Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-11-10
WANTED:-A STATE MINING
COMMISSION.

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period. 1t is dawning upon mining
men that the mighty Comstock is not
the only mineral ledge in Nevada and
that the old mining State has been
but carrlessly surface scratched by the
~prospectors
One no longer hears the talk of Nev-
ada being Oulya silver mining locality
for big gold discoveries are constant
~ being mad and of such magnitude
that the eyes of he mining world are
being attracted 70 this locality.
But good lodges of ore are not alone
sufficient to lift the Safe out Of its rut
Of poverty and hard luck. ThepeOple
Of the State must restore public conf
dence. There is 20 use miDcing mat
ters in talking Of these things for the
fact is patent to everybody that a long
line Of swindling speculations in this
State. not alone on the Comstock, but
elsewhere, have given Nevada a black
eye all over the mining world. 1t is
not necessary to itemise the long ar-
D'''ht CNN1 bN'i - II :.
We have but to put the past behind
Us. bury it all with its evil memories
and so arrange for the future that
capitalists Of other States will come
into Nevada with some degree OF con
fldence and not holding, metaphors
cal'v spe, king, one hand on their
pocket book and the other on their
watch.
We need above everything else a
State Mining Commission. There
should be at least five, good, RESPONSE,
bic men who shall have the power to
investigate at all times the condition
Of mines and mine management with
the power to act as a legal body. This
Commission could act az arbitratOrs
in mining matters and so vouch for
mines and mining operations that a
reference from them to outside parties
would be of value.
They could protect stockholders and
purchasers of mining claims and act
as the middle mar between BUYERS
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could be conducted through them in a
way hat the two principles in the
transaction would not be having awake
night and day studying up some
scheme TO fleece the other.
Men with available properties for
sale, properties with merit, could place
such properties with the Board with a
full description, and a State expert
employed by the Commission, could
examine the properties and if they
were found to be worth endorsing,
place them on the Commissione1s'Iist.
After this Commission had been es-
tablished a few years a Nevada mar
selling a mine, say in California or
elsewhere, would first be asked the
question:
rs your mine endorsed by the State
Board of Mining Commissioners"
If he could not show such endorse
ment he would not be likely to COM
mand much Affection, while if OH the
other hand he could show it, that
would be an important step toward
selling his property.
A man in London is offered a mine.
The cos+ of sending an expert to New
ada being very large, the risk is not
taken, but such a correspondence as
this by telegraph might pass between
London and Carson:
TO Nevada Mining Commission -
John Smith offers gold ledge for sale
in Douglas county. Bengal Mine. Is
it listed with you?'
And the reply:
Yes good property would start an
English expert out this way or,
Don't know the mine. Smith a
fraud" would save further trouble.
1t would Don be known in the min
ing world hat Nevada had a respon-
sible Mining Commission and that it
protected outside investors. This would
soon bring a stream Of capital into
this State and millions of money now
tied up for want of investment would
flow this way. The Commission could
also investigate all kinds of mining
swindles on behalf of stockholders
with authority to prosecute the princi-
pies in all sorts Of swindling deals.
This article has only treated the
matter in a general way and we hope
the press Of the State will take the
matter up for discussion and make
such suggestions as may further ad-
rance the question. The next session
of the Legislature should create such
a Commission and the result can only
be of the most beneficial character
and give the State a new lease Of life
and prosperity.
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