The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-13
LETTER FROM CoRNucopra..


EDITOR SILVER STATE: must
apologize for my remissness in not
writing you before; but there was such
q dearth of news that thought would
not bother your columns with it. Since
my last some events have transpired
which may be interesting to your read
ers and the community in general.
THE NEW LEOPARD MILL
Has started up and is in full blast, run
ming night and day on Leopard ore.
They say the mill works spendidly.
DIR. Goodfellow retires from the super
intendency of the mill and mine, and
one Mr.. Cassell, formerly of the Gold
en- Chariot mine, Idaho, and latterly
from Belmont, Nevada, takes his place
as Superintendent. Mr.. Cassell is
spoken very highly of as mill and
mining superintendent, and under his
management of the famous Leopard. all
hope for better times. One great draw
back to the place is the want of
money by the mill and mining CON-
panies to pay off at their regular pay
days.
THE MINERS CONTRACT DEBTS FOR BOARD
AND THE LIKE,
Expecting to pay when the regular
monthly wages are due; but when they
are put off for two months or more,
and cannot pay their bills, they are not
only respondent, but also the boarding
house keepers, the merchant, and all
others to whom they are indebt are
| likewise respondent, and it makes
it hard oil around, and money is very
| scarce. You now scarcely ever see
twenty-dollar piece. Query-when u
mill and mining company are paying
a monthly dividend of tifty-cents per
share OH its stock why can it not pay
| its working men who can answer this
| question ? The authorities report now
Is that the Leopard will not pay. until
they have wrought out the bullion from
the mine and mill, and that may be
sometime yet,-Such a policy cuts
hard on this new mining camp. Ii all
| Leopards act in such away better have
no Leopard at all. / suppose though
that Is the nature of the animal aud
| We must stand it.
I THE MINES.
The Hussey Mine is doing well
and In short time, as near as
| can learn. will out rival the
Leopard. Then the South Leopard
will come up as being on the Northern
| Ledge of the whole concern, although
it will take more work to develop 1t.
The Panther 1 am told is developing
splendedly. This ledge is on the same
ledge or range with the Leopard and
probably will develop as well; it now
shows the same character of ore. But
what does it avail any of these mining
camps. or the citizens generally, if
these companies, who are incorporated
/ in San Francisco, who send up mining
superintendent who hire men at daily
wages and promise to pay them at the
end of the month, and then put them
off from month to month, and inally
/
and all from whom they have obtained
credit on the expectation that they
would receive their regular wages from
the Mill and Mining Companies. What
builds up the successful mining camp
is gone. Upon the theory that the
Mill and Mining Companies will act
fairly they build bording houses, stores,
saloons, etc., and make large mining
camps. They dwell in the wilderness
of sagebrush III Nevada and
TOLL AND SWEAT AND SWEAR
| To enrich the pampered nabobs Of San
Francisco, and yet all fails. 1t is unfair
to state that the mines solely makes
the town, and that they are the whole
source of wealth, for this is not true.
To-day, builders in the town of Cornu-
copia are paying out TRIBE the money
| of the Leopard. This will eventually
be an inland town--a center-Leopard
or no Leopard. Notwithstanding the
above, | will state
THINGS GO QUIETLY ALONG.
Charles Cochran sets his table as
well as ever, where the hungry and
weary can satisfy their longings.
Meacham sells rs many goods as ever.
L. /. Hogle imports as much lumber
and clothes the needy. John Barrett
| does as much blacksmithing. Johnny
| Turdham sells as much whisky. Eugene
| Holman (who now has charge OF Ty
Owens saioonl picks the banjo as well
as ever. Judge Bassett dispenses the
| law. Freeman keeps the lodging