The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-08-03
sUTRO's PERrENACHTY.
irsuA the San Francisco BuIIssIs.I

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II .aboas ten years since A5olph sutra.
broker of San Francisco. began his great
work, now kuOxn as the Sutro Tunnel. The
project had beea agltaied by hm for con-
siderable time, bus il enlisted xers little in
teFest. either here cr among the miners on
the Comsfock ledge. Sutro appeared Tor
time to work single handed and against pro-
digious o,lds He wfs thoroughly saturated,
81 io speak. with his scheme. Believing in
its entire feasibility himself, he he'd little
pastcnce with those who dill not lend hin
an astenslve ear. and did not. at least. adElit
thar his plan vas perfectly feasiile and
Nonld be ultimately crowned with coaaplete
success. The Bslieiia wss the first jnnrnal
here 70 giye him . hearing, and n publish
pretty full oatlire Of liis project. Sutrn vas
TIE nssst persistent Of mcn. His wiiI.pwer
WIS something winch utterly igaored tae
coBtingcncy4of . faiIura. The more Orpasi-
tion Suiro met, the ssreageF his Faith IN ui-
tirnate euccexs He was the most ulieuitoas
Of men II is related Of him shst he, once
invaded the Scw York Tribsae Office. when
H1Facs GFvciey was its master spirit what
do ynnswEnsir T. said the great journalist. II
KANT 20 taik with yea few m'nates." aasl
Gntra = You raa h, = said Greeley 10 pei. I
, turning 70 his work $ MF.t Grcel.y.~ saif
sniro. = f9iit talk witss yca = And te dist..
laying l'cspre hin ihe pseject of the Sntro
Tansael, wi;h ali she frFoc aud-yshemencc Of
y maa whose viii cnald -lssuak 10 obstacle,
The result was ihss GFneley wmte a Iong
editorisI arficle ssw tho Tet5gns. commend
inss The project. Satire conquered bis msn,
as he dill everyHAere. IN 3 SORT Of hand-to-
hand cpniost. WHOA he rane iato the Bal
iesiA Office his explosive energy tolced d
hearing You migha sci him down and his
tunnel Rs = dseAdfatl0Fc. bat he kept bnr-
ing sway, caring little tha; he somvtimesex-
hansied the patieace Of men.
TIE remarkable feet which comes out iste-'
| il that this man, who had conserved nne of
the greatest projects of the ago In connection
with mining, project apparently horn in
| his own hraif. has been eaalsied to carry 1t
through, Ii ten years afser the work fairly
cemrnenced Ito the first stage of sucres<.
He haa hOred tunnel e2.000 feet long.
chiefly 69 the ventilation and drainage Of
the Cnmstock mines. and within the past
| week has reached seme Of che oldest mines
at depth af 2,0n0 feet oE 50 aad will soon
hsve lateral tunnels run toethcr grcat saines
Sutros i.Ieawas tast deep inining could M:
| much longer &c carried on At a profit on the
| Comstock ledge unless 4 tunnel wcrc con
/ siructesi TO drain the usncs ut o depth Of
about 1900 feet. lie assumesl that royalty
ot Sc a ton on the ore raised from the mines
/ drained l,s the tunnel, would pay far inter
ess ou the Investment Sotne of the mining
companies agree.i to this and iothen ssond
| out. SuiIo songht to inforce his hen by 40
| set of Congress, and became as well knowa
1 60 Enans Thcmisers of that body as he had
heen 10 capitali Is aud journalists. His plan
was to compel AL mining companies on the
Comstock lode to take out patents fuF ll'eir
| mines, and to have the Sc clause inserted IN
the latent. The fight was long and hitter
one and the plan. We believe was only par
/ Tally successful. Congress, legislatures,
courts, capitalists and newspapers were 4
pAPt II skc nachiaery which sutso had 10
sEslise, AAd Ii must ~ said chat be seves