Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-07

The SCTEo TuSNEL controversy may
not be strictly n Carson item. but Il GER
tainly has a great deal Of local conse-
quence, ana may. therefore, with per
feet propriety. be discussed in this de-
partnsnt of the APPEAL. TIE ..abolical
lnsenui.ies Of Ex L. S. Attorney General
Jersrliah Black, exercised in '1nalf of
Sutro. have developed most audacious
scheme-the intent and ann OF which
is nothing less than the oustinG of the
present mining companies Whose money
developed tho Comstock lode) and the
substitution of Sutro, Black. Negley and
their ccnfetlerates i'll the ownership and
working OF those mines. 4 Geographic
copy of an article on this subject from
Yesterdays .ild appears in last evenings
Ne,rs. We extract as follows: The
tunnel confederation at Washington,
Hsssrs Sntro. Black. Negley, etc, are
now vigorously pressing the passage of
the Negley amendment in both Houses,
in the hope Of using it to contiscate the
mining properties Oh the Comstock
Lode in favor of that great blackmail
association. 1t will be remembered that
during the fourteen years in which the
Comstock Lode has been worked under
the State mining laws with the consent
of Congress and nearly S2G0, 100000 III
bullion have been contributed to the
world. all the industrial rights there
held, have been constantly assalled by
an army Of spectators i'll blackmall
claims. No sooner WAS ore discovered
in any locality through the expenditure
of labor and capital, than dozen cor
rurt claims to that locality were pre-
ferred, TO be bought off or to make li.i-
CATION in the courts. What the Nesiey
amendment now means is the consoliIa-
ton of all these infamous schemes under
the direction of Blaci; and Sutro to oper-
ate through Congress. The tunnsl now
is a secondary consideration altogether.
bat tbs pretended cltims under 1t are
the pre!eXt by which the specu-
la;ors through Congressional aid hope !
to utspOil the miners. Congress 10y
It's act Of 1865, made any considela- |
ton which the mining companies /
might agree to give Sutro for the ser I
wees of the tunnel condition to toe /
inserted in patent TO the lands should |
il ever be taken out. Sutro has never |
fulfilled his contract, which he forfeited |
wears ago, consequently there Is no
such condition to be put IN the pat
ents. The law, however. stands as
before, and Sutro claims that an old
royalty Shall he inserted in
the patents. The companies refuse TO
take ont patents which contain that
clause. They choose to
20 on as they have done for the last
fourteen Years under the mining laws,
v hich have worked 50 well. Now
comes the Negly amendment, which
compels the miners on the Comstock
to take out patents within six months,
this condition of royalty Of
two dollars per ton forever to Sutro
under pain Of forfeiture OF all their
property. This is 10 longer any
jue stlou of ths Sutro Tunnel, but if
aw Of Congress can work 4 forfeiture
If all III ines on the Comstock lode,
llless the companies will achnowl-
edge Sutro's sovereignty, then the
hole crowd of biack-maiI spectators
may come and take possession OF all
he mines whose ore has been dscov-
red and developed by other mems
money and labor. Mr.. J. :. Black IN
lis address to the Chairman of the
senate Judiciary Committee thus he
rays the object of himself and conted
rates. ,