Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-06
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Il suTRo TRAP.
SAN FMscIsco, June Cd r. NJ
The following editorial appears In tile
Alta OF this morning:
Tho tunnel confederation at WASH
Mossrs. Sutro, Black, Negley, etc.,
are now vigorously pressing the pas
sage Of the Negley amendment In boil,
Houses, In the hope OF using 1t to con-
ii,cate the mining properties on the
Comstock Lode, In favor Of that great
blackmail association. 1t will DO re-
membered that during the fourteen
years In which the Comstock Lode has
been worked under the State mining
laws with the consent Of Congress and
nearly $500, 900, 600 In bullion have
been contributed to tho world, all the
industrial rights there held, have been
cousta ntly assailed by an army oil
spectators In blackmail claims. No
sooner was orc discovered In any To-
callty through the expenditure OF
labor and capital, than n dozen cor
rupt claims to that locality were pre-
ferred, to be bought oil or to make lit
igation In the courts. What the
Ncgley amendment now mearh Is the
consolidation OF all these Infamous
schsmes under tho direction Of Black
and sutro to operate through Con-
grcss. The tunnel now lsa secondary
consideration altogether, but the pre-.
tended claims under 1t are
tho pretext by which tho specu-
lators through Congressional aid
hope to dcspoil the miners. Congress
by Its act OF 1866, made any consldera-
ton which the mining companies
might agree to give Sutro for the SER
Vices OF the tunnel u condition to be
inserted in a patent to the lands should
Il ever DO taken out. Sutro has never
fulfilled his contract, which he forfeit
oil years ago, consequently there Is no
such condition to DO put Ia the pat
ents. Tho law. however, stands as
before. and Sutro claims that an old
proposed royalty shall be Inserted In
the patents. The companies refuse to
take out patents which contain that
prepostcrous clnuIc. They choose TO
60 on as they have done for the last
fourteen years under the mining laws,
which have worked so we'll. Now
comes the Neglcy amendment, which
compel. the miners on the Comst0ck
to take out paicnts within six months.
containing this condition OF royalty Of
two dollars per ton forever to Sutro
under pain OF forfeiture Of all their
property. This Is no longer any
question Of the Sutro Tunnel, but u n
law OF Congress eau work n forfeiture
Of all the mines OH the Coms,ock lode,
unless tho companies will acknowl.
edge Sutro's sovereignty, then the
whole crowd OF black.mail spectators
may come and take possession Of all
the mines whose ore his been dlscev.
cred and developed by other mems
money and labor. Nr. j. $. Black In
his address TO the Chairman OF the
Judiciary Committee thus bn.
the object VI himself aud confed.
But il Is perfcc ly certaln that
II u stranger would nov make his
claim for the same mine, apply for n
patent In the prescribed form, bring
ejcctment and prove their refusal
OF q patent, their defence would be y
forlorn hope. This then Is tho plot:
A number Of persons In England sub
scribed money to Su.ro on hls tunnel,
a number Of workmcn have given their
labor TO makes show OF beginning the
tunnel. n large number Of persons at
Washington have received promises Of
prospective interest IN tho tunnel. all
that money, labor aud support a
accomplish have been used to push
forward a succession OF bills that they
suppose will place tho mines In the
dilemma OF granting Sutro his royalty
for nothing or forfelting their titles.
Who are the strangers to mako claims,
get out cjcctments, and come Into
the possession OF the properties pre-
pared for them by the capital, labor
aud enterprise Of other people? Why.
Mr. Black, Mr. Sutro, Mr.. Neglcy
aud confede,ates, who may have al
ready appsrtloncd these expenditures
among themselves aud prepared the
papers. II tho plot takes this shape.
the tunnel will be abandoned asan al.
mitted useless thing, and those who
have given this money aad influences
to pushing It, will have their labor for
their pains. There appears to be In
n piece OF more audacious v~illalny
than was ever before attempted. bare.
ly excepting Mr.. Jerry Blacks at
to destroy the Union by advo.
the claims Of the Sonth IS nov
Of the blaskmallcrs. From the little
stand In San Francisco, where Mr.. Su.
tro formerly sold cigars, there has gone
up n mighty smoke on, Of which MS In
the Eastern fable, Is evolved tic de-
stroying .Afr!ts, fraught With ruin to n
State unless Congress, like the good
shall rc.cnchain tho demon.
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