Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-04-28
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49, 1890 O' ~
the EUREKA SENTINEL, for publishing mat
tiers concerning the Comstock lode, select
ing two articles that appeared in this pa
per, n referring to the proposed sale of
the Forman shaft machinery, and the other
concerning the Union mine, for the pur-
pose. The latter related to an interview
with a prominent man, a visitor to Eu-
reka, who was interviewed concerning the
Comstock situation by a SENTINEL re-
porter, and which appeared in the .sENrI-
MEL about n month ago. The Enterprise
objects to the following language used by
the gentleman as spiteful: "The north
end very naturally sympathizes with the
southend. But l have very little faith in
the developments recently made in Union.
There is no doubt a verv fair ore body in
that mine, but the ore is not rich enough
to create enthusiasm, and it is extremely
doubtful if what is shown up will more
than pay for extraction. That is the rea-
son the stock don't move upward. The
neighboring mines appear to have fair
prospects-that is all" Now, where the
spite comes in in the above we fail to see.
oub POI hulo tiC l-itIip pa loC lo III 3
to muzzle the press of Nevada with regard
to matters concerning Comstock mines, or
to make it blindly puff their possible pros
poets. Every word in the above quota
ton, however, has been predicated by the
Comstock papers themselves. At the time
of the interview, the assays from the Union
mine, as published in the Gold Hill News,
Virginia Chronicle and Enterprise, were
given at from SIS to $50. Let the scold of
the Enterprise turn to the files of his pa
per and see for himself. A small, rich
streak was said to have been struck which
would assay higher, but independent of
that the core body as far as developed
would pay a little more than the cost of
extracting and milling. Since then the
reports from the mine have been that the
ore body was constantly improving. These
have been given in the SENTINEL without
comment. But has the stock responded
to the favorable reports?
Again, the Enterprise objects to the
statement, as spiteful, that prominent men
ON the Comstock were discouraged. If
renting real estate and property for the
payment of taxes and giving stock away
for the assessment on them does not show
a feeling of dependency, then indeed have
we unwittingly been led to assert what
might constitute an injury to our neigh
bors.
Again, the SENTINEL is accused of spite
for saying that the price Of southend
stocks was falling below assessments
Either the Enterprise writer is intemper-
ate in his language, or he has just awoke
from q Rip Van Wrinkle sleep. Neither
Caledonia, Overman, Belcher. Crown
Point, Yellow Jacket, nor a number of
other mines on the southend, and Califor-
MIA at the north, have carried a recent as
sessment. During the late assessment on
Bclcher alone the company were compelled
to buy in 10000 shares of delinquent
stock. In stating such facts as these is
the SENTINEL guilty of jealousy or spite ?
The people of Eureka have always
been, and still are, great dab
blers in Comstock stocks. Many of
them have been totally ruined financially
by their faith in these mines. Many others
are now keeping their faces on the grind
stone of poverty paying out their hard
earned wages as assessments. Still others
are willing to plunge into speculations and
risk the savings of years. Has an ~in1uen-
tial journal like the SENTINEL no right, or
even a privilege, to publish patent facts,
and such news as may be derived from,
what it believes to be, reliable sources, in
order to prevent wild and injudicious in
vestments? We may nave a leaning to-
wards our local prospects; this is but nat
ural; but we emphatically deny the vicious
charge of the Enterprise that the SENTINEL
has % spite against the Comstock.
Again, the SENTINEL did not, as charged
by its irritable contemporary, "start the
story that Superintendent Forman had Of
fered to sell all the pumps and machinery
of the Forman shaft" The SENTINEL
never "started " any STORY" at all. 1t
gave the gist of a letter from Mr.. Charles
Forman to Mr.. W. I. Salkeld. As stated
in answer to the Virginia Chronicle, our
reporter was extremely careful in writing
the item referred to. Fearing that he
might make some mistake in reporting so
serious a matter, he went and read the let
ter from Mr.. Forman to Mr.. Salkeld, the
contents Of which he had received by word
of mouth only. After a careful perusal Of
the letter itself he came back to the print
ing Office, took his copy Of the hook
and so revised it by notes which he
took from the letter and which he
has before him now, that he knows his
''story," so-called, to be absolutely cor
rect. The fact was given as an important
item of news of material interest to many
OF our patrons III tnls community anu W
the public at large. The SENTINEL is not
to be dictated to by the Enterprise as to
what it shall and shall not publish. We
are not SO disposed to suicide as to aim
lessly or for spite or jealousy do anything
to injure the Comstock, in the prosperity
of which the whole State of Nevada is so
intimately concerned. We desire no con-
troversy with the Enterprise On this mat
ter. There need be none Mr.. Forman
doubtless has a copy of his letter to Mr..
Salkeld. Let this letter be published. If
it puts us in the wrong we will only be too
glad to retract and do whatever is possible
in the way of reparation. We do not wish
to touch any sore spots with which our
neighbors are afflicted, nor are We willing
to swallow our own words for their con-
v~enience or qualification.