Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-09-04
ABoUr LUCK.

Mining accidents are inseparabls
from mining industries. They occur
In the face of ever % much precsu-
ton, and mems powers Of foresight
are bounded by narrow span at
most. The Dayton mine has been
remarkably unfortunate in the mum,
Der Of casualties that have occurred
in and about it within the past SIX
months. The Management are in a
cr+ OF stringer of bad luck, it seems,
If not in very large vein Of it. We
sav "bad luck" in this case, although
ordinarily the use Of that expression
does not meet with approval. "Man-
acement,- some say, land not luck,
il the correct word" and generally
we concur. But there are times
when events shape themselves in
manner most unexpected, and when
all common prccaution goes for moth
ing. You may call it "luck,' "co-
incidence of circumstances" or what
YOU will, but the facts are there
inexplicable, pcrplexing and often
mournful. No one butts Fatalist can
be reconciled in their presence. Rca-
son is inadequate and experience
fails.
Luck. a somewhat irrational and at
Best misty word, is the first that
comes to the lips in such cases.
Things that happen for or against US,
which are wholly unforeseen and
cannot be predicted upon any proba-
BILE premises, are at once turned Oh
with it. Yet bad luck is, We may
say, in every case the result, not OF
some Questionable mystery or pre-
destination, but of our own dehcien-
ey. Did We know all the causes We
could readily foretell the effect. Some
Of the causes being hidden from us,
the effects come As mysteries, and we
wonder and are puzzled. Ii We
start on q journey, for instance, I'M
der favorable indications of weather,
and storms arise that make our road
one of sore hardship and suffering.
we at once say that we were out of
luck in not waiting awhile until a
more suspicious sky should hang
over u.s. And yet did We know ali
that might be known of meteorology
we should stay at home and not have
said anything abou, good luck or
bad. We should consult the Their
mometer and barometer and make
accurate calculations, letting hydrom-
etry, as,rology and kindred arts of
divina,ion rest with their near rela-
tive Luck the while. Then j, would
be all management and calculation,
and luck would be q synonym for
ignorance. But now, while We grope
in the dark for many things, that
handy word must signify those
which are beyond our ken and which
we can neither foresee nor suspect.
II mans knowledge of iron cables
were perfect, the accident which hap
pcned at the Dayton on Friday would
never have occurred. and its result
ant casualty Of Saturday would have
been averted. Since knowledge in
this respect AS in all Others is but
comparative and limited in degree,
the accident may therefore be said to
have been piece of bad luck. II
AMI its shocking follower of Sasur-
day have especial claims to be thus
entitled While performing duties
incurred by the frst accident, a Sec
ond - mysterious and unlocked for
10 hurled in the very teeth Of the
calnsst precantion. 1t is appalling,
and men look askance At one another
and say THAI Fortune scowls aud the
Fates have marked them for their
owa. II is not so. There is no such
thing rs Fortune, in that sense, and
there are NO Fates. II is knowledge
end the want Of il and until we can
know al things and calculate with
certainty upon coming events (if ever
We CAM ve may ~ we'll say that one
il .iucky" or that one is 'unlucky-"