The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-04-06


has lately been made In Congress TO re.
nal IN. Az, nader ~h;ch IN. S.,ro ,.,,
mel company are e0tl'led 20 ccrisin
,o,.i,v f,c,, N. ,;,.. of n. cous,o.L
o '"e 's' W
lode upon the completion and practical
Ioner,,;on of that great nroi~rt n, the
Z3d OF March last, hon. w. u. Kelley O1
Prnnsvlvn,ia addressed the House of
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representatives - follows:
MIR. KELLEY. I think that the proposi,ion
Of She mInority Of the committee present. to
the consideration of this House "A. gigantic a
Congress. Two Years ago every R-pre.ent-
alive from the Pacific cast agreed with The
men Who are now a,,emp,inp :, destroy his
character and IN rob him NJ his rich,s in ,h,nk
in. Adnlph Sutro Tor the vrry charac,rri.tics
witch thew now present to the House in order
to brand him with odium. They Thanked him
for his E,resioht and enerpv They landed
his genius and the perseverance, he manifested
in their interests and in the interest. of that
Young and growing section of the country, the
Pacific slope
Sir, Adoiph Sutro's name will live when
we who are legislating upon this subject shall
be forgotten OF known only to some student
of Parliamentary history. In the volume
which l hold in my hand. THE Mineral
Resources ofthe United states. and the Nee
es>ity of InausuratinR a National System of
Mining with Special Reference tn the Com.
stock L"de and the SutrO Tunnel" his name
is embalmed by the miners and people Of the
State of Nevada and If the Pacific cuast, and
associated with the most eminent men Of
genius on the continent Of Europe. He has
won his Immortality in the service of the men
who are now endeavoring to strip him of his
reward and his honors, and to ASSOC
ciate his name historically with that of Eli |!
Whitney. as man Who having added to the |
wealth, the comfort, the prosperity of the |
American people. vas doomed 10 exhaust his
life AID die in poverty.
Adolph Sutro. by his CORRESPONDENCE. his
publications. and his travels has made the
rexo,,ce. NJ Nsv.d. .na ,he P.c;6c .IoDe
knoxn to the miner. of Eurone. from rhe
most illustrious engineers down to the hum. i
hes, miner in N. dr;f. and Galleries n.
odd them Of the ine,h.us,;hl. wealth of he
comstock lode. and the urea, and diverse
mineral denosit. of the Pacific cn.st. He
rai,ed our credit bv shovino ina, in that one
IeDo.;, IN. Com.socL la. =. h.d r,o,. I'll
,et ,b.. h.d .x.r hen C,.,,d II . .;.nie a.
,os;t in .nv mar, of the ~orld n. sSov.d
he ..n;,.I,,,! 81 ~. ...',,;rnns 3D., 49,
,r,, - -" 80. dsx.ion"S "a :. h.o,,.s,
,.ct from, hen ,ss ,..chpn,. If .r,o,;anca
rdo,s.d -, ~. $500, -. .e,hS -.
=" -o.,S - -. aN: 49,
-, ,,.,;i ~. -
;n,ro nrono..s their s;ix.r MINING i. .b., !:
,nown ~ ,,,n.r cn,n,,;s. 49, ,,,;os,s, ,;,..r
= n;,.,;c., rn;o;no T1"d.- ~. $500, ~;
,erfec, and cos,iy .vs,em Of MINING We are
.k;r0 from m. Coms,ock loA. onIy Fl. r;rh-
:, o,es ,ho.a H., ..n \. r-ot,.S,, ho;s,ea
me thous.nd feet and more nv .,e:m. in a
and where fuel is SO scarce thai il is gathered
niles awav and tr.nsported on ,nules' backs.
We are thus wasting. and worse than wasting.
be wealth of our country BY our expensive
mining. l can not, Of course, in ten minutes Il
roceed further in this line Of remark.
Gentlemen ON the other side have spoken
d the owners Of mines. propose to speak
d the miners. the men who with pick and
hovel extract the ore, and forty 1--we per cent. {
whom die Of miners consumption, shich
eizes them and penetrates their vifals before
hey are admonished of its approach. and whO 3
lie in their youth, or in he vigor Of their r
Dung manhood, Frustrated BY the heat and
oisOned BY the atmosphere Of these mines.
hese industrious men are Subscribing TO '
lock in the Sutro Tunnel Company; they Il
warm behind Mr.. Sutro, and beg Congress !;
, vest all the rights in hin that viii enable
i'm to redeem them from the terrible doom !.
, which the so-called miners friends would Q
~ condemn them. p
Sir, brought with me from one Of these
'ines bit OF blaekened ore, blaekenec BY the +
noke Of ire that smothered and turned h
rty -hse OF these men IN the NINE. Had I,
'ere been tunnel such as MI. Sufro 10 con-
ructing they would have been breathing pure :