Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-10-24
g The COAL FIELDS. .

Under this head Sutro's boy, FRI
day, or more properly speaking, Hon.
Adolphus Sutro, has considerable to
say concerning the Pittsburg Coal
Mine, the editor of the TINES, and
the fact that the coal placed on ex-
hibition BY the Pittsburg Company
at the late Fair in Reno was awarded
the premium. We do not care to re-
fate all the statements of this bore,
not dceming him worthy of notice
in our columns, but for fear that
"his extensive circulation ?" Gin Eu-
rope) may injure the sale of the
property, VIC will prey upon the pa
tience of our readers long enough to
set few Of the most glaring state
ncnts at rest. He says that he was
allowed to visit the section indicated
In company with couple of gentle
men, and that she met Mr.. Thomas
Edwards, an old WEIGH prospector,"
and that to his enquiries concerning
tho Pittsburg, he replied: "There
it lays, about mile off, but they
amt got no coal at all. The only
place in this county where any coal
has been found is right here, in the
Black Diamond" Sutro, or his man
Friday, then goes on to say; "No
coal has yet been discovered, al
though a very promising seam is
seen at the head of the drift, which,
if followed into the hill, may lead to
q valuable discovery. Three men are
employed at the mine, neither of
whom have had any experience in
coal mining. They frankly confessed
TO US that they had never seen a
coal mine in their lives before they
came to this district. The specimens
with which the Company carried off
the first prize at the recent State Fair
ssfor the best quality of coal discov-
cred in Nevada" must have exhaust
ed all that existed in the mine for
none is there now. 1t may be pos
sible that the pieces got mixed with
some taken from the Black Dia-
mond, which adjoins the Pittsburg
to the west. On the subject it may
not be out of place to give Mr.. Ed
wards opinion in the matter. In
reply to q question from us, he said:
Il think it not improbably that the
coal upon which they obtained the
premium was taken from our mine.
You see the Pittsburg chaps were
all hanging around here all the time.
They went down in the Black Dia-
mond frequently, as there was no
one to prevent them, and have
seen them myself often carrying off
large quantities of our, COAL"
None Of the officers of the Pittsburg
Coal Company had anything what
ever to do with selecting or exhibit
ing the coal that gained the premi-
UNI at the State Fair. The writer,
accompanied by a gentleman OF
known veracity, visited the Pittsburg
mine, and, without a microscope,
gathered together the specimens that
were placed at Reno. One OF the
judges who made the award, and
who Is himself large owner in
another mine in this county, visited
and examined the shaft and tunnel,
spending considerable time in its ex-
animation, and this, too, days before
tho State Fair, consequently acted
from his own knowledge. The spec
linens at the Fair were also subject
ed to an analysis, and their relative
merits ascertained. For King Adolf
plus Sutro or his boy Friday to
assert there is no coal there is simply
ridiculous. We have nothing to say
detrimental to the interests of any
man or corporation, but do assert
and can bring any amount OF proofs,
that the writer of the article above
quoted from is the most unblushing
falsiiier that has shown himself in
print for the past decade.
The next California Legislature
will stand as follows, politically !:
Senate-Democrats, "a Independ-
ents, 10 Republicans, 6. Assem-
bly-Democrats, 60; Republicans,
9; Independents, 8; enc tie be-
tween q Democrat and Indepen-
dent. Totals-Democrats, So; In
dependents, 18; Republicans, Is;
and one in doubt.
RoBBKD.-The local of the Silver
State was robbed the other day OF
his overcoat and shoes and a months
salary-75 cents in coin. This is
truly hard case, and is especially