Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-03-06
THE COMPROMISE.
Aaether Hitch In the Vegetables
MR.. sutre's Pssitisn-A virgin.
Ian ON the Situation.

III would seem that the compromise
between the Su,ro Tunnel Company and
the mines, which has occupied the time
and attention Of both parties 30 much
OF late, Is Just now in q dangerous con-
di,ion. and likely to die Of too much
attention. Still. no positive information
from either Of the high contracting par
ties has been received on the Comstock.
Mr.. Rsqua Of the Chollar' Potosi. who
is one Of the committee OF the mines,
left last evening for San Francisco.
Before his departure he expressed much
confidence that the compromise would
yet be made.
As near ~ can DO ascortained al pres
ent, the difficulty Is that Mr. sutro Is
moving with ~over.cau,ion and cannot be
brought 10 stand by his verbal agree
ments long enough to get them ON paper.
This has somewhat incensed the mining
men, aud in a tit OF disgust they have
surrendered the papers. Their position
ia well known and needs nc calculation
at this time.
The understanding arrived at. and
abou, which there was no dispute, con-
sisted of the reduction Of the royalty OF
- on all ore extracted and reduced TO
II per ton on ore yielding under $40
per ton; ON that yielding over $40
the royalty was TO remain at %. The
mining companies, in consideration OF
this reduction. agreed to advance, with
ou, interest. $40 per foot OF the lateral
tunnel construction. to be repaid out OF
the royalties becoming due.
The point Of difference a. laid down
by Mr.. Sutro. is Just this The mining
companies claim the right to discharge
all water from the mines. between the
Utah on the north and the Ovsrman on
the south, into the tunnel n soon as
the drain Is completed; that is within
ninety days or thereabouts. without
paving any royalty until the lateral tun-
mel is completed. which. in the case OF the
Sierra Nevada, will take two and a half
years.
The tunnel company claims that all
the mines between tho points named
SHALL pay the royalty u o rs they
discharge any water into the tunnel, d.
rectly or indirectly. through other mines.
The mining companies agree, however.
To consider the mines between the Cali.
fornia on the north and the Chollar on
the south a. drained at once aud sub
ject to royalty.
Under the above contract the mines
which have no ore would pay nothing
whatever. including the Savage, Hale X
Norcross, Chollar. Gould 4 Curry, Best
lS Belehsr and others. 1t Is for this
reason that Mr. Sutro objects to the pro-
position Of the mines.
"a very prominent mining man in
Virginia, in an interview this morning.
said that what was needed now was for
the Chollar- Norcross-Ssvage Shaft Com.
pany to extend its pumps from the lS0O
level to the surface. This would i'm
mediately do away with all necessity ON
the part Of any Of the mines except the
Julia (which has u special agreement
with Mr.. Sutrol for the use Of the tun'
mel. lie said that outside OF the Hooded
mines aud the Chollar the tunnel was
OF no use to tho mines anyway and
would be good for nothing to the lode
for years TO come.
The following on the subject OF the
compromise is from the San Francisco
Chroaies:
The negotiations for a long time here
toiore in progress between he owners
Of tn. Sutro Tunnel on the one hand
anil those Of the Comstock mines on
the other for q fair, equitable and ami
cable settlement OF the differences exist
ing between them. and to regulate their
future relations, were yesterday after
noon formally and finally broken oil by
the mine owners, aud the high contract
inc parties are more in the military po-
.itiOn OF ''as YOU were" than ever.
A brief recapitulation Of the pourpar-
lers is that the chief magnates OF either
great interest-or. to more exactly per-
sonify them, Mr. Sutro, on behalf oil
the Tunnel Company, and J. Z. Flood,
for the mine o~wnors-sone months aeo
verbally agreed upon a general basis OF
settlement. But the magnitude OF the
interests involved absolutely required
tina, every detail Of the future inter-
course between tunnel and mines should
DO settled with absolute precision.
Therefore the bonanza people then
stated to their counsel. G. j. Hillyer OF
Virginia City. their version OF the gen.
eral understanding which had been ar.
rived at.
While Mr.. Hillysr's Office clerks were
reducing this to writing. and simplifying
the details Of it and neatly sngrossingi IL,
the miners were trying to more fully
convince the tunnelers how infinitely bet
ter 4, is for brethren to dwell together in
unity by having every Sutro tunneler In
the State Of Nevada snjoined from any
further tunneling. This proceeding hav-
ing been speedily defeated. Nr. Hillysr
submitted TO General Irvine and Messrs.
j. J. Williams and Elliott J. Moore. OF
counsel for the Tunnel Company. his
draft Of the deanitive treaty.
Perhaps with the laudable object OF
promoting an early decision, the bonanza
iirm then deluged the tunnel with scald.
ing water. There is q slight difference
Of opinion between the mules and men
who were parboilsd in the tunnel and
the miners who pumped the hot water
in on them. rs TO its exact number oil
degrees Fahrenheit, but all agree that
the mules emerged with their legs soft.
boiled.
The counsel for the Tunnel Company
made certain cancellations TO the form Of
treaty submitted TO them By Mr. vii.
lians, and sent to him for his consider
ation tina amsnled draft. That WAS so