Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-29
Maaing notes Ye Honest Miner.

we recall TO memory CLASS oi
men, fast disappearing, humorous.
" called "Ye honest MINER" but
history writes them the founders
and backbone Of our State. The
old type we have seen when we
were boys, many of us, and here
and there we catch glimpses of
them even at this late day. They
have been completely crowded
from the ranks, and il on the from
Tier you find them now, they are
there as hermits. Civilization is
.'too many" for them, as they will |
tell you. Eastern capitalists prob
ably more fully realize their de-
parture. Their eyes were first
opened in Nevada in 1872 and later.
It seems that silver was the cause
OF it. And it has always puzzled
US why, as moral metal, 1t should
be more depraving than gold. 1t
Is too much for US and we leave 1t
with our Eastern friends. You
would hardly recognize in the
shrewd business schooner of to-day |
the type that has made Bret Harte
famous. And yet he is the natural
descendant of that type, only with
his eye teeth cut. We will desig-
nate them the old and the new.
The old drank, SO does the new.
The old gambled, and we are sorry
to admit that, at times, the new
swerves from the proper path in
this respect. The old "salted"
mines occasionally. The new con-
tinually. The old were handy
with their "navys." The new
seek the law. We might go on at
great length in this way ami al
ways bring our old type up to the
best standard.
"PRoFEssoRs.n
We have very little respect for
this class; for, backed as they are
by the best mineralogical and geo.
logical authorities, they never find
mises. However, they never
'ssalt" them, nor couutenance such
villainies, unless. II - Il by
word among miners that more dis
astrous operations are caused by
our theoretical exper. than through
any other channel. But we must
bear in mind that they are not al
ways disinterested.
EXPERTS.
This class is varied. He may be
entitled to the affix NJ. E., or be a
practical miner, professional
man, politician, an Ex-Governor, a
rough, in fact anything, if he ia
clever enough to tell carbonate
from chloride, or a winze from a
stope. Many of them have at least
this knowledge, but further they
cannot tell o mine from double
barreled shotgun. We have even
known ex.street car conductors,
who have left Frisco reckIessly,
and after visit OF three months to
the front, return thoroughly COM
pstent to "report" on anything.
Well, this only proves the truly
American characteristic of adapta-
bility.
OPERATORS.
We had an extremely blind Idea
of philanthropy until We met this
class. Their every end and aim is
to benefit their fellow man. Their
words affirm it, their acts prove it.
They create, they incorporate, they
devastate. We are happy in the
knowledge that they are, to an ex-
tent, repaid for all their virtues.
They live principally on coupons.
THE CAPITALIST.
We at last reach what may be
termed "hopes" and "joys.n They
may be classed as those who
"earned and saved" and those who
inherit. The former comes to the
"front' unostentatiously and after
critical examination and with the
aid OF a voluminous report from
the Professor favorable or other
wise) returns home. The inheritor
comes in special car fanked by
ffiends of like happy state, also by
wine. He observes. Nothing es-
cRpes him. The knowledge that |
he acquires in three days is mar.
velous. He has brought his own
Professor. He is at last suited. He
purchases. A mining king! More |
wine! Fiz! Pop! Happy lnherltor.
Happier Professor, for we are sor.
~ to say that he has "stood in
with the boys"
THE MANIPULAToR.
History tells US that but one
man ever "went in with a shoe
string and came out with a tan.
yard, although he is living and
now visiting our sister Republic.
We must differ with history. The
class to which we now allude are
particularly noted for this accom-.
plishment, They are strong of
scent, keen of eye, government
mule Of cheek, and bad of breath.
They work In pairs. One at the
front, who is to-day al