Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-20
SQuATTERs.

Our dearly beloved friend, Su;ro, mas
found out that the Comstock ledge has
been located by squatters, and that being
the locators have no rights.
Now We want to know what the locators
are OF a mine in these or any other re-
gions. They are also squatters. They
or those through whom they claim have
gone forth into the wilderness seeking
some locality where they thought they
could find ground that would pay them
for working. The original locators OF
the Comstock ledge found just such
place. and now, nearly fifteen years after
the discovery Of the value OF this region,
an upstart journal. controlled by
scheming 'adventurer, says that the pres
ent owners of the Comstock or those
through whom they claim, are squatters. !
I'VE thank thee jew" as Shakespear
said, for that accusation. Now the loca-
tors of the Comstoek or any other ledge,
are recognized by the State and the
lnttu DthNts NOultHt a. bh'ihb A'5hA7
distinct and apparent, that are regarded
and established by the rulings OF those
courts. Squatters, indeed! Who is
locator of any ledge in the broad
area Of Nevada but squatter? The
prospector goes forth, tolls over steep
ranges, penetrates secluded canyons, in
the hope of finding metalliferous veins
by which he will be rewarded for his
toll and trouble. Whether successful or
not, the State and the General Govern
ment unite in protecting and enabling
him to establish his rights. The Sutro
Independent talks about the loca.ors of
the Comstock, and their successors being
squatters. What in the world are they
and their principal, who are endeavoring
TO steal from its owners the ledge these
squatters located. That ledge was dis.
covered and appropriated long before
Sntro ever dreamed of living on this side
OF the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The
lead was found and appropriated long
before Sutro ever saw it. He came and
derived a profit from the reduction OF
the mineral wealth of this wonderful
vein. The riches of this lead were so
great, so apparently llimitable, tina.
Sutro conceived the bright idea of steal
ing its proceeds for his own benefit He
made the endeavor, but failed. Failed
like every other scheming imposter does
fail when brought into collision with the
truth-the hard, dry, naked Iuc.s.
Writhing under this failure stung by the
reproaches of those who had advanced
him means to carry on his black mailing
schemes against the owners of the Com
stock, Sutro, as dernier resort, Whites
every one who opposed him. The press,
Sharon, the bank ring, everybody and
every one-caught q share of the dirty
abuse, not excepting the humble re.
porter of the Phoebe RECORD. All are
bad. All are bought. All are vile, and
all are merely squatters on the ledge
from which they and their predecessors
have extracted millions Still they are
nothing but squatters, and Sutro, with
his tunnel, excavated by the aid of for.
eign capital, are the rightfu owners of
American soil, discovered by American
citizens, worked by Americans, and at
the present time owned by American
citizens. Yet they are nothing but
squatters. 1t took the foreigner
(Sutro), who cannot yet pronounce
the language of his adopted country
correctly, to find out that American
citizens exploring American soil had
no right to the mineral riches
that they discovered, but were nothing
but squatters, who could be driven off 80
soon as native OF any other country
came along with project to appropriate
the fruits of the labor and enterprise of
Americans upon their own soil. This
may DO very well for a miserable news
paper quill-driver like those who con-
duct the Independent, to assert but it
Will not do for the people, for the
miners. They know better. They know
that when the prospector strikes some
lead that proves remunerative that
he is entitled to the profit of his labor
and enterprise. They also know that if
after-comers appear on the scene and
declare that the lead should be worked
this, or any other way, that these inter-
lopeis have nothing to do with the
matter, still less have anything to DO
with the disposition of the property,
that unless for its ascertained riches they
would never have been seen near. The
whole case may be stated in q nutshell.
The Comstock is supposed to be the
richest silver mine in the world. Sutro
does not own it. Sutro wants to own il,
Sutro has not enough to buy and pay for
hundredth part of it, but still Sutro
longs for it, and that longing has set
Sutro to devise plan for stealing it, and
that is what causes him to call those
who located the Comstock, and their
successors, squatters. 1t is because he
was not squatter that Sutro is daily
upbraiding himself.