Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-07-31
THE SCTRO TUNNEL CONTRO.
VER>l.

I
Tuanel Ceapany-Pre>ent Status
Of the Negetiafions-Ar. Sairo
Wants New Contract.
The San Fr4acssco Ba.le;ia pub
/ listed. about week ago, 81 exhaust
i've article On the Sairo Tanael ques-
! non, from which We copy q. follows;
o. the 18Th Of April, 1865, the
leading Ell4e g2Esrs on the Com
stock Le'ie 4s:s~4i to pay Mr. Su'rs,
VITO WIS then Constructing = Tunnel
to tap tie lode, = royalty Of s. per
ton "a ~ll ore Ezls-d irpm their mines
after the cssTFaelia1 Of the surk.
The tGouel Gas NOT dashed a. agreed.
2Dd about the Is; Il J4au4Ey, 1874.
tseaiy-iSree ~ the Gssus.OcS cam-
pauies b2n2a3 faeuse.ves 10 sethsr To
resist the col9ecii0n Of the -oyaliy.
EssEen 81 these conneaced restrain-
lag sgltss iaEssylng Sli the points ar
issGa, Naa TIE oiA=rs. by cln pact en-
tered sa1a, agreed 10 abide Ene RESULT
and pay 54ae pro rata Of the expense
oi csndBeTing the litigation. On
yaae :, ISIS sev1a e0saap4oiss gave
D0ilSs IL lse nihSrs that ihey bxd
SIth1T4 a fHsAa the o0snp&cr. and had
cancelled the suits Tlese seven
com paaae> are III. California. Co.'S.
Virginia. Be-; & Belcher. Gould &
Cary, Savage, Haze i Norcruss and
C.,ealAz Psto>I- 1he last named five
s.4se aos o1aF 2b40GnEed the salts,
BAT stand re2d. IT, SA..se by the orig
i04l cssnir4ef- The compact having
o==1 oisseQ by the Withdrawal OF
s-yr1 companies. the other sixteen
are virtually remandeli n the condi-
tloa they occupied befnTr they band
I'll tagetner IL January, 1874, though
nO formal sctiDa bad been taken in
that direction oaiag 10 the want of
quorum or to the indifference If
Directors The i've companies that
have agreed io pay the royalty are
the only ones that viii be immedi-
ately benefItesi by the connection
made between the tunnel and the
Savage shaft, but unfortunately for
Mr.. SOtro, these a. present baye no
ore to raise. That gentleman has
been for ma0y years laboring with
out revenue and paturally wishes
tina, some income may commence
saDn. Tie only ore producing mines
at present are the California and Con-
soiidated Virginia. 1000 feet north of
the connection just made. The own
ers of these mines claim that they
are not adyaDtaged in any way
by the work thus far accomplished,
but it is understood that Mr.. Sutro
entertains u different opinion, ON ac-
count of the drainage which the tun-
mel will have on the entire Cpmstock
Lode. We are informed that the
bonanza mines are not troubled With
water, AID that the little they have
to take care of does not flow in the
direction OF the tunnel, since there
is none in the 1000 foot level OF the
Best 81 Belcher, which lies between
and which is 300 feet lower than the
present workings in the bonanza
mines. Nevertheless, there is con-
siderable discussion going on between
Mr.. Sutro aud the owners of the
California and Consolidated Virginia.
Mr.. Sutro appears to want not only
an abandonment of all litigation
against the collection of the royalty,
but wishes to enter into a fresh con
tract on the old basis of 81 per ton
for all ore raised. II seems TO be
clear that the old contract has been
violated. Hence il is narural that
he should wish 20 have a new one
made before completing bis branch
es to the north and south. The
mine owners, on the other baud, pre-
fer to wait until these branches reach
them. They will undoubtedly avail
themselves of any benefits likely to
accrue, and will be willing to pay
a fair compensation for the same.
We believe the Bulletin to be in
error in naming the bonanza compan-
les in connection with those that
have withdrawn from the compact.
They never entered into it, or our
memory is very treacherous.