Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-02-12
THAT MN MEMORIAL

THAT MINT MEMORIAL
Two or three dsys- since, Senator
Stevenson Of this county. presented a
numsrously signed BY mine
owners and mining supsrintsndsuts upon
the Comstook Lode. asking the Lsgis-
lsturs Of Nevada 70 pes . memorial Cd
dressed to Congress praying thai the
capacity Of The Carson Mint BE- enlarged
to meet the growing needs Of this Sec
ton and Of the General Government in
the matter Of silver coinage. The Leg
islsturs should at nee act upon this
petition. and that favorably. The Di-
rector Of the United States MINIS. DR..
Lindsrman. in his last report. urges the
necessity Of the establishment Of In
creased minting facilities. Secretary
Bristow also joins in the recommend
alton. and 10 said 10 favor tho establish-
msnt Of q new Mint sithor At Chicago or
81. Louis. The Chamber Of Commerce
Of the former city, and NO believe also
that Of Sc. Louis. have passed resolu-
tons favoring and urging the erection Of
a Mint. and in Chicago q public meeting
has been held and a committee appoint
Cd 10 procure the erection Of a Mint
building In that city. slH -
We arc not In favus ef erecting any
more Mint buildings a present. They
arc costly structures, and out Of the ten
now owned BY the Govsmnsn only Ave
have ovsr bsen or arc needed. viz: The
San Francisco. Carson and Philadelphia
Mints. aud tho Denver and New Yorh
Assay Offices. Both st. Louis and Chi
cago are q thousand miles from produe-
tive silver or gold mines Of any extent.
and II IL absurd 10 erect expensive build
ings and transport crude bullion to such
distant points for reduction and coin
4 I. The Carson Mint - only Q few
miles distant from tho greatest silver
and gold producing mines in the world
II Is well located. and has sufficient TO
grounds admit Of enlargement safhcisns
to equal in capacity any mint in the
United States. Il can DO conducted
nosriy. n notquito. y chsaply ssiflo
Gated in Chicago or 81. Louis. II has
Ant-eiass maehipsry. which can b du-
plicsied or implicated. 1t has the repu-
taiion Of turning out work equal 10
sithsr OF the othsrs. and u ia the only
public building Nevada has been fur
nishsd with by the General Government.
By increasing is capacity to that OF the
Mint at San Francisco. all need Of q
new building in st. Louis or Chicago
will disappear. This oan DO done at
one-third tho cost Of q new and suitable
building in either Of those cities. aud to
accommodate the bullion producers OF
Colorado and Other districts east Of the
Rocky Mountains, the Denver Assay
Office may. when necessary. DO enlarged
into q Mint.
We believe IL good policy whenever
practicable to manufacture goods as
near the place Of production AZ possible.
II saves expense Of transporting raw
material and inurss to The bsueht
Of both producer and consumer. The
Same Is true Of bullion. II should b
mintsd or placed in marketable shape
q near the centre Of production as Is
possible. For the nsIt fifteen
yssrs The Mint al Carson 10
assured Of steady work by re-
esnt discoveries in our mines. II 10
fair To presume. from past history that
this State Of affairs will continue 10 an
indefinite period. Let thero DO then an
energetic movement TO ecurs for Ne
vsds soms snai portion Of Tho sdvantr
age 70 DO derivedfrom her products. She
will get little enough in anysvsnt. We
hope tho Lsgialaturs will pass this
memorial without delay, and that our
delegation at Washington viii see 70 II
that action il had thereon before the
close Of tho present session. Chicago
and St. Louis have their custom.houscs
and p~ost-ofices built in hugo and sn-
travagant style by the General Govern
msnt. Let them erect their grain ware
houses and pork.packiDg establishments
anything which serves to handle and
aid in marketing the productions OF the
country CHRONOLOGICAL let MS in No
vada also be enabled TO take care OF.
manipulate and market our staple PRO-
duct, bullion.