New Colorado and the Santa Fé trail . here is just about room for the bucket in the shaft, that the latter isslightly inclined, and that you catch, and jar, and shake in a nerve-tryingway; and understand, further, that a person should carefully study histemperament and possible disabilities before he takes a contract to go intoa deep shaft. At a certain depth—it may be 500 or 1000 feet (in some Nevada mines ss Ni:W COLORADO AND TIIH .SANTA FE TKAIL. it is 2500)—vow sto]) at side drifts or cross-cuttings in wliicli niou arc at-work, and here you see, walled in by rock, the fissure vein, yonic a
New Colorado and the Santa Fé trail . here is just about room for the bucket in the shaft, that the latter isslightly inclined, and that you catch, and jar, and shake in a nerve-tryingway; and understand, further, that a person should carefully study histemperament and possible disabilities before he takes a contract to go intoa deep shaft. At a certain depth—it may be 500 or 1000 feet (in some Nevada mines ss Ni:W COLORADO AND TIIH .SANTA FE TKAIL. it is 2500)—vow sto]) at side drifts or cross-cuttings in wliicli niou arc at-work, and here you see, walled in by rock, the fissure vein, yonic arestoping, or cutting pieces away with the pick, otheis holding the steelwedges, and others striking them tremendous blows with are, by-the-way, in the habit of accompanying these blows with gut-tural sounds, the hearing of which induced a special correspondent of thegentler sex—ignoring the fact that they receive three dollars per diem,own chronometer watcluis, and have tine bank accounts, and silver spoons. lUINIiRY GULCH. on their tables—to write a soul moving description of the poor down-trod-den miner, imprisoned far from the light of the blessed day, uttering ter-rible groans as lie toiled his life away for the enrichment of the bloatedand ])ampered capitalist! Other men, again, are drilling, loading, andtamping for the shots which are to tear the rock in pieces; and youwill probably remember a pressing engagement to meet a man at somedistance from the mine, and induce Mr. Thornton to ring for that moistcar, and take you up before they light the match. Emerging from theshaft, clad once more in the garb of civilization, and thinking what a setof fine fellows you have seen, you will agree with the sagacious soul whosaid to the Colonel and the Commodore, Yes, theres a good many ofthem bio--licarted fellers in this countrv. You sec, them small-soulcd GRUB STAKES AND MILLIONS. 89 cusses taJces too much irrigation to hrinrj them out. Theyve just got
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