Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-24

| cisco would still be a mart for tallow AM
hides, md little else, but for the mines o
the Pacific coast. Aud yet there is . sense
less prejudice not only in greedy San Fran
| cisco, but all over the coast, against thu
mining interest. Even here in Nevada
where none Of us could live . day but fol
the mines, it exists to some extent. 1t il
the result in some cases Of dishonesty; in
others, Of narrowmindedness. The SENTINEL
has never trained with either class. At all
times and under all circumstances this
journal has been the firm friend OF the
miner and the mining interest. 1t demand
nothing for the miner that is not fair and
right, and it will not accept less. 1t I'M
derstands the extra hazardous risk attend
ing mining, and believes that, for the good
Of the whole, the industry should be los
tered and encouraged. To this end, 1t also
believes, that not one dime in taxes should
be collected from the miner until his claim
is developed to a paying basis. Then, and
not until then, it would have him pay on
the proceeds Of his mine precisely as other
people pay, no more and no less. The men
who develop the wealth Of the State; who
subdue the deserts and build mp the waste
places; who contribute everything to the
general good and prosperity, are deserving
of all respect, Of all encouragement. These
are tile miners, who risk their time, their
money and their lives that the rest Of US
may live.
The man who makes . blade OF
grass grow where none grew before, and the
other man, who delves deep into the
earth and adds the product Of his toll to
the wealth of the world are the only genu-
inc producers on the face Of the earth. The
rest of us are middle men, leeches
upon society. 1t is . stubborn, patent
fact, and we cannot get rid Of it. Now,
then, let us see where this brings us. The
grass interest is short in Nevada. (By
grass interest, we mean agricultural pur-
suits in generally It would not be worth
anything, there would be no such interest,
but for the splendid markets created by
the mines. Let us illustrate: The man
who raises potatoes. and turnips and rut-
abagas down on Bradley Flat imagines
that, in some ~unaccountable way, the
miner is inimical to him. Yet, the Eu-
reka miner, or some other miner, pays
him two, three, four, five cents per pound
for every pound Of produce he brings to
market-the highest prices that obtain to-
day on the whole face Of the globe. The
miner may not buy direct, but his board
ing-house, or somebody who supplies his
clearinghouse, or some one in some way
dependent on the mines, docs. And so VIC
go, round and round, coming back each
time to the great first cause, the basis, as
it were, Of all prosperity and we'll being in
Nevada-the mines. Is il not, therefore,
most remarkable that there should be any
of ~antagonism, in this State, to-
ward the mining interest by any other in
That it is so, does not argue we'll
for the average intelligence Of our people.
The Mining Press closes a sensible article
this subject in these words:
Mining for precious and useful metals
better measures q nations Advancement
than any other standard. Those people
who lave made the greatest progress are
the farthest advanced in civilization and
enlightenment. Some comparatively bar
barous races raise grain and cattle, but
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development engage much in mining.
it is the one on which all great attain
ments are mainly dependent.
And the Morning Appeal, always scnsi-
BILE and consistent, remarks as follows:
The paramount industry Of the Pacific
States has been Knocked. belittled and ma
ligned quite long enough. The popular
mind is ripe for instruction n reminding
In another direction aud in o higher tone.
1t is time that people began to reflect what
the brawny pr0spect0rs have done, what
they have taught themselves. what they
have developed, When the Spaniards
were at the height Of their p~ower-almost
equal in its vastness and grasp to hat Of
Rome under the Ciesars-her v~cnturesome
sons set ont for Ell Dorado, the golden
synonym Of the Western Hemisphere. She
became still greater as she became pos
sessed OF the greatest mines Of silver and
gold the world had ever seen. She only
began her downward career when she had
set on foot her policy Of depressing her
colonies-the source Of her newly acquired
wealth and power. The flower Of America
came to the Pacific to work the gold fields
Of California.
After showing what the miners did for
California, the appeal proceeds to call
attention to what they have accomplished
in Nevada. 1t says:
In 1860 they found San Francisco bank
rupt. They poured their splendid treasures
into its hungry vaults, and it rose again
in unparalleled splendor. Still the mining
interest, sapped - it has always been, has
fed its bankers with their cent per cent, it
merchants, its lawyers, its satellites and it
dependents, to its own constant detriment
1t has been, always and under all circum'
stances, the goose for all greedy hands t.
pluck. The laws Of taxation; the purpost
Of the people; the trend Of public intent
all these have looked toward the prospectol
as . legitimate object Of plumber. The
Appeal hopes to awaken some sound
public sentiment concerning these ques-
tons. to invite study thereto and to ask. IN
justice to themselves, that the public Of Ne
vada shall show . larger and broader ap-
probation OF an industry which, instead O
meriting their suspicion and exciting theil
cupidity. shall rouse their sympathy and
receive their heartiest encouraging.
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SERVE ALL ALIKE.
It is held in the law-books, says the E1