Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-05-16
rfuE sUTRO TUNNEI-wuERN Ry1
THE PROCEEDS GO -
One OF the grand features OF the 50

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o bs transported to and from their
york. or course the matter OF their
four, bits OF n hours work for
be privilege Of riding In and out OF
he tunnel, IL n minor confederation.
rhs absurdlty Of this claim becomes
mere apparent. Half tho miners
On the Coms,sck lode live either on
The Divide or In Gold Hill. Large
numbers Of those employed In the
Crown Point, Belcher, 0verman and
have their residences at or
near the mines In which they labor.
They can descend In safety cages to
the lowest depths Of any Of these mines
In from three to i've minutes. Sup
pose the Sutro Tunnel were completed
to tho Belcher mine ; the distance Is
ct least i've miles. IL would require
not less than twenty minutes fora car
load OF miners to be transported from
y-iro-town to the Belcher mine, and
iss same time to 60 out again. Forty
.ainutss and tho result Of m hours Ia
Dor fer the privilege OF buying n OF
Sstre's sagsbrush lots down near the
Carson river purchased by him at
81 % per aerel for from $500 to $1,000.
Beneicent Sutro! Useful Tunnel!
Another proposition In this swind-
ling prospectus. It was estimated that
the tunnel wsald convey from the
Comsteck lode aS,00o,O00 gallons OF
water daily. Sutro says he a sell
this water Ter 100000 a year for MILL
Ing purposes. But how Is he going to
get it out. Long before the tunnel
reaches the mines they will DO far be-
low Its level, aud most OF the mines
have u,e for their water. A.any rate,
it doesn't belong 10 Sutro, and he
won't have IL for sale. So the vast
milling power at tho mouth Of the tun-
mel will have to DO supplied by the
pockets cut By IL In lts course to the
Comstock. II will flnd none when II
gets there, for tho bottoms OF all our
leading mines are as dry asa powder
house. And II they wero not, the tun-
mel wouldn't drain them. The fact oi
tho matteri, that there Il no,hlng lef
for Mr. Sutro's bore to drain. save
the treasures OF u mining comps-
niles. This drainage il in fact tho main
object Of sutro's lobbying endeavors In
Congress, and tho only possible good
which can result to stockholders In
that swindle. But what kind OF
"dralnago" Is that which rendering
no possible benefit. demand. Of IA. In
dustry OF Storey county from 5000
to 5000 per day? In any other
country lt would DO called legal rob
berry. And It Ia nothing less.
TO this complexion has this whole
tunnel question come at last. a tax
upon u enterprise and industry-a
burden needless aud unjust. Where
would tho money to be obtained by
this robbery OF the Com.teck CON-
psnies aud paid cut In dividends to
stockholders mainly DO distributed ?
Among sur people: No. For, oue com
pleted thers would be bu. few men ne
csssary to keep itopen. Aud the sole
buslnsss It would perform would be
done BY It, agents employed to watch
the number Of tonssi orc hoisted from
>ur mines and demand royalty there
On. II would employ no miners, no
iaborsrs, for lt would have need of
none. Its revenses would not DO dis
bursed to our miners or our working
men. Neither would they 90 to in-
crease tho taxable property OF Nevada
or California. Nine-tenths OF the
stock Is to day owned ia Europe by
Jewish bankers. Ia fact, the whole
tunnel IL mortgaged to European cap.
italists. There would tho proceeds 80.
There would they stay, TO swell tho
Golfers Of foreigners who have no In
tsrsst In Us, o In our Government,
save for the money they extort
thcrsfrom. The Comssock lode, the
property OF our people, managed by
citizens, and developed by their
Industry. paying a forced tribute Of
5000 per day to stockholders In n
company which has done and can do
no moro for them than the Suez canal {.
We do not exaggerate. Va say that
ninc-tsnths Of tho royalty which, per-
adventure, may Nc obtained by this
company, would so to Europe aud re-
main there, aud, we repeat, that the
tunnel, II completed, would benefit
our citizens no more than tho Suez Ca
nal or q tunnel under the llar;x
Mountains. IL sa scheme Ubiquitous
In prosecution, aud tho success OF
which would DO in:olerable injustice
to our people aud damage Ssyond rep
aration our material interests.