Mohave County miner., 1891-08-22
The MOHAvE MINER.
OFFICIAL PAPER or THE COUNTY
AS 0pfH ANSWER

MIsrE - Your issue oi iasi week contains
an open letter from correspondent who
.eeuDs 10 he sadly ont OF sorts The bur
den OF this irate gentletnan's plaint seems
10 be that reports are Ia circulation OF his
having written letters. 'condemniug GER
mining property in this county" He
denies that he ever wrote any such let
ters and calls upon the alleged holders OF
the satne to publish them for the benefit
and intarest Of Generous public" He
then dips his eloquent pen In refined gall.
aayored With a dash OF birthstone, and
opens d general TRADE upon the ''lIars.
frauds and mismanagers, who have
been the curse oi the mining interests in
this section OF the county" Tie alleges
that he has been injured by these unprin-
cipled Individuals, aud thus seeks TO JUS.
iify this publc outpouring OF venom dis
titled from some real or fancied wrong.
II IL matter OF serious question
sheiher the general and generous pub
bic" taIes any snch keen interest in the
geo,lerhan's private affairs as would jus.
tiiy occupation OF your valuable space for
washing his soiled Iiuen," whether said
inin is marked with his name or not. IL
ID equally in question whether any such
injury as he claims has been done. Can
the gentleman name any property owned
wholly or in part by himself from which
a sack Of ore has been taken out within
the past three or four years, or
upon which in the same period any work
has BEEN done other than that required
ior assessment? Can he point 10 any
clam row tied up by lease or bond and
suffering from delay, unwillingness or
inability Of the lessees 10 do the work
required OF them? How, then, Is he the
victim oi imismanagement? Can he prove
that any false or Injurious reports have
been made to possible buyers OF his
eiaims? Ii not how has he been injured
by the frauds and liars, to which he SO
ieelingly refers? Rather. do not his
claims lie idle because OF his own dislike
Of the labor which polishes a drill; and
does not his Interest injury lie in the fact
that having offered his claims TO possi-
bic purchaser that psrty exercised an
unqnestionable right and privilege in
finally declining them by suffering bond
to lapse?
incidentally it may bee mentioned that,
ii such il the case, the party probably
acted wisely, for no more hopeful and
sanguine class of men exist than prospec-
tors, ard il a prospector has not sufficient
faith in claim TO do some continuous
work upon it himself, it usually has little
to warrant outlay by another.)
But, alter all, Mr.. Editor, this is not
the main point OF public interest. The
gentleman wishes to have his letters
printed in your columns. The county
newspaper has wide circulation outside
the county and beyond the limits OF the
Territory II reaches the office of many
buslneas men and capitalists who know
and care nothing whatever for the per-
sonalities il contains, but read it's leaders
and mining notes with interest, and with
view 10 prospective outlay OF large sums
of money within the boriers OF this
county. In view OF the great need OF out
side capital TO develop the mining re-
sources OF Arizona, and the undoubted
advantages which these resources pre-
sent, II would be a ruinous policy to ex-
pee in your pages the private quarrels
and chickering's OF iisgruntled and splen-
etc individuals whose ire has been whet-
tod by failure 10 dispose OF their pros
pect holes at round figures, and at the
expense OF this very outside capital
There Is room for grave question az TO
the enlightenment and public spirit OF
aay man who will demand the puDlica-
lion OF such matter in the pages OF pub
iic journal Moreover, the Penal Code OF
Arizona recites (Sec. 40i) that libel
s:-l Any malicious falsehood ex-
pressed by writing, printing. or by signs,
pictures which tends TO bring any per.
son into disrepu,e, contemp, or ridi-
cule."
Nov, in the letters referred to there
are 70 many ps1pable mis-ststements, 80