Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-05
American Mines, English Owners
and Important Litigation"

evinced in the pages of the SENTINEL,
to give place to anything having a
general bearing upon local interests,
l have no hesitation in asking that
you insert whatever is written under
the above suggestive caption.
NV attention was called to a brief
article, headed Important Litiga-
ton" which appeared in your local
columns on the ODD nit, announcing
the commencement of no less than
tour new suits, the preceding day.
against the Dunderburg mine. owned
by the Ruby Consolidated ). NJ. Com
pany Qimitedl, of London. This is
no mean showing for one dav, and
will doubtless he pointed to as the
best evidence that could be adduced
in support of Il prosperity as "a
mining camp. That such. however,
is the case is we'll known, for the rich,
extensive and permanent character of
II mines is too well rOven to adj
init of the slightest doubt. These
gratifying facts have been Illustrated in
the item relating to the monthly
shipment OF bullion for October. given
in your issue of the ID, wherein it is
shown five companies shipped for
that montii crude bullion to the eX-
tent of :, 9Sj, 100 pounds, or a trifle less
than 80 tons per day, which at $500
per ton, and these figures are, | be-
lieVe, below the average value. Will
give SIS, 900 per diem, or Si50,000 for
the month. Prolific Eureka. OF the
above aggregate shipment it appears
the Richmond alone yielded go tons,
while the next III importance is the
Ruby Consolidated. whose proportion
is 29i tons, though its furnaces did
not run an entire month, and II of
them for less than half that time. To
these ~uudeniable facts Eureka can
point with eNultatlon and say. without
| any fears of contradiction, that theirs
is the greatest bulllon-producing dis
trict in Eastern Nevada, and the Sec
Ond camp of Importance i'll the State.
Yet, whilst they make this honest
boast, let them pause and remember
that the best artists usually
group their most prominent char
acters and interesting objects in the
bright, SunlIt foreground OF Il picture
where they can be seen and criticised
to advantage by art connoiSSeurS,
whilst the least beautiful and tnat-
tractiVe thing are StudiOuSly coGSirn-
ed to the SUiubrouS clOud-ShaiOWed
back ground. where thew cannot so
readily detect their cOioringS and un-
graceful proportions. So here, too,
the skill ct ready, Interested writer's,
like artists, is tOO often invoked to
give their thoughts and language an
imaginative ~coloring whenever they
refer To local matters. our mineral
certainly large are depict
ed in glowing colors, their extent and
richness descanted upon most gtibely,
and all the prominent elements and
characters are nicely and artlStic@lIN
grouped III the rich, warm foreground
of their inviting picture, whilst every
thing II would impede the intro
duction OF outside capt. | and specu-
latlon-forei-n OF Otilerwi>e-is not
referred to at all, or ii so, only super
ticiallv. This is all we'll enough.
Capital, money, Is what We require to
develop our mines and extract from
II rcck-ribhtd hills and mountains
the wealth living dormant within
their deep ~receSseS. But we should
remember that deception, when dis
covered, is often more injurious to The
interests of the decelvers than to the
deceived. Confidence once destroyed
Il scarcely ever be won back, for it
will never allow itself to be betrayed
a second time. Therefore, it would be
much better for ourselves, and nor
conclusive to the real interests of the
district, to have the laNity OF our
local and State mining laNs so
remedied that they would act
as a shield to the holders of
honestly acquired property, and not
be, as they are now, nearly dead let
tiers upon the paper on which they
are written. Foreigners, whose money
we seek, know nothing of the netari-
] Al1.,Naly ,Nt,..t.A,l Law. ElIrnArS aNtt
hlacklegS generally. nOr the unScru-
pulousness With which they try and
tolst properties upon them that have
no marketable value. They are never
told how easily fraudulent titles are
tiOated like black clouds yer their
properties, or how readily bogus
claims are set up As the groundwork
upon which To commence expensive
and ruinou> litigationS. These are
things that are beginning to he well
known in London and elsewhere in
Europe, and are not calculated to
advance our interests in those quar-
terS, and certainly will not rebound
to our credit in any place abroad.
The impending litigation spoken of
at the starting out of this article Will,
| think, when critically examined, as
| intend to do in another communica-
ton tomorrow Or next day, throw
some light upon many of II dlSad-
vantageS under which Eureka and
the vicinage suffer.
\. regard for our space forbldS me
saying anything on this subject
inst now, lest my proliNitv exclude
me from To privilege of further space
tomorrow, when | will try and show
how iniuriouslv these lawsuits affect
lis at home and abroad, and DESTROY
British confidence in American mines.
De PoER.
I'VE seriously doubt the proprietv
of publishing the above, and what is
to follow; yet, under our rule to give
all a hearing, we cannot consistently
exclude it. Matters, when once i'll
the courts, should he left to the courts
alone for settlement. If, however,
gentlemen are disposed To try their
suits i'll the columns of the public
press, we are not quite certain that
it is our province to object. Equal
and exact justice is II chief aim, and
in pursuance thereof, we Shall in this
instance, as in all others. give every
one concerned ample space and OPP
portunity to present his caSe.-ED.