Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-27
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The characteristics of a Remark
able Glass.

Inc Oh n M&EImMEks
able Class.
A Utah journal says that this genera
ton has brought into existence a new or
der of men. They are not appreciated
now, but by and by some thoughtful artist
will catch the full significance of their
lives, and on canvas as imperishable as
marble will fix their enduring picture.
They we're the birth Of 1s49, and their
numbers grow less and less with each re-
ceding year. On this Coast they are called
"prospectors." So far they have received
little respect in comparison to their merits,
because the sappers and miners Of civil
ization are seldom appreciated in their
day. We met one a few days since. He
introduced himself in these words:
Stranger, let me tell you don't be car
ried away with Colorado, because / was
there long before the excitement. There
are some good leads. but the country Is
over-estimated. The same is true Of Arr
IONA, Of Montana and Idaho. ] have seen
them all. When the Comstock was dis
covered I vent there, and taking in the
country determined to find q better one,
and I have not been idle since. have not
found it, but certainly think / will this
summer. l know the place, know IL well,
and no one else does. l am going there
now. See, yonder are my horses !; they
are good for the trip, and / I'm only watt
ing for q little ammunition. l shall start
tomorrow, and before the turn OF the
summer you will hear from me.
For twenty years his home has been the
desert; he has not known q pleasure, as
the desert commenced to put on the robes
Of civilization he has retreated deeper into
the wilds, while his eyes have ever been
strained toward the nights where q fortune
lay, until they have taken on an unnatural
brightness. He has struggled until hard
ship has become his second nature. He
cannot sleep in a comfortable bed in a
comfortable house he must have the des-
ert for his pillow, where the winds, as they
sweep over him, have voices which forever
whisper to him OF the golden mountains
which he Is to find. So he has toiled while
all the early hopes OF his life have gone
out. So he will toll, until some morning
as the rising sun lights up the bold brow
Of the desert he will say to himself, 81
was weary last night / I'm not yet rested /;
l will sleep a little longer this morning."
and so he will sink into the sleep which
shall be dreamless.
Looked at one way, there could not be a
more profitless life; looked at another way,
and we realize that because Of him, because
he was civilizations advanced guard. pleas
ant homes have been made possible in the
desert; temples have been upreared to JUS
tice, law and learning; careful men have
been enabled to amass fortunes, and new
fields have been opened to enterprise. But
not many realize these facts. To most peo-
pie the prospector is looked upon as little
better than the tramp; but in the days to
come, when the hills are all explored and
fair homes light all the West, some inspir-
ed pen will picture the race Of prospectors
as the men, who bidding adieu to youth
and all the softer comforts of life, went out
into the wilds and with unrequited toll laid
the first foundations of the States which
illume the West with a splendor all their
own.