Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-13
RrLIAsLx MlNINa REroRrs.

The GoLp HILL NKws IL not given to
self praise. blowing or popular decsP.
ton in the way Of ssnsationalism. II
simply attends squarsly 10 business and
thai which should most interest IL thou
sands Of readers. without descending 10
elap-trsp. il~lesitimsts. YEA perhaps more
lucrative Journalism. The Nrws has for
many years. under In present propris-
torship. made especially Of weekly min
ing reports. or reviews, giving the latest
and most reliable information relative
thereto. derived from etneiL and r-
tic sources. Reporters Of practical e.
psrisnes in mining have been constantly
employed. and With every facility for
personal inspection Of the various mines
when required. vs have always sue
cssdsd in publishing . weekly report
which was ~ near absolute correctness
as il possible to attain. . fact which the
various Superiuisndsnts. mining mana
gsrs. ami others best posted in suah
matters. will bear nj out in saying.
Mining reports asa general thing are
very Jty sort o! reading. possessing in
terssts principally To stock and minina
men. The average reader merely
s~laness through than and does not even
care to notice whether they are varied
Any from cue week to another. Or
whether other papers publishing similar
weekly reports. honestly copy. surrep-
titisusly rshash n boldly steal the
sams. This eau only be done by
squarsly comparing o with the other.
This comparison the News hsral~sys
invited and never fears. We have al
lowed u contemporaries to take adj
vantage Of our labors and information
in this respect. allowing them to steal
or compile" from our report. without
grumbling. yet when any Of them un-
gratefully attsmpt to make q point for
themselves by finding fault and bslyine
us. We are obliged to assume the defsn-
sive and offensive. They must mind
their own business and let rs alone.
As . specimen Of false and venal min-
Ing reporting We desire here TO call
special attention to the flaming report
VI "a Genuine Strike in the Ophir."
which appeared in the Virginia Ch'oa.
ids Of Thursday Last. aud which, owing
to our superior and more reliable infer.
nation. did not appear in the Com HILL
Nkws. The Chroaiels elaborated on the
character and extent Of the rich strike"
told all about how much the ore as
saysd. AMI said the whole sizs Of the driii
was in black sulphuret ore sssaying over
$1,000 10 tho ton. II remarked. how
ever. that II was Every soft. yielding
easily to the pick" This last remark
was the only spsck OF truth in the whole
yarn. Water. or merely indications Of
wator. was all the "stiks" amounted
to. and no ore whatever. The published
item or report created its intended SEN
s&iion ; IL WAS flashed ever the wires to
San Francisco. mp jumped ophir stock.
asd many IL the poor dupe Who now
bitterly curses tho author OF his loss OF
ruin. There were. Of course. those on
the ''insids" in this little job whomads
~ much out Of 10 as the uctims Lost.
The moral Of the story 10 easily pointed
out. To use the recent language Of oar
evening contemporary ct Virginia : The
publication Of IN item like the ons 70.
fsrrsd to 10 simply criminal. II was
false in every respect. and only caleu.
lated 70 lead poor people to buy the
stock Of the mine Of q price common
surats with the glowing description"