Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-09
ARSON CITY,:
THE DANGER TO NEVADA.

Is like to breet, mischief. Being ont oil
work and monry. and with nothing but
his wits for capital ami factor. AiuiVh
Sutro iald n scheme for making industry
and enterprise pay him tribute. Na;ui-
ally, he sought out the largest interest
on the Pacific Coast and laid his plans
to make 1t divide its substance and its
profits with him. Then be sought ont,
as an auxiliary. such capital as was lille
enough 10 sympathise with IL shrewd
idlers specuia;ions. ana by dint OF per
sistenry and consistency of purpose. he
secured the needed assistance: and so,
notwithstanding Su;ro and mischief
aiding idle capital. formed an offensive
alliance against the CoElsioci, Ledge.
Tiu- was, when the mines Of the
PGrIIir co.s; wcre worked i'll Uniformity
TO meet arising emergencies by the min
s.. Never 81 wise and equitable Il code
Wis ever devised 10y any interest for its
own protection The capacity for IF
government" here asserted itself TIE
,.iscover-r should have 81 many feet:
tin first iocs,tors 50 many Comprehend
.ng the situation with rsTc clIishten-
mrnt, the courts Recognized and sU.s-
tanned IiaeTs' law and miners a.iitr..-
:.utls- This vas the golden a.e Of
inning IL was uniecLnIcal, simple.
pregnant Of jasiice.
Unfortunately there came upon the
Inineis interests. the tinherinc spirit OF
legislative REFORM. There became mani
fest in Congress an itching to d,b5ie IL
legislation FOX the mines. There were
frsi, vague whispers OF taxing miners
Gains, ana when this WIS scared away
there followed, affair eff, an owlIsL propo- |
sItIOn TO have i system of mining land |
laws. 1t SCI med as if the unquiet spirit !
Of medd.ee"meness couldn't be kept !
down Al last mining land law was
ehacied- Ire desert and waste places. |
p!:icrs where robody but the hardy |
pr"-pector and pioneer could find ont /
n-w d'pusitrs of the precious metals. !
instead o: bein, left free to the men V ho |
had earned ii right 70 the ownership OF
the sHme and who we're entitled to =
i"unty tor titsdiu; them, were made sab
ut 10 !. bnugiing. needless law of Co =
gr'S-- Peitifoggery had triUmphed over
trIhg. enterprise and industry, Al d
here had been made place uhereon
Ai"lph Sutro might stand AMI harrass
ili-- i.rrIest mining industry the world
has amy knowledge Of
THIS a udacious schemer has developed
-" embodiment of danger. 1t has
COO II this On the one side tie great
tr.aI1u-ps~tlEcin. interest of the Pacific
COAST: o. other this parasite. Sutro.
The question Shal! legitimate in
dU~trv be overwhelmed by an illegiti- I
mate one2 Shall the fungus absorb the
oak2 is the constitution made for the !
country or the country for the constitu-
tion:''
Let US state the matter briefly: Ten
or twelve years ago, when the deepest &
shaft on the Comstock ledge was not
more than six or eight hundred feet
deep, this man Sutro. urged by his idle
ness and restlessness, suggested the
building of tunnel which should drain
the Com>;ock Ledge at n depth of two
Thousand feet. He Laid his scheme be- I
fore the Comstock mining companies;
and they. laboring under the erroneous v
idea that as mining operations pro /
Gresse,Lirto the depths. water would lie II
q serious obstacle to their operations,
entered into an agreement with the Sutro ;
1 Ini.el Company. that if the said com
p my would finish the proposed drain e
tunnel within a certain specified time.
hey would agree to pay certain royalty
ior the use and benefits of the projected N
unnel. Within the specified time the I
unnel was not built. Congress then ex-
ended the time within which the work :. :,
night be done AMI still hold good as
eainst the Comstockers. The extension pi
lime expired and with it llreal. possible
= imaginary need of the tunnel. And
{ this juncture, in comes Sutro into the -
,bby of the Capitol Ut Washington and -
what? That the aforesaid r