Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-22

work together for mutual benefit. We
are doing the best for your interest as
well as our own. and We earnestly desire
hour full confidence and cooperation.
Ne object in building this railroad
10 bring timber and wood from q
distaSee for these mines. at q less
cost. \thus rendering them more
productive and better able to pay you
your waee. Besides this. there is
plenty Of l6sI ore which can then
be mined and hflled at . profit, giving
additional employment to hundreds Of
men. The golden days Of the rich ore
in the Mexican, 0phir and Gould x
Curry are past. and now we have to put
up with ore Of lesser grade. What there
is below the present levels God only
knows, and we must make the best OF
what we have got. The only reason
why We employed Chinese in the grad
ing Of the road was because II was much
cheaper to do 20. Some rscklessly as
sert that white men could have been got
to work rs cheap, but every man OF You
know better than that. II that railroad
was to have cost -, 1000, 900. 1t could not
have been built but as by using the
Chinese Ii could be built for half that
money, il Is being built. Il Is for your
interests as well a. OF us all that the
road should be built. and with your CO.
operation il will be. II Is against your
" interest that you oppose 1t, or the
employment Of capital for your benefit.
Great God ! would you kill the goose
that lays the golden egg Never mind
what needy and designing dsmagoguss
tell you. but, with the good sns you
are endowed with. study and work for
your own interest and that OF the
try. And now. with regard to the little
Sutro seven.by-nine tunnel. This pen
niless adventurer. who does not pay a
cent OF taxes, wishes 10 make use OF
you to make himself rich. OF what
benefit would that tunnel DO TO
Us on the Comstock ledge We
can run q drift from the 9OO-foot
level Of the Yellow Jacket mine and
strike the Savage ground at about the
same depth that tunnel would, develop
ing the ledge a. we 60, and with n nero
1.-THE OF the expense. The Dayton folks
favor that tunnsl because they think 1t
would be the means OF moving Virginia
and Gold Hill. with all these hosting
works and mills down there. on the Car
son-rather n poor prospect for us OF
this section. That famous tunnel.
which was started the other day ON q
basket Of champagne and four bits, even
IL il were ever finished. would not drain
the Comstock ledge. As you all know.
the bodies OF water in IL are held at vari-
Gus points in the upper workings by
cross seams OF clay and other matter,
every one Of which has TO be tapped by
itself, and by that tunnel 1t would only
be done at a ruinous expense. Many OF
you have been working at the 9O0-foot
level Of the Jacket in good dry places,
with the levels above you filled with wa
ter, which il has taken many weeks to
get out. Then. again, Sutro wants to
make the mines not only pay S2 a ton
for all the orc taken out through the tun-
mel, but also for all the ore taken from
the surface, besides charging you two
bits each for passing in aud out to your
daily work. How many men would the
running Of that tunnel employ at "a a
day, aud how good is the security for
your pay? / think you would rather
have our paper than his. We oppose
him and his project; therefore he makes
his fight by s~pitsfully slandering us and
trying to incite you against your en-
pioyers. But, as l said before, let no
| such nonsense induce you to contend
against your own interest and those who
are Of real benefit to you. Thanking
you for your courtesy and attention, l
will nov retire.
Three chsers for Mr.. Sharon were
now proposed and heartily given by the
miners, three rousing ones for the rail-
road, and the as~semblage dispersed. APP
parenily we'll satisfied and relieved in
their ideas. A more earnest, orderly
and attentive audience we nsver saw.
Mr.. Sharon went to Virginia directly
aiterward. and similarly addressed a
meeting Of the Miners Union ut the
Court House. The result was n COM
plete and satisfactory mutual under
standing upon the following basis: The
| Chinese are to resume work, and are to
work on any portion Of the road below
the American mine. which is q short
distance below Gold Hill. This side Of
the American mine white men are to be
worked. The following mutual agree
ment was made aud signed, when the
meeting adjourned:
VIRGINIA, OctoberG q.
Gentlemen OF the Niner-' Union: You viii
be assured OF this-thai I have no intention TO
place Chinese labor In the mines or mills, aud
that they shall not be worked on the railroad
north Of the American hol-tins works.
WV suARox
To which was made the following re-
ply;
And we. on the part OF the Miners' Unions,
agree to the above propositions, and we guar.
antee shat the Chinere shall not be mole-te1
while working south OF the point designated
above.
JANIS PNEIAS.
JAMES DockERY,
Virginia Miners Union. |
Tnos. ArKISsoS,
JANIS BREW,
Gold Ilill Miners Union. |