The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-02

l,'".o" 1'o" -'A0N''o' anu tne gallon and
the racket are yet to come. Ices GUY Guy
punches circulated between the ds, aaa
supper was served from eleven o;o''s
until the close, and only the youne ,' *
enthusiastic remained after miduighst us
Cor. 81. Louis Globe Democrat 'A''-
Early Mines OF New Mexico.
The early colonists were all m;r...
but owing to the care taken in conoas
ments of them by the natives. linls !.
left to indicate operations excent m;,.'
Of earth cut into running galleries ,s1
driven tunnels. Slavery eyervvh aus
when applied to field labor is da snv''
tive to human life. What must it S.s.
been when applied to mining u nd's
taskmasters who did not value ons aS ~.
at a pins fee? u'
Even with the aid Of science, mach,
cry, and the many humanities ~ ~.
Nineteenth Century, mining is thu =, m W.
melancholy Of trades. The task L1 Of I S;s
who hangs in midway air. to r,t d'u
samphire is not half SO dreadful a. s vo,t
done in danger from every element. WA
The ruins Of large prison anon, Il.
placers of the Miembres Mouuts; Nc
abandoned mines reopened and t,d;'
tons Of Indians clearly show that IN
conquered races were treated as thon.,
they did not belong to the human hn;
ly. There is an infinite pathos IN IN
Punishment of the untamed Indian inm
the free Sierras and the glad SUNSHINE
to gloomy caverns where thou,,nd,
were actually buried alive. They Va,
driven to toll under the lash and 4 4.
bayonet's point in the midst Of d,np.n
from falling walls, deadly gas, sudSn
floods, and the work was done by nm.
ual labor alone. They broke the rod,
with miserable tools and insuficiH
light, and mixed the ores slowly Nj
painfully with naked feet. Quartz M
ground in rude arastras or mill, h
which men and women were yoked IL.
cattle. Every ounce of precious msh
was literally the price Of blood.
So changeless are the Spanisrd mi
Indian that the description Of : NINA
near Chihuahua, written last year, IN
do tolerably we'll for the Pueblo of Il
seventeenth century. Then, asnow, IL
Spaniard was the overseer. The peoa
is the slave of to-day. Asa rule, Nui
cans, however intelligent and educated,
have no genius for machinery. Thu
, blow, crush, and drill Is their fa,Aen
did before them, and for transportato,
Of ore they prefer train Of mules 10 +,
train of cars. The miner in the sepul
chral shades Of San Domingo has neve
heard of crushing-mills OF carts.
yard-square piece Of. Unframed hide
= stretched on two sticks, is bis wheelba.
row. The drill, the pick, the crowbs.
:, are his only tools. Out Of tie bed
door of the mine he steps quickly, lighl
4 ", though weighted by sack contain
= ing q hundred and fifty pounds Of on
A broad band of rawhide attaches Il
= burden to his forehead. He is naked
:; ~ when he came into the world. He nee
!. and limbs are like q prize.fghter's. II
h perspiration streams from bis sooty fae
- - and body and his breast hesyes spa
- - medically. There are no air-shafts, ~
;, for two hours he has been down in u
= hydrogen of the mine. The path }
e has travelled in ascending winds hiths
= and thither; now up, then down; MOI
=, ~ in a chamber of whose extent b has n
- conception; now in gallery nszrow
y, At the cavity of : sugar.hogshead-s
~ narrow that, to bear his cargo through
" he must double and crawl Ike : pau
NJ (ther; now along . slippery ledge, xher
:. the slightest error in the placement o.
Il hand or foot is instant death beeaas
~ on one side is an abyss which ix u
of matter of vision might Is vel b M
no omless. Now it turns sharp eotass
os now it traverses rough masses u roca
te which are not all debris from el.1an(
for some of them have tumoled no.
he the roof, and may be followedbJ 'T n,'
70 panion pieces at any moment: v .
to to him whom they catch! Ihn'
~ -. more than half an hour the poor vreu
w. w. has come. To such fest, perform
Il regularly six times . day, whss = ~
~ ing the rapids Of Niagara on : W
rs What wonder that the breast hea.
az and the sweat poursl Have yoa
NJ heard a man escaped from drown
al tell of the agony thrilling him the lna'
nc the life-saving air rushed into no 9
All of his collapsed lungsl Somelnnk
n. r.. that this poor miner and bis oom conn
-, "a. say they suffer every time they Pas
W. w. door of the mine suddenly into To :
1ns fed atmosphere Of the upper NO. NO.
ass Horrible life! And how wretcneol!
, ,or warded! Between mining ana mo :,
.ha there is no connection. still the qua ::
a e comes: Was it for this God gase W "
md soul?-Mrs. Coz. Wallace, +" w y
ar. Independent.