Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-02-11

any other conclusion than that if This
becomes law, the provisions of the bill
of 1872 authorizing the performance of
work in yearly inStallmentS, will be
entirely superseded. If this is not the
intention, why should section two an
pear in the proposed bill at all? sure
ly the act of 1872, is explicit enough i'm
regard to the labor that must be done,
l am satisfied, therefore. that this i'm
perativc requirement of one outlay of
500. is deeply planned catch, intend
Ell by its double meaning to throw
mining prospectOrs of their guard un-
til the law comes into force. If Con-
gress passes the bill, its author will be
asked by the Commissioner of the
Land Office to state what his intentions
were in framing its various sections,
and his answer rs to section two will be
something like this: a. intended that
he locator of q mining claim should
be compelled to do five hundred dol
lars worth of work thereon, with rea-
sonable diligence" such as is required
in prosecuting work on tunnel claims.
| certainly never meant that he might.
if he pleased. divide the labor up into
five annual portions: if | had intended
him TO have this privilege l should
have plainly said so. Outside of its
plain mat ter-ot-fact nearing, let any
aStue legal authority read the section
alluded to and he will unqueStionablv
come to the conviction that under it a
claim owner must do the whole work
without stopping, except for reasonable
causes. and that if he fails to do so he
will lose his ground, as all other con-
fleeing acts are to be repealed.
N of ,,.t of l,, -
on claims subject to relocation in June
next, will be something different also
from what appears at first sight. 1t
| commands old claim owners to expcnd
$500 in work. and in common sense
this means that the requisite time will
be allowed in which to do it. But from
the date of It's approval to the 10th of
June will be too short Il period for the
performance of this labor: and there
fore the origina! locator who has for
| teitcd his ground under the amend
ment to tn" act of 1872, will very
| properly inform the re-locator of it
| that he reasonable diligence" time
for him to eXpcnd the $500 had not vet
expired, and so he would resume pos
session and promptly complete the
outlay. by this want of clcarneSS in
the provision of the bill it will lead to
countless law suits. and in is practical
effects will repeal the excellent law of
ISL. The only hope for poor claim
owncrs is the rejection of the rascallv
measure in fot9. They have nothing
to expect from Senators Stewart or
Sargent. nor even from Representa-
tive Kendall; but Senators Jones and
lIa@er are likely to do their part in
protecting the interests of the mining
community. 1t is gratifying also to
learn that Professor Raymond, United
Sta.eS Commissioner OF Mining Sta;iS-
tics. has asked To he heard before the
committee to whom the bill has been
REFERRED and have no doubt his we'll
known eloquence will convince these
gentlemen that the best thing they can
do to promote mining development in
the Western States and Territories, is
to condemn Mr.. J. ID. Wards "grab
! bill. and so let the thieves he repre-
Sents learn that the time has not vet
fully arrived when private property of
immense value can be stolen by public
enactment. j. ID. EMERSLEY.
Eureka. New. Feb. 9. 1874.