Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-07-23
VINO hest DESERVE SUPPORT.


some days. and people are a little blue.
This is but natural. AL sorts Of rumors
are aAoat respecting two mines upon the
Comstock Lode. which for many months
have paid large dividends and enhanced
the incomes Of thousands oflaboring men
Who have invested therein. II Is said
that the Belcher and Crown Point mines
give signs Of failing; that the ore body
which has yielded so many millions to
the wealth Of Storey county. tho State
OF Nevada. tho Pacific Coast and the
world. is growing narrower and less val
liable. That it is "petering OUT and
that these mines can but little longer
pay the large dividends which have been
regularly disbursed for more than two
years past.
We do not believe these rumors. They
are not authoritative; nor, in our judg-
msnt. are they credible. But. let US
suppose for q moment that they are true,
and look around US for n lesson. We
need not look far. II is before us so
plain that everyone can read. 1t is in
plain words: the development OF the
Comstock lode requires capital. Our
prosperity a. q community will not con-
tinus unless the capitalists who have
invested money in our mines permit 1t
to remain there. II costs money TO
prospect the Comstock lode, more money
than the citizens Of Storey county with
out the aid Of their capitalists and the
credit which they swing. can raise and
use for this purpose. Other mines must
DO developed. Millions Of money may
DO required to be expended before other
paying bodies Of ore arc found. Pros
pecting Is expensive. II costs vast sums
Of money to burrow in the rocky depths
for ore bonanzas. And without the aid
OF monied men. without the credit
which they have with other capitalists
prospecting would soon close, business
would languish. the country would 50
down to dullness and decay.
There is a shaft between Gold Hill
and Virginia which has been worked
upon for years. 1t has cost many hun
dred thousand dollars. 1t has prospect
cd to q vast depth the Comstock lode
within the boundaries Of the mines
which own il. II has been Of benefit to
claims adjoining. II has never been OF
any benefit to the men who put their
money up to sink it; who have paid as
sessments on a majority Of the stock for
years. To them il has been an incubus;
q clog; q constant drain. with no re-
turn. But at a depth Of 1850 feet. ore
has been struck which may develop into
o large body and resurrect that portion
OF the lead. Once more we call atten-
ton to the fact that to the pluck. per-
sistency and faith OF men who arc among
Us. and who have money to control, this
result has been accomplished. II the
Imperial and Empire mines prove valua-
BILE, to these mems steadiast faith and
willingness to stand by u material in
t~erests, belongs the credit Of success.
Without their money and their willing
ness 10 use 10 for this purpose, there
would have been no shaft 1000 feet in
depth Just this side tho Divide.
We might multiply these instances.
They are known TO all our people and
should be discussed moro thoroughly.
There has been for years a gross and
cowardly attempt on the part Of men in
no way identified with the material
interests Of Storey county to prejudice
the laboring element against capital
which is expended and the eapi-
talists who use their money to develop
our mines. They have been maligned,
blackmailed. insulted and viliaed. Their
motives have been misconstrued. their
uttersnces distorted and themselves call
cd anything but decent men. And yet
to these mems pluck, persistency and
credit. Storey county owes her pros
perity to-day, and her laboring men an
Of steady work at better wages
paid than in any other State in the
Union.
Is il not time that the homeless adj
~venturers who have never in their lives
done sught for the prosperity Of our
or State 30 told in language un-
that the people have no faith
in them and their promisesl Is it not
that wo as a people realize and act
upon the fact that the interests OF those
men who have stood in with US
in adversely, and aided to pro-
mote our prosperity are part and
parcel Of our ownf That their pros
perity 10 ours ; that their cooperation
in our mining enterprises is for our mu-
tual benefit |; that they better represent
our interests than men not thus iden-
tihed1 We think so I; and in all candor
submit to thinking men, that those who
have, as we have shown, both by their
business pluck and credit, aided to bring
this county to her present prosperous
condition. whose Aid we now desire, and
not improbably in tho future. mus, have
in our mining enterprises, are best
entitled to our support and confidence.
as well in political as business life.
IT is currently reported that the Grand
Jury Of tho District Of Columbia. be-
fore whom Boss Shepherd. the late
iamented Governor OF said District. re-