Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-21
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Pubilc-kearney SHOWS the Only
Excitement - The Public Apa.
thetic.
San FRlSorsco. November 2l.-Union
Hall was crowded to ~suffocation last
evening on the occasion Of the meeting
announced BY Coll Dsans. . prominent
stock operator. for tho purpose Of tell.
ing the public the location Of three new
bonapzss which hs claims exist on the
and Of dsnouucins the man.
agsmsnt OF the mines controlled BY ].
G. Flood and his partners. Denis Rear.
ney, who has for several days announced
his intention Of breaking up the meet
ing. was present with . large ooneourss
Of bis followers from the sand lot, and
before the meeting was called to order.
rose 10 the body Of the house and made
an attempt to organise the meeting.
Confusion snsued and Kssrney was Ar
rested and taken to the station house on
the charge Of disturbing . meeting.
Mr.. Dsans In the opening referred to
bis speech some months ago before the
Bullion Club OF New York, In which he
stated that hs would make known the
whereabouts Of three bonsnsss unless
the management speedily uncovered
them. He deplored the necessity Of car
rying out his threat and OF ~censuring Q
man who had the opportunities for doing
good. O. Flood. the evil genius Of the
Bonanza frm. He then dilsted st con.
siderable length on the alleged unscru.
pulous course Of Flood and bis partners.
aud after defending himself from the
charge Of being inspired BY sinister mo.
lives, proceeded to locate the three DO.
napz .. The nrst he asserted to be In
the Ophir, extending into the Mexican,
probably into the Union and perhaps
into the Sierra Nevada. he advised no
one to buy on bis say 80. a. Flood would
initiate the stocks. and after unloading
ureak them down and punish those fol.
lowing the speakers advice. he asserted
that the existence OF this BONANZA on the
1900 level OF the Mexican was known to
the Bonanza nrm two ysars ago, but
that the development In the Sierra Ne
yada was o surprise to them.
The second bonanza, bs asserted. wal
In the 1900 level OF the Hale and Nor.
cross. He did not know that 1t wal Q
large one. and bad spoken Of II before
the Bullion Club 40 simply good pros.
pects." He denounced the failure OF
Superintendent Dsidrshsimsr Of the
Hale 4 Norcross to inform the stock.
holders, in his official letter, OF the
recent strike on the 2l00 level Of the
mine. The existence OF this BONANZA.
hs claimed, wal known four years ago
to the Bonanza Arm. The third bonanza
he located In the Yellow Jacket. bat not
stating Its whereabouts definitely. he
then alluded TO Kssrney's threats to
break up the meeting. and claimed that
hs (Kearn-y) was acting In the interest
Of j. O. Flood. calling attention to the
fact that 10 oil K.srney's dsnunciations
Of brokers, mining operators, etc., he
had scrupulously avoided attacking the
Bonanza firm.
Referring to the Yellow Jacket DO.
mama. he said his statements would DO
fully borne out by IN exploration Of the
mine, and that Il was . great mine. A.
for proof OF bis assertion, be could not
betrsy the confidence Of nis iniormants,
bot would state . or earnest Of his
belief, that bis wife had ~mortgssed her
homestead to carry that stock. he said:
LET the management make crosscuts
where ! will direct and II they fail 10
uncover ore bodies, ! will b covered
With confusion and lose every dollar !
possess In the world. Should they re-
iuss to make such crosscuts. Il will then
dsvolvs on the stockholders to take
strong measures to obtain justice" He
then proceed to dsnounos Flood In
strong terms. citing instances Of the
manner in which be had duped his
friends and the public BY giving false
information regarding the condition and
prospects Of the mine under his control,
thus ruiriug thousands. Hs jinimatsd
that the BONANZA hru vas the agency
that caused the failure Of the Bank Of
California. and compared Rslston and
Flood to the disadvantage Of the latter.
"The rspscity Of these men," he con.
tiuusd, "should bs no longer suffered.
The press, pulpit and public opinion
should baud together TO check their law.
less career" He advocated the forma-
ton OF o combustion powerful enough
to fsht the BONANZA Arm In the market,
and urge operators to enroll their names
for that purpose.
He then gave Kesrneya severe soor.
Ing for his action in the premises. and
concluded by appeals to the public to
throw Of the bondage OF the BONANZA
nrm. At the conclusion Of Deans's ad.
dress resolutions were read BY Mr.. Fay
dsnouucipg the manner In which, BY
the secret use Of the diamond drill. the
purposely breaking Of the pumping
gear. the flooding OF the mines. the put
ting out Of false information. and gen.
sral dishonest management and manipu.
la,ion. the community had been plum.
dersd; protesting against the abuse Of
delegated power In the management Of
mining properties. and urging. 10 the
event Of NO reform being insugurated,
that . general movement be organised
to overthrow the oligsrcby OF the Nevada
Bank.
Beyond Kesrney's proposal to organ.
Ire the meeting there was no attempt at
interference. The remarks Of the speaker
were frequently interrupted By applause.
but Il was evident that there wa . strong
party present 10 opposition to those who
called the meeting. This was svinosd
on several occasions, notably on the
vote called for BY Dsans - to whether
Flood had pursued the course Of an
honest and public spirited man It
would be dinieult TO determine whether
the opposition to any extent consisted
OF the solid men present, or whether Il
was mainly confined TO Keansy's 90.
horts.
A MasserIy Piece Of nismsrels.