Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-31
GOLD AURORA,
The Attitude of the Sentinel with
Regard to ITS CNnfrihnfnrs.

1he Attitude of the Sentinel with
Regard to Its Contributors.
Some three weeks ago an article ap-
peared in the SENTINEL under the head Of
cold Aurora" 1t contained statements
with regard to that camp, culled from a
private letter which we were allowed to
read and authorized by the person receiv-
ing the letter to make extracts from. We
are free to confess that the publication was
made inadvertently. Presuming that the
statements contained in the letter were
correct, it would even then have been bet
ter not to reproduce them in print. We
are satisfied now however, that these
statements were not correct. Since they
were made the SENTINEL has received let
tiers from several prominent and worthy
citizens of Aurora, which render it i'm
possible for us not to believe that we were
led into the hasty and t~houghtless publica-
ton Of an error. We are glad to state
upon authority that Governor Blasdels
mill has not been attached, and that the
statement given to us Of his financial en-
IA asa lCuU WINS NoIy hiuCu Nv
and highly colored, if, in fact, it was not
altogether erroneous As to the possible
reflections contained in our published
article upon the character of Governor
Blasdel, we are certain, upon positive
proof in the matter referred to, that they
are utterly without foundation. And we
embrace this opportunity to make every
amends possible to him in the prem
ises. In the eXigencies of reportorial
work it is not possible always to
publish the right thing, nor is it pos
sible at all times to avoid publishing,
in the hurry-scurry of newspaper
makeup, that which would be better
placed in the waste basket. We are not
unfamiliar with the record Of Governor
Blasdel, and we take pride in recurring to
it now, as it will prove it impossible for
him to have been guilty Of any such
chicanery as we were thoughtlessly led to
impute to him in his management of the
Del Monte mill. When he came to Ne
vada in the early days he was heavily in
debt in California. He made money in
the Silver State, and as fast as it came he
applied it to the liquidation of his debts
in California, until he had paid the last
cent he owed. He was at one time en-
gagged in very extensive mining and mill
lHS ODel GtiOtlS III Nullt L ne III altCi-
wards at Pine Grove, in Esmeralda Coun-
ty. From all of these transactions, in
volving large sums of money, he came
out with clean hands. These are but two
instances of his career in this State, but
they speak eloquently for him. Were
other instances necessary to show him
honorable and true they could be readily
adduced. He was conscientious and
scrupulously faithful in the discharge of
his duties as Governor OF Neveda, at the
expiration of the second term of which he
was succeeded by the lamented Gov.
Bradley.
Moreover, the SENTINEL is pleased to
learn that the outlook in the once afi1hent
camp of Aurora is not so bad as we were
led to say. Aurora, like all other mining
camps, has its spells of depression and is
suffering in that way now. We are able
to state upon the word of a number of
trustworthy gentlemen residing there who
have been kind enough to inform us on
the subject, that Aurora is not by any
means dead or dying; that it has many
mines about the richness of which there is
no question, while it has many more in
which the prospects are of the most fiat
tering sort. So much is this the case that
it will not surprise any one familiar with
II siludtiOi u Nltulu l HlOutIo VI u year
from date Aurora should have reasserted
herself and become a center of such BUSH
ness and excitement as prevailed there
years ago.
All of the above is said in a spirit of
candor and upon satisfactory information
obtained. In answer to the inquiries of
several citizens of Aurora flor whom
we entertain the highest esteem) as
to who the person is from whose
letter we made our own extracts, we
must say that to give them the informa-
ton they ask would be to surrender the
secrets Of the printing office. These are
professional secrets, and can never be d.
vulged, unless possibly by compulslon in
the course Of a suit for libel. 1t is our
duty to protect those who contribute in
any way to our columns; especially true Is
this Of the gentleman whose name is de-
msnded, for this letter was written in pri-
vaoy to a friend, and was never intended
for print. Hence, with all respect and
Difference to our inquirers, we reas-
sert. for the sake of special emphasis,
that the name which they call for oan
will at once see the inconsistency OF their
demand when their attention is called to
the fact that we shoulder all the RESPONSE
bility, as we ought to do. The fault ID
ours, not that of the man whose letter We
used without his knowledge or consent.
1t would be a shameless act on our part to
bring him into odium among his neighbors
for an act that we alone, and not he, are
responsible for. The proper and manly
way is now to consider him no more to
blame than though his letter had never
been read by any one but the friend to
whom it was written in confidence.