Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-12
Eureka! Consolidated and the En-
ployes.

more thorough contempt and lOath-
ing for than any other, it is II shot or
blow in the back. Mr.. Jones sent the
following all the way, three hundred
and twenty miles, to Virginia City for
publication, as though afraid to let it
meet the light of day in Eureka. We
copy it from the Virginia Enterprise
for the purpose of a%ffurding Mr.. Els
worth an opportunity of answering il
in these columns, the space for which
he is hereby offered free of charge.
Whatever facts there may he in this
communication. they are no excuse
for the personal abuse /; aud we hoi e
Mr.. Ellsworth will consider it worth
while to reply to that AS it deserves.
II the statements below are allowed
to stand uncontradicted. Mr.. Els
worth will not profit by it in the eSti-
nation of the community
EUREKA, LANDER COUNTY,
February %.
To the Editor of the Enterprise:
SIR: l have been solicited by my
fellow-miners of the Eureka District
to ask YOU to give space in Your ill.,
valuable Journal to the following OBJ
servationS: Four months ago this
MAS a prosperous mining camp. Our
mines and furnaces were all running
in full blast the hills reSounueu WITH
the wOOdman'S AK. and Oh every side
were to be see evidences OF prosper
itv which some deemed permanent,
At the present timeall this is changed.
The furnaces are shut down with one
solitary eXception-the Silver West.
The mines are in a like condition. eX-
cept the X. X. The miners are throng-
ing away to other fields OF enterprise.
and there is hardly II sound to dis
turb the stiffness tina reignS Yer the
land. You will naturally ask the
cause of this sudden change. The
cause are various. The Richmond
II Of our leading mines, is shut down
in consequence of their dispute with
the Look Out Company. The Ruhv
Consolidated and other mines stopped
work from inability to lave then
e hau.e | ON account of the horse
disease. Several prOSE ectOrS have
ceased working their claims, owing
to the severity OF the weather. As
regards the Eureka Consolidate d. the
big mine Of the district. everything j.
at a stand-still. This inactivity is liz
comprehensive. Ii cannot be in con-
sequence Of their lawsuit with the
Richmond, a. they never took a
pound of ore from the disputed
ground. Their reduction works are in
perfect order, with Il sufficiencv OF
coal on hand to last for months
There is abundance OF Gre in their
mines, and the roads are AS las>ailr
for them as for the II. Il. Com amy.
In the meantime \. NJ. Ellsworth,
the present acting Superintendent. L.
bus;ly engaged SQUAD ling with the
Inen-to-iar making the most faith
full rr0mi>eS Tomorrow laStif VIC
lating them. In this cam ,, from the
beginning, it has been customary
with the miners t" quit work ut )
o'clock OF Saturday evenings. there.
by working nlnA' instead OF ten
hours. As the mines are more than
two miles distant from Tia" town al
Eureka, and wurk WAS continued on
Sundays, the concession in favor OF
the workingmen waScOn>i Tered Very
small bv the mlIe-nW efS. alIi was
never grutigpl or disputed until the
arrival of Mr.. Ellsworth amongst
us. AS SOon rs he WAS exalted to- the
position of Su erintrudemt he deter
mined to have this custom abolished.
In consequent IT tins determination
on his part, the miners struck. and
work was alonduned Iur .ut:r entir,
days. \ committee Mas thcnapIniu:
cd to wait on him and hear what Ia
had TO SAY on the subject. He d {.
clared that for the previous month
the exp n>e of working the mine
had been in excess OF the returns,
which tact Obliged him to Use til,
StrlcteSt economy in every particular
in order to keep the thing running.
To this the miners made 10 objection:
but it Seenied >tranGp to me and t.
others on the committee that he
should begin his economy bv NiOlat-
ing the established customs ofthe di>
trict in the face of the fact Tint he had
caused to b~ shipned from the mine.
and Smelted mt the furnaces, several
hundred ton of stained limestone
rock that would o assay 81 to tn"
ton. This could not have been done
from ignorance, hGt the roads wpr,
then i'll tirSt-claSS ord r.. and i. seemed
TO be of more Importance to the SufDer-
intendent that Mr.. DaviS's teams
siIould be kept hauling than that the
character OF the ore hauled shOuld le
re~nnunerative. Considering the cos,
OF extracting, transporting and re-
dnclng a large quantity of very ponl
ore. almost barren rock. it is not to ir
wondered at that tho ou'1nv should
osci -'a'ts''CS tlc pa tlS. Inc result
OF the conference VAS that the miners
went to work again with the express
condition that Tn re should he no IN
crease in tie hours of labor. Ate,
the lapse of a few weeks they were
all discharged, and their places filled
by green hands. most Of whom had
never been under ground in their
lives before. but who were willing To
work in the mine even on degrading
terms, when they could not find en-
ployrnent at their usual %avocations
However. they too left off work as
soOn rs they got a little money and
from fear OF personal violence. The
other Snperintendeuts do not share in
the movement of Mr.. Ellsworth. nor
indorse him with their svmpathies.
At present evervthin : is quiet. bnt it
is feared his meddlirg propensitie>
will lead to mischief in the future.
Indeed snch appears tn be the convic-
ton Of Mr.. Ellsworth himself. for he
does not venture ont, even through
the mine. without an armed esc'rt.
BY publishing the above remarks You
will confer a very great favor OF the
miners Of this district.
w. w. JONES.