Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-25

Being in Carson few days nnce,
we had occasion to call at the Mint,
and while there heard much of the
influences at work to destroy the
working efficiency of that institution.
It proves to be the same influence
which was exerted to defeat the bill
establishing the Mint, but which,
through the untiriag efforts Of the
then Representative of the State
fHon. Thomas FITCH, was passed,
and the Mint was constructed,
The San Francisco papers, notably
the "Call," "Chronicle" and "Bul-
letin," have made q direct attack
upon the conduct of the affairs of our
Mint, and these various structures ap-
pearing upon the same day in all
three of those papers, points uner-
ringly to the same old influence.
The aBulletin" charges directly
that $40, 900 of every 1000. 900 trade
dollars coined went into the pockets
OF somebody, but dares not say who
that somebody is. It also charges
that these trade dollars are deficient
in weight from half to two cents on
all the recent coinage, and refers to
the report Of Evans, late Treasury
agent visiting Ban Francisco, to veri-
fy its statements. % ~
Now, both these charges are wick
edly and maliciously false. To the
first charge, it would be simply i'm
possible for such a state Of things to
take place, either through design or
ignorance. The Superintendent, cash
Ter, weigh clerk, assistant weigh clerk
and coiner must be in collision to
carry out successfully such fraud
40 Is charged. To the second chargS
IT is made from whole cloth, a
Evans, in his report, makes no men,
ton whatever of short weight in the
coin, and makes allusion only to the
general appearance of the trade dol
lar: 'Some Of this coin may be i'm
perfect in execution; !" that is, the i'm
preston was not brought out as plain
" as it should be. This was all that
was said, and nothing more. if.
When the Bulletin" volunteers
The assertion that the workmen in
our Mint are ignorant of their du-
lies and unskilled, it utters that
which was coined in its own brain,
and totally unworthy of q moments
belief. We refer its editor to the
report Of the assay Commission,
which met At Philadelphia last Feb
ruary. to vindicate our Mint from
all such aspersions. That report
shows the workings Of the Carson
Mint to be fully up to the Govern
ment standard in every respect, an.
other strong evidence in favor of
the honest and successful conduct
of this Mint. = az ,'E thi9
Mr. Eckfeldt, a Mint employee OF
thirty years standing. sent ont from
Washington this month TO examine
the MINIS on this side of the noun
tains, was at Carson for one week,
leaving on Tuesday last. He made
. most thorough examination of ev-
cry department, counting the coin
and greenbacks; weighing the bull
lion; weighing all the coin, includ-
ing large number Of single coins.
partieularly trade dollars for deliv-
cry. (which he was specially de-
tailed 10 do), and found no devis-
ton from the Government stand
ard. in . single issue. He infinitely
investigated the accounts and work.
ings OF the naelter and refiner, coin
ers and assayers departments, and
paid all the compliment "that there
was not the least foundation for g
report of malfeasance, dereliction
in duty. extravaganza. or ignorance
of position, each employee or off.
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