Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-10-30
THE CRY AGAINST CAPITAL.

THE CRY AGAINST CAPITAL. m
We have on several OCCASIONS spoken '
| the intense stupidity of the cry u
gainst massed capital, which is favor II
q theme OF the Democratic speakers y
Col. Ellis and Mr.. Kittrell especially, V
uring the present campaign. Now, of :
Il countries in the world, of all States !
n the Union, of all persons engaged in
particular branch of industry, Nevada '
md her miners ought to be the last to
Of and oppose the introduction
Of "massed capital" Right here we
may as we'll say at once and for all, and
without fear of contradiction, that in Ne
vada there is not man or woman, or q
child old enough to know beans when
the bag is open, but is anxious for and
welcomes the introduction and eI-
penditure of capital. The practical
miners Of the country, the prospe:tors
who 90 forth into the wilderness and md
mines that promise to pay for working
know that the FIRST step to be taken after !
the location of lead that offers any IN
ducement, is to enlist the aid OF men
who have the means to defray the ex-
penses of exploitating the ledge and as
certaining whether it has any value. The
assistance Of capital is the one essential
ingredient in the success of any mining
operations, no matter how self.sustain-
ing and profitable they may afterwards
become. Every man in the State whose
opinion is worth rush, knows it; the
press knows it; all know it. Yes,
oil know it, including the very
men that get up on the po-
litical stump and make blather-
skite appeals to the bad passions and
prejudices Of their hearers. Those pc.
liticsl mountebanks know as we'll as any
one that the very "massed capital" they
pretend to fear. the "flthy gold" that
they pretend shocks their delicate sensi-
bilities, not only once saved the State;
is the single, sole and only means to dis
cover. open up and prove tho value of
the vast masses of treasure that now lie
so securely secreted in the cavernous re-
cesses of the giant mountains of Nevada.
The only key to open the vast rock
formed doors with which nature has
closed the entrances to those gloomy
vaults where lie concealed the boundless
aggregations Of her wealth, is gold
Gold with which to pay the miners
whose sinewey arms and patient labor
gradually compel vast mountains to dis
close the secrets of their Utmost hearts.
On the surface the keen eye of the
skilled and praclised prospector has de-
tected the indicia which betray the pres
ence OF the Vast wuaisu -. liz, M
cunningly concealed below. Tho pe.h
to it can be opened, but it is impeded
with thousand obstacles, and the
PROCESS OF the explorer is INSTRUCTED and
-~-'..~~ ..;'r 49,. VIC ina-tia, which n
ture never fails to offer to those who
seek to enter her hidden domains. To
overcome all these impediments it takes
money, "massed capital, filthy gold, y
and nothing else will fill its place.
Men must be paid, supplies purchased.
machinery erected, and to do all
these things, the spell of the great ma.
gician, money must be invoked. Vel
these political tricksters run shrieking
over the country asking the people to
repel the very power which will alone
reduce the stern face of nature, as re-
vesled in this State, to the uses of man.
As an instance OF the truth OF these re-
marks Though we know none is needed,
they are known by all who understand
the condition of this State), we may
point to the Consolidated Virginia mine,
on the Comstock. There shaft had to
be sunk over 1900 feet before a dollar
could be earned. 1t took capital
''massed capital" " filthy gold"-to dc
that. Hundreds OF thousands of dollars
Ind to be spent before even hope OF
return could be INDUCED. Again, take
an enterprise in which Colonel Ellis il
himself interested-the Pancake Goa
mine. Shafts have to be sunk, ma
chinery bought, men employed; all tax
ing money, and that money can only bt
secured by massng capital. One man
has not the means to do these things, VI
if he had. is not willing to risk all. He
will, however, take o portion and SO
assist to mass" the necessary capital
The same remarks apply all over the
State. Go into the outlying districts,
and you will find few prospectors or
men engaged in watching their claims to
see that their title is kept up. If you
ask these men why they do not develop
their mines, their reply will be that they
have not the capital. They think the
prospect OF finding paying mines is good,
but they are waiting to enlist the aid of
"hlthy gold, by which the enigma alone
can be solved. While this condition NJ
thinos ia Acknowledged ~ be tho case,
yet men can be found foolish enough to
the motor without which the whole bust
ness Of Nevada would come to q stand
still. Surely, if these men are either
such simpletons or sufficiently deceitful
to endeavor to ride into power upon
popular cry, in which they themselves
have no faith, they show that they are
entirely unreliable and should not be
trusted. Yet, all drought the campaign,
this has been the burden Of the Demo.
cratic song. and Of itself forms o suffi-
cient reason for their defeat at the polls.
BoGART, OF Williams own, and CHM,
Sutro's bill poster, had row at Virginia