Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-11
surRo AND HIS TUNNEL

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great length of time. but we heard
enough to indicate the lecturers mex
tiuguishable luminosity to Mr.. Sharon,
and his (Sutro's) desire to defeat Sharon
in his candidacy for the United states
Senate. Looking at the matter calmly
aud temporarily, we thought that Mr..
Sutro's arguments betrayed q SINGULAR
want of truth anu force. He stands be-
fore the people of Nevada as the advo-
cate Of particular enterprise-an under
taking that might have very important
and perhaps disastrous effect upon other
peoples poperty. sutro wants to open
lin fact has rum tunnel for consid-
cradle distance for the purpose Of tap
ping the Comstock vein. Now the own
ers of that property have certainly
the right to say whether they wish
or not, an intruder. to enter upon
their property and convert it to his or
her or their use. When any miner
strikes vein or ledge of rock bearing
the precious or other metals, he stakes
off his ground according to the rules OF
the mining district wherein it is situate,
and thereafter By the express sanction
of Congress and the courts of the coun-
try, SO long as that locator or his sue
ceesor in interest complies with the laws
of that district and the general laws OF
the United States, that locator and his
successor in interest is protected by the
Courts, by the State and by the National
Legislature, who all join in sustaining
his rights so acquired. That this is the
case, If any proof were needed, nothing
further is necessary thon to turn to the
many volumes Of United States, Calitor-
MIA and Nevada reports in which this
subject is discussed and the rights of
parties litigant determined. Now, why
should not the locator on the Comstock
and his successors or assigns be pro-
tected as well as any one else. Why
should an outsider come along and
say. You Lave got the greatest
and most profitable silver mines in the
world, but you are not working them
rightly. will teach you how to work
them. will show you the proper way
to extract the ore, but for that teaching
and imparting that knowledge, l shall
charge you 50 per ton. and that sum /
shall compel you to pay me. To this
demand the owners of the great ledge
now say: We intend to work it to suit
ourselves. 1t is none of your business
anyway, and we do not intend to pay
you 80 per ton. or anyother sum for the
privilege of converting our own prop
erty to our own use in our own manner.
Whereupon Mr.. Outsider flies into
passion and says: You shall manage your
property my way. You shall pay me so
much money for using your property in
that manner, whether you want to do 80
or not, or whether you like it or not.
Such a condition of affairs as We have
described is abhorrent to human reason,
Is offensive, degrading ana tyrannical to
the last degree, and yet that is exactly
what Mr. Sutro wishes to bring about.
Though without any interest in the Com
stock vein, he wishes to handle and ex-
act revenue from it rs il it we're his
own. His project of tunnel is entirely
a gratuitous affair. He undertook it be-
cause he thought he could make money
out of it; not because he had any par
ticular good will for the owners of the
Comstock, or those that delved within
its deepest recesses. He has no right
to attempt to dictate to the owners OF
the Comstock, or anyother property,
how they shall manage it. That is their
business, not his. and if he wants to
manage the workings of the great mines
on that lead, he had better buy con-
trolling interest in them. instead Of
Of rambling over the country trying to
create prejudice against certain men,
just because they want to manage their
own property their own way. As to Mr..
Sutro's. talk about the designs Of Mr..
Sharon, or anyother owner of the Com.
stock against the laborer. that is all stuff
and nonsense. In this State, higher wages
for labor are paid than in anyother
portion of the world. More than that.
employment is abundant, and the miner
stands. pick in hand, on the rocky ribs
of the mountains Of Nevada the peer of
any man. No rings, no Hobbies. no
troubles worry him. II his services are
required he renders them at liberal and
fixed rate of wages, which he can quit
when he likes, or 60 on with. All this
stupid, tumid talk about oppression,
tyranny, ETC., will not do in this State.
The working men of Nevada know their
rights, know that the very salvation OF
the State depends upon them, and know.
ing those rights and duties, they dare
maintain the one and perform the other.
In conclusion. looking at the matter
calmly and coolly, We can only reach
this determination, that Mr.. Sutro
wishes to open o tunnel and derive
therefrom aprinceIy revenue to which
he has no earthly right. and because the
owners of the property which he wishes
to convert to his use, presume to object.
he then seeks to Willy and abuse them
by any and every means in bis power.
TEE Charleston, s. c., papers say that
Senator Patterson statement to the