New Colorado and the Santa Fé trail . them farther than the end of the am not sure but that it is better to buy a barrel full of pork, than to buya barrel with the hope of filling it. * The collapse of tlie stock of the company, in 1880, offers a curious commentaryon this remark. THE HONEST MINEHS OF LEADVILLE. 103 And so went on the discussion. It need not be said that the man whocould solve the questions raised would be the deadliest bull or bear thatever broke loose in Wall Street. Wiser was that clear-headed mining su-perintendent who, feeling confident that the deposit which he was
New Colorado and the Santa Fé trail . them farther than the end of the am not sure but that it is better to buy a barrel full of pork, than to buya barrel with the hope of filling it. * The collapse of tlie stock of the company, in 1880, offers a curious commentaryon this remark. THE HONEST MINEHS OF LEADVILLE. 103 And so went on the discussion. It need not be said that the man whocould solve the questions raised would be the deadliest bull or bear thatever broke loose in Wall Street. Wiser was that clear-headed mining su-perintendent who, feeling confident that the deposit which he was work-ing was underlaid, at a greater or less depth, by othci*s, ordered a dia-mond drill, and declared that he was going for carbonates or China! Itis to be hoped that he fared l)ctter than the Irish shaft-sinker who said,when asked if he were not in litigation, Bedad, no, surr; sure Im inporphyry. Amidst all this treasure the Colonel and the Commodore wanderedlike two modern Ali Babas, sometimes talking with the miners, and rather. LKADVILLE. overwhelmed with the profusion of other peoples money about them ;but when the mariner heard an expert, who was chipping away at thewall with a little hammer, remark, Thats good goods, this purist stop-ped both ears, and asked the way to the nearest shaft. Then we jour-neyed about the camp, exchanging the sights of the great mines, the com-modious buildings, and the modern machinery for other and strange a tortuous course between stumps, we brought up against cabins 104 NEW COLORADO AND THE SANTA FE TRAIL. of different degrees of newness. Quaint signs invited the tliirsty toSmile twice for two hits, and tlie intending purchasers of stores to* Cook oni yourself! A funeral, consisting of a liearse, one carriage, anda hrasfi handy i)assed down the tnain street, and men came out to view itfrom tlie ecclesiastical-looking porch of a saloon actually called The LittleChurch. Following another, or, rather, the otlier, street down
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