Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-02

going. my friends, to tell you this evens
ing q great deal about the Washos mine
and how they are mismanaged, and the
Shareholders swindled by certain par
ties. But I must first enlighten you q
little about the geology OF that country
and show you how the ores arc depos-
ited."
Having presented his views On these
points the lecturer nsxt proceeded to
illustrate the Iniquities OF. the
hank Ring with his Magic Lam
tern,
And to point out who, in his opinion.
were the parties so engaged in dsfraud-
ing the mining public. AID the Com
stock shareholders, the Bank Ring. as
he termed them, constituting the prin-
cipal offenders. "I have here" said
the speaker, pointing TO his camera. ga
little machine that will better enable you
to understand what I am going to say"
whsrsupon he exhibited to the gaping
audience the old scene Of the "Pig and
the sailors" which. displayed in tho
phantasmagora, used to so delight MS in
our childhood days. "You sec," said
the lecturer, 'these three fellows, who,
having been permitted to 60 ashore,
have taken II into their heads to steal
this animal. According, as shown in
the picture, they have seized him by
the tail; now they pull him q little this
way; then the pig gets the better OF
them and pulls them q little the other
way; and SO they 60, back and forth,
nip and tuck; now one has the best Of
II, now the other;'' (the manipulation Of
the toy moving the figures to suit the
speakers descripion). There! OIL
gos, the tail, and the sailors arc ON
their backs, while the pig runs away.
Now, my friends" continued the lee.
turer. .these sailors represent the three
principal managers Of the Bank Of Cali
fornia, and tho hog he represents the
Sutro Tunnel Company. These fellows
have had the Company by the tail for q
good while and sometime they have
pulled 1t pretty hard, too; but by-and.by
of comes the tail, and over goes the
Bank crowd on their backs, while the
Company makes good It's escape" This
clever performance brought down the
house in a manner 80 emphatic that II
was some time before the speaker could
60 on.
Gbn,,Iy seene, I'm the Mines aud
mai. NAV. I'm she Great Un.
built city In the sasebrush.
Having by this happy device sufi-
cisntiy Illuminated TINS pranen a'
subject, the lecturer next exhibited the
appalling spectacle OF the mines on fire.
with innumerable victims roasting in
the fiamss-also the bodies Of hapless
creatures mashed into n Jelly by being
procipitated down the deep shafts. the
whole followed with a view of his pro-
jected tunnel, which II was stated would
efr.ctually guard against all these catas-
trophies when completed. Following
this, tho exhibitor treated his audience
TO q variety Of scenes in the future city
of Sutro, with the shipping on Carson
river in the distance. "This town."
said no, ''has been laid out on a capa-
cious ~plsn-twice the size Of New York
and q little larger than London. We
thought We might az well project II on
a liberal scale M the surveyors took
their pay In tunnel scrip, and the land
cost us nothing. The objects You SEQ
scattered about 30 thickly are sage.
bushes. these shrubs being nasniiied
to the size OF trees by tho little machine
through which the pictures are present.
cd. The plan OF magniiying almost
everything connected with this town
and tunnel has been pracucea oy our
company 70 grsa' e nv h nns
s.usIun sau 800 A.. ,su thsrs
7 mt un th;nt;n, n MIGHT sometime
coma handy for a priyats lunatio ssy.
lum, the wings having been added for
the use OF such English shareholders as
may hereafter require
VI TINS sui I.;..J ~. - a,on,
NOT 10 s~,,;v.,;on ~