Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-18
A Glance at the situation.

There has been no change to speak
of in the situation since we last refer
red to the outlook. The statements
made then in regard to prospective
dull times hold good at present, and
until there is a change in the status of
the lawsuits pending between the two
principal mining companies, we look
for no abatement of the %stagnation of
business and labor interests now pre-
vailing. The number of idle men
t%hronging the streets since the partial
suspension of work on Ruby Hill,
would impress a stranger with the idea
that Eureka was a very lively place,
but unfortunately these men are en-
ioying an enforced holiday, and would
much rather be down in the mines
busily developing the hidden wealth
stored away in the bowels OF the earth
than idly t,asking in the sun. waiting
for the time when their services will
again be needed.
The prevalent dizziness Is not con-
fined to Eureka, but obtains all over
the State, and II half the stories told
by miners arriving here from other
localities be true, we are better off than
the most Of our neighbors. We be-
lieve it is the duty of newspaper to
state, as Mark Twain has it, "petrified
facts, ''and for that reason we have, in
former articles, stated the situation as
we found it, at the same time express
ing the belief that the embarrass-
ment was but temporary. The mines
baya nat pato rod ant. on III. nontrarv
their never wa a time in the history
of this district when the prospects We're
so bright, or larger bodies of ore IN
covered, but the meslies of the law
have entangled the two principal
mines so that their wealth at the pres
ent time is not available, and will not
be until the injunction cases are dis
posed of in such a manner as to unite
the legal knot. Both companies are
anxious to work and develop their
property, and will undoubtedly do so
At the earliest practicable moment, but
the laws delay is proverbial, and
@ that time will come ifs a conun-
drum that is not very easy of solution.
Rumor is busy with the case, and
one can earn all about the merits and
final disposition of the legal battle
from a hundred different sources; but
we incline TO the belief that the gns.
sipers do not derive their information
from authentic sources. The hearing
of the testimony as to the restraining
order will come up before the Circuit
Judge, in Carson. possibly on next
Tuesday; but even this is lot cartain,
and will depend on the agreement be-
tween opposing counsel. The hearing
will occupy the ion Of the Court
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cision can he arrived at, and, until that
time, we will have to possess u souls
in patien,e and await the result.
1t has been talked quite freely in the
past week that both companies would
give bonds and proceed with the usual
work in the mines, but We have been
unable to trace the report to any relia-
ble source. 1t ~ "A conSum mati0n de
voutly to tie wished. and pHe hope that
such mas be the case. for It would at
once relieve the preventing siagnation.
As we understand it, the main suit for
damages aud possession OF the ground
in dispute will not come before the
Courts before the regular term in No
veinber. but "a That trial will not in
terfere with the continuance of the
work in the mines, il does not possess
the same interest to the laboring men as
the preliminary skirmish i'll the mat
ter of the restraining order.
We do not apprehend that there will
be any great exodus of men from the
town. Most of the men idle at pres
ent have staid with the camp during
good and evil fortune, and have invest
ed their savings in homes and property
that tell of their faith in the iu,ure
prosperity of the district; these men
will tide over the dull times and he
found at their usual posts when the
prospects brighten, Another class,
the floating element, will wander OFT
to the Black Hills, or scatter to the
small camps throughout the State, and
eventually wander back poorer in
purse than when they left. In the end,
this portion OF the Base Range will
triumph over all difficulties and take
it's place as one OF the richest and most
permanent silver-producing regions on
the face of the aarfh |