The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-08-29
NETTING OF THE HIRERs' UNIONS.

The following resolutions wers
adopted at q joint meeting of the Vir.
ginia and Gold Hill Miners Unions,
August 25th:
WHEREAS, it has become apparent tina,
the difficulties in working the mines on the
Comstock lode as depth increases, will in
the course of q few years become SO great
that it will no longer be profitable to wor
them; and
Whereas, We are convinced that the only
remedy to prevent so disastrous a result lies
in the construction of the Sutro Tunnel,
which, besides securing drainage, ventila-
tiun, great facilities for cheap mining, and
giving new lease of life to these mines for
many years to come, will also open up the
vast argentiferous country lying to the east
ward of the ComstOck lode, and thus Sc
cure handreds of millions of treasury which
would otherwise remain buried in the bowels
of the earth; and
Whereas, Congress, by a special Act, has
conferred upon and granted to the Sutro
Tunnel Company a tract of mineral land,
together with privileges and rights, which,
IN our opinion, are worth millions Of dollars,
anu will make the tunnel enterprise, la q
hnanc;s, view, the most promising mining
undertaking ever projected within the United
States; and
Whereas, it is greatly to the interest Of
the whole nation to assist in our grand index
work, which, while it will practically prove
the continuance of our mineral lOdes in
depth, thereby establishing the great wealth
contained In our western mountains, will
also inaugurate lasting, profitable and "a
tional 81 stem of mining, giving confidence
to private capital in similar undertakings;
and
Whereas, We, the miners, who are COM
PEELED to delve and toll daily in an atmos-
phere heated and corrupted to such degree
that our health becomes impaired, in many
instances resulting in consumption and an
early death, are the parties most deeply in
terested in the construction Of this great
work, which, had it been in existence at the
late disastrous ire in the Gold Hill mines.
which hnrled into eternity forty of our
brethren, would have given them the means
of egress. and thus saved their lives; and,
Whereas, We consider the immediate
Of the work on the tunnel as
Of the most pressing necessity, and para
mount to all other interests Of this section of
therefore, be it
Resolved By the miners ofthe Virginia
and Gold Hill Unions, in joint convention
assembled, that, as an earnest of our faith
in the results to spring from the construction
Of the SutrO unnel, as great national work,
and a financial operation, we do hereby
agree to subscribe to the stock of the Sutro |
Tunnel Company the sum of fifty thousand
dollars in United States gold coin, as first |
payable Immediately, and for
the purpose of commencing work upon the |
tunnel itself without delay; and be it further |
Resolved, That we hereby earnestly APP
peal to the people of Nevada, California and
the Pacific coast in general, but especially to
the working classes, to subscribe TO the
stock of the Sutro Tunnel Company, be it |
in amounts ever so small, as literally as
their means will allow, SO that the financial
future of this noble work may be secured at
m early day, and make it, as much as posi- |
Bile. workingman's institution; and, be it |
further |
Resolved, That the newspapers on the Pa |
.iic coast, and the United States at large, |
friendly to the development of our great
mineral resources, are requested to publish |
his preamble and resolutions.