than
this new law allows a patent for. In
short, while disclaiming any Interior
ence with local customs, it u n counter
and over the most essential matter Of
extent.
Take our w mining companies, in
lower Gold Hill one Of them actually
started to procure a patent under this
n