Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-02-16
Attending To Duly
Continued from d PAGE.

on in the State of Nevada. 1t is
something more than prospecting, l.
This Carson mint was established
near the Great Comstock, which sup t
piled $500, coo, coo of gold and silver l
to the world; and during the flourish .
ing times of the Comstock it was not
a mere assay Office, but a great mint. l
Now, it has been reduced from
mint to an assay office, and the bust
ness has declined as the product OF .
Comstock has declined, but prospect
ors have been at work in the Stae, and
in the great Tonopah, on the Carson
and Colorado Railroad. strike has
been made directly tributary to the
Carson mint. In short time over
$500 men have gone to that camp and
it is estimated that within the last
month very nearly million OF dollars
worth was taken from the mines by
men enjoying leasehoid inersts in the
mines. These mines are going into
the ownership of a great Philadelphia
company, and it is intimated that the !
mines will be conducted during the |
year on a very large scale. Tonopah /
is referred to as the new Comstock Of
that region.
Now, | ask when the Director OF
the Mint states that they have reach /
ed the lowest ebb in receipts at that
Office, and also states that there is
prospecting going on in the State, and
recommends the appropriation con-
tanned in the Book of Estimates, and
reduction next year if the receipts
are not increased. ask if under that
statement it is fair for the gentleman
to urge this reduction now9
Now, the statute referred to is on
page 9S5, in volume 81, and it fixed the
salaries of the mint at Carson, New,
For assayer in charge, who shall al
so perform the duties Of meter, $4,000;
assistant assayer and one clerk, at
$500 each; in ALL $5O0e.' Then ,wag-
es for wcrkmen and watchmen. But
l observe that this is simply an appro-
priation bill, judge, for the year sim
liar to the one under consideration.
Mr. HEMENWAY- On page $50 Of
the hearings l notice that the Director
of the Mint says:
1.-The situation il Carson is just this
The assayer there is Governor Col
cord. He was appointed superintend-
ent of the mint while it was a mint
and then appointed assayer. do not
think he is practical assayer. but
can not remove hIm, and so we have
to make an assistant assayer at Car
son."
In other words, you seem to hare at
the head a man who is not an assayer
and in order to take care of him you
have to have an assistant who is com
petent
Now, the Committee OR Appropria
tons do not believe it is proper
thing to continue this appropriation
for Carson at the amounts they are
now receiving, in order that an in
competent man should be taken care
OF, and they do not believe it is
proper thing TO continue J. above The
amount appropriated for Charlotte
where there is the same amount %
business. If next year more bushes:
shall be done at Carson, ! have M
doubt the appropriation can then bt
increased
Mr.. NEWLANDS. Regarding Gov
ernor Colcord, l have to say that hi
was superintendent when it was
mint, and when the reduction wa:
made to an assay Office he was KEEP
there as assayer in charge. l thinl
the Director Of the Mint is mistaken
IN saying that he is not a practica
assayer. My impression is that Gov
ernor Colcord is one of the best-eaiip
ped men in the Sttae and is an assay
er as well as a practical miner
Now, | have aNeady shown tina
While the committee reduces the az
preparations of that Office to a lowe
amount than ever before, there is
prospect OF very large increase. a.
absolute assurance of very great il
crease in the business Of the office i
the next fiscal year. Now, the gentle
man says that this reduction woul
only cripple the Office during that tim
and the only suggestion of relief tha
he gives me is that after the Office la
been crippled one year-that is, til
next fiscal year-a return can be mad
10 the amount expended previously.
Here Mr.. Newlands offered an {
mendment restoring the salaries t
that OF the former fiscal year. A gel
eral debate followed:
Mr.. NEWLANDS Mr.. Chairman
the gentleman from Georgia SAYS tina
the work now done at Carson CITY ca
be done at San Francisco. But. ST
San Francisco is nearly SEQ miles ;