Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-30
sHYIOCK sUTRO.

Whatever sympathy or favor Sutre
has had from the people Of the Com
stock section In bis tunnel enterprise
In the past, has been totally ebliterat-
ed By his present attempt to take snap
Judgment In the, matter and fores the
owners OF claims, or mines, Of howev-
or great or little value, or whatever
their stage Of development, to take cut
patents therefor within six months, or
else forfeit not only their claims, but
lose all their labor, time and money
already expended. This last move Is
simply In accordance with Sutro's great
monopollzing programme. Gradually,
bat surely, he has been Tightening his
lines, and pillng aggression after az
erosion, regardless Of all interests ex-
cept his own, and this Is tho last straw
to break the camel's back. An out
ragged community would stand It no
longer, and the great mass meeting at
Virginia City, Saturday evening. was
the result. The petitions which have
been circulated the last day or two,
protesting against Sutro's last and
foulest grab OF all, have been
signed by nine tenths Of the
miners, working and business people
Of this section who have Q Q them,
and constitute the longest list Of
names yer going out from this CON-
munlty to Washington. Prompt and
speedy action was called for and tho
emergency has been fully met; the
people Of Storey county have respond
ell. The movement was 70 sudden
that many did not have full opportu-
nifty to consider the polnt and under
stand It's full merits. The friends OF
Sutro also industriously circulated
among the miners a report that this
was y job put up and sprung upon
them In the interest OF mining rings
and monopolists, but the cloven foot
could not DO 10 easily concealed. 1t
would stick out. The question Is nat
uraily asked. why has Sutro thus bsen
permitted to concoct aud carry out his
schemes In Congress without any ade-
qnato opposition, until he in triumph OF
arrogance dare'to say that he can carry
any scheme he pleases through Con-
grsss. The fact Of tho matter Is that
Su;ro Il one Of the most able, per-
slstent aud u~nprlncipled Of schemers,
and while we OF tho Comstock are
busy working and developing tho
grand Of the country for the
benefit Of all, he has been and Is work
Ing upon his one idea with an eye sln-
gle to the Interest, enrlchlng and az
g~randizement Of Sutro.
Now, we wish to speak q few words
to the Miners u%nlons-to tho prac-
teal working men and developers OF
the country. Having "spruns from
the loins OF labor" ourself, We claim
all tho mere right to do so. You, who
are toiling day by day in tho bowels
OF the earth, in the great broad bee
hive, whose apex IL Mount Davidson /;
you, whs either below or above the
surface, are working for the support OF
your families and those dependent for
their daily bread upon the wages now
so readily paid You for your labor
what do you think Sutro cares for you
or yours ~ long rs his ambitious,
grasping ends are satisfied? What
has he ever cared for In this matter ?
Sutro-oniy Sutro. Obtaining his
great tunnel franchise at a period
when In reality Ii looked like a ben-
sfciai project for the drainage and de-
velopmsnt Of the Comstock, he OBTAIN.
cd concessions then that no could not
now. The great adventurer needed a
hobby upon which he could ride to
wealth and power, at tho expense OF
others. Secure, as he thought, In the
possession Of hi, prize, no took his
own time In the matter, ioathsred his
own mes, first. and let time pass way
until the real practical workers and
developers OF the country had foot
alter foot dug and delved their way,
opening the great Comstock to such
depths as demonstrated the utter I'M
possibility Of Sutro's tunnel, as yet
scarcely commenced, ever reaching
the great lsde In time to do any good
whatever. Its declared and under
stood purpose was for a "drain tun-
nell" to drain tho Comstock OF Its
superfluous water /; but were Sutro's
ambitious project Contaminated, what
would he drain? Simply, the re-
sources Of tho country your pockets
the results Of your labor. All would
be fab that came to hls net. Two dol
lars per ton royalty for every ton OF
ore your picks aud sbsvels e~xcavated,
either from the scantlly paying sur.
face workings OF Cedar Hill, or from
the rich depths OF the Crown Point
and Belcher, would he claim. Aye.
not only that, bu, twenty five cents
from the daily wages OF each aud every
one Of you would lie collect as his
tlthe for passing In and out Of his tun.
mel to or from your work. This Is
how he would drain the Coms.ock,
and what could he give In return Tor
,his stream Of wealth flowing Into that
~capsclou,, never to be filled reservoir
-Sntro's pocket? What does he Of
fer? Nothing. We have got along
successfully aud we'll without his tun-
mel thus far, aud now know that we
can get along wlthou: II In the future.
Sutro's tunnel, after all his pretcn-
tious preparations and operations, Is
but just commenced, and eve under
the most favorable circumstances IL