Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-14
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III Is = oisSoukH8An8 yss
fact. apparent to every laboring man -
we'll As to everybody else on the Com
stock. that there il not half work enough
here at the present time fer the willing
workers We have among ID. Two thou
sand men. 70 say the least. are walking
the streets without employment, or even
a present chance for obtaining any. and
many q boarding. house keeper ands II
necessary TO either get nd OF his non-
paying customers or bs forced into bank
ruptcy. These idle men are not all
newcomers either. but generally con-
stituto those Who have been working In
the mines Of this section for ysars-nsa
able and willing to work II they had the
chance. To these are added the numsr-
u men from the East and Europe.
who have boon attracted here by the
high wages paid for labor. They hear
Of the four dollars per day paid to
miners and the excellent wages paid to
all classss Of experienced workmsn. and
they come here to take their chances
with the rest. They hsar OF the vast
stores Of wealth in the great BONANZA.
the munideent dividends paid 10 stock
holders, aud they coms with the assur-
ance that they will find plenty Of work
and GOOD pay. They do not realize
until they come and have been here
awhile that the BONANZA cannot employ
everybody /; that 1t already employs oil
that can by any sort Of means Be put to
work. 1t is true that the wages
paid are very good. in fact higher
than almost anywhere else in the
world. and that no reduction In
the rate Of wages Is sought or eontem-
plated. and that in the history Of the
world no mines ever paid so richly. or
employed proportiona.sly so many men,
o, do the two great mines OF the bo-
nsnza /; yet the number Of laborsrs even
there has to bs regulated by tho law Of
demand AMI supply.
And now a terrible and disastrous de-
preston has fallen over every branch Of
industry in this section, and especially
the mining industry. which is the
foundation OF all cur prosperity. One
by one the prospecting mines outside Of
the established principal range Of lead
ing mines have been obliged to suspend
operations. anil scores OF them which a
few weeks ago kept large numbers Of
men employed are now lying idle.
Stockholders became tired Of paying as
sessmenis, In Wow Of the gloomy out
look. and the sinsws Of war thus failing
TO come In to the rescue. prospecting
had to die, and even in the leading un-
productive mines OF the Comsteck the
number Of men employed has had to be
reduced A. much as possible. The re-
suit is what We ses-large nunbsrs Of
men out Of employment and seinAI dis
trvss existing among families. No n
may know where AMI when hiSl great
depression and distress will end. and
the present outlook Ia by no means
cheering in tina, respect ; but. on the
contrary. the chances are in favor Of q
sill further depression. New ore de-
velopments in other mines along the
range, outside Of the BONANZA. may Be
made sooner or later. but they are not
known at present.
The question now Is what should oil
these unemployed men do under the
circumstances. There Is no work for
them. yet they must not starvs. Instead
o, waiting Micawbsr.like. for m
thing to turn up" they should at once
start out and seek other fields OF labor
and employment. Go to the Black
Hills, to Eastern Nevada, to Arizona.
Tho having and harvest season IN up
preaching in California. and all through
the northern part OF that State the crops
will DO very large. Plenty Of employ
msnt can there DO found. and the farm
srs can well afford to be liberal In that
respect in view OF the high prices OF
waeat aud -four consequent upon the
wal in Europe. Single men who have
only themselves to look out for. should
b, tho first to act upon this proposition
and thus give tho married men with
families To depend upon them. all the
better chance. BY all means let no
moro laborins men come here. There
arc by far too many here now for the
amount Of work TO be performed.