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Show The Mammoth Copperopolis Troub'es, , Editors Jlcrald: i In your issue of the Kith instant 1 ' see a letter fromMr. Valentine trying to rebut your statement which appeared in tiic issue of the previous day. It is not my intention in the present article to review alt the statements made by Mr. Valentine in his letter, as most of it concerns himself and his employers more than it docs the workiugmen here; but I want to look at a few of his statements, and also to a few questions which have naturally arisen in the minds of tho men ulnee the produetion ol his letter. Mr. Valentine elates that the company com-pany have expended in the last two years $160,000 in the development of their mine, and in the building of a large mill and two Bineltere; and in the latter paifc of his letter he makes other statements to the t-llect U'iU "early lf Spring the company did advertise in the London Mjniiuj Jonrii'il Ihe sale of di'beuuii'e bonds, .20,000, for the purpose of constructing construct-ing a milt and furnaces. Phase bonds were not all sold, but $S4,000 were-ent here with the accompaniment accompani-ment Irom the bondholders ot a mortgage mort-gage on the mill anil mine." .Now, the logic of facts, as deducted from Mr. Valentine's statement, by the men, is this: H tho company havo only expended $100,000 in the labor performed on the mine, and in the construction of their mill and two furnaces, the $S-1,000 must be included includ-ed in the S1HU, 000 expended, as Mr. Valentine does not give us. to fcunder-sUnd fcunder-sUnd in his letter thai, the mortgage was either redeemed or withdrawn; thus leaving a balance of ac tual -expenditure paid by the company, after deducting the $61,00.0, of $70,000 for all purposes, 8 mentioned. There tore the question arises in tho t minds of the men-ra question upon which Mr. Valentine is wisely silent where is the account of the iucume t which has been produced from the ( sale uf ore and bullion that have left j the mine and smeller during the period above mentionetl ? Will the 1 bills of lading'in the possession of Mr. ( . Valentino not. show that the means j drawn from the .sale of ore and bullion 'luring that time far , exceed the amount stated by him in expenditure expendi-ture 'i Wo think it will. ' ''"'Mr. porich.the superintendent here, was in Salt Lake City, last week, con- ; suiting with Mr. Valentine on this i Vcxed'qupstion, and in the im rning , after he came back and stated to the , men in the ollico that Mr. Valentine bad' eold $00,000 worth of bullion while he was ea.it, but that Mr. Valentine had drawn money to thai amount previous lo making the sale; from whom drawn, or how d is-posed is-posed of, we did not learn, Mr. Conch also brought a letter. from Mr. Valen-1 Valen-1 tine to the men, the contents of which ' were for the men to take a hen on the mine, as he was doing all in hi? power to raise money to pay the amounts due. Mr. Y'dentine ought to have accompanied his letter with a box of candy, and a few nice toys, as we are very naughty children. lu be serious, however. tho men ask the questions, Where did that $00,000 go to which Mr. Valentine admits re, cciving for bullion within the last week or two? Who produced the ore? Who made the bulliwn? Did the miners mi-ners not go into these shafts, winzes, and levels, of which Mr. Valentine makes mention, at the rif-k ot life and limb, and may truthfully say in many instances fjpill their blood to produce that ore, and others at the smelter, melting at every pore to produce pro-duce the bullion ? We intrusted that portion, of our .produce which rightfully right-fully belong to us, as working men, by all law human and divine, in the hands of Mr. Valentine to sell for us, aud to send it back to us. !No mortgage, mort-gage, no indebtedness of any kind belonging to the company ought to have attached or in the loast interfered inter-fered with that portion of the $00,000 which was our due. Therefore we are fully satisfied that Mr. Valentine has done us a grievous injustice. We have many more statements to make, but we shall defer, in the hope of a speedy settlement of our troubles. |