The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-04-07
Congressman Van Duzef's Defense
The vulnerability of His Accusers Saves Him-Living in Glass
Houses They Began to Throw Stones, and Now Wish They
H~adnt-Whipped Into Line by Dire Threats
How Old Timers Tipped of Stocks

| in Nevada, particularly before extern
sive development?
The discoveries and first persons In
terested in the Tonopeh mining claims
made what they then believed were ex-
aggerated reports as TO the value and
permanency of the mines. But the
mines made good" far beyond their
expectations. or they would have held
on to their holdings. When Mr.. Eng
lish sold the Richmond mine at Ruby
Hill for $500, 900 to an English syndi-
cate, he thought, as we'll as the locators
that they we're robbing the syndicate.
but they took over $1,000 900 out Of
the property. Such instances are
plentiful in Nevada. In fact, it is part
of the history of mining for the pre-
cious metals.
Comsfock Method of Tipping Off Sfocks
admit that very many Of our most
successful operators used devious and
dubious methods to enrich themselves.
but it was generally done in stock
transactions. For instance. James G..
Fair gave his wife $4,000 and told her
to invest il in Utah mining stock, and
she told Father Manogue, who was at
the time pastor of the Catholic Church
in Virginia City. and somehow or other
the rest of the congregation got in, and
Fair was selling them the stock as fast
as they wanted it, and they all went
broke.
Enoch Strother rave his Chinese cook
a thousand shares of Baltimore, and the
Comstock Chinatown went broke, and
the cook skipped between two days to
save his life. Well, two SAMPLES Of
this are enough because they more
properly belong In the comic page.
Eureka Shark Did the Pious Act.
Oh, one more! Do you remember
how a certain Superintendent Of the
Phenix on Ruby Hill worked Eureka
people, and had to skip also? He
bought a new carpet for the Catholic
Church a%isles, and he used to sing in
the front pew of the Presbyterian
Church, and his amen was about the
deepest ever heard. He told every ont
he could reach, in the most confidential
manner, and never to be repeated. tina
Phenix was great. A posse chased hin
as far as Palisade, but he had too muci
start. William Spinner will remembe
his name.
Should Haze Faced the Music.
In conclusion, / will state that l be
lieve Mr.. Van Duzer would have dom
a great deal better to have gone straigh
to the issue. The district in which hi
mines are situated was generally be
lieved to have great value, and prett,
large sums of money were offered 70
interests in mining claims, but tn
owners had such confidence that the
refused; and. furthermore. conidenc
is not lost, but il is quite generally be
ilcfou that tnoy uoNo hhOiie. ~ nun
Der of miners operating in the distric
. got their start right there. not in sell
/, ing out, but in extracting ore and mill
ing it. aud paying very high rates TO
shipment and reduction. the great bull
of which can now be saved by installin
electric power. and by the improve
methods of reduction.
:. IF the Truth Was Told.
/ contemplate with extreme sadnes
the poverty stricken predicament i
which mining promoters and reporter
. will find themselves if Van should b
convicted, and as a result they shout
' be forced to confine themselves to tell
ing the truth. ALFRED CHARTz.
Carson City, New, April 2. 1906.