The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1882-07-22
SKETCH OF Two CHARACTERS.
The Freiberg Expert and the Pioneer
Proprietor.

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nom do plume of professor. You will
always know him by his assumed pro-
fundity. His ocular vision will be In the
real of n protective shield of glass In order
that his perspicacily may be more acute
attending the ~perilous adventure from. his
equipage to a mine. The gilded pointers IF
his reaeh will be adorn d with fine kids. for
an observation Of the the heated rays from tho
SIN and TO shield them from the elements of
the earth; the covering that adorns the acme
of his Uranium never becomes pale through
tn } university of mining.
After tbs prospector has blazed his way in
the wilde, made his find and its matrix has
given bihh 10 its gems of nature. tn n and
mol until then, will this recandite creature of
gravity sal ate tbs scene with his fdaeiary
presence, to echo what has air ady been
proven. and to sa isfy the vanity Of II fashion,
abl CT rle Of noviees in mining. He il TOO
azfnte 10 risk time or mon y on his own judy
mont, III ia II "a th r OF T .eeises ply for the
chin ri al imitation of tbs exploits OF tho
practical mining ex ,ert. Ye; The tyro in
mining assumes he IS prere ~luisite for the
sl ne, for
It's wealth and fame must b. proclaimed,
And for thai purpose hsisoriained.
BIZ n prOsp sctor pr sin ha Ia moi pre-
scient or ma norabie. I'll prpsahctor is I'M
bu d with tn, pioneer progressive spirit
of The silver era Of ths aga, whleh
may be presumed to comp1ts from
the memorable time that the echo from
the first shot in the apex OF the Comstoek
lode rssolnded through the deep canyons of
No Mt bavid.on, md the rever b~eraiinn
was waynd over its senila peaks ne a herald 10
tn world at The or Attest mining discovery OF
my aga. nm tbs dawn a. silv.r MINING in
An 'riea. Thus tn, gold 'n-frin red vail VS.
and silvei-lined monntnins ofthe VneifcCaast
have created the character that the gakettas
o the land assume Is an enigma for the fntnre
historian 10 eluci late. for which ihev are his
memorabilia. Yet he is The erigmaiic that Is
solved by m, oasis created for the reception
OF civilization.
III Is oirili alton follows in his wake
His created wealth To partHke.
Which to acl Ire sads hi u through the
formidable wilds Of the frontier. nft-times
with no communion but his animals Of brr-
den. No sound to greet his ear but the Dor
tentious shrek Of the %yaliurc that hovers
over III desert in qneSt of nrey that nav fall
n victim h. III, burning sands and tn > scorch-
ing RVS Of the sun
For the bleached bones and blood'sunbleach-
ing stain"
Arc mementoes ofthe SINS nnvialding strain.
No cooling dra1ghts to nloieten his parch-
oil lips. 1t is a ~lifelsss wilderness OF dazzling
stnl.
No flowers are born 70 grace his way
To remind him ~ his childhood scene;
No trail TO guide him on his wRv
To the Il 'ser' rim TINT can be scen.
Nv the dark outlines of n range of mountains
that i looming IN against tho distant horizon
he penetrates its lari dafles. with its sum
hlenehed peaks. heekoning for his presence
To its uhli neh ights In tn dismal serenity
thai pr yhils il will seem to him like com
hitting n s%acrilrgs 70 eta its disc with the
marks Of a rick. Yet no index OF hidlen
srensare win esease his observation. Tho
earth reoeding from the sun in its western
reeina. warns hi of the approaching shades
Of night. An plkAli desert for his couch. with
his r yarie and perception in astral space,
illuminate his thoughts with the secrets SUI
p~ermundnne:
Yes, be who is nothing bnt n stadent of mum
dime.
The astronomer is welded 10 the secrets in
lnminois : ac so thu prospa"tor with thu
secrets OF mundane wilds which % 'athom
requires mn inAOmitahle will aud intelligence.
Not it'll .ta rling thu hs is depicted right The
revers. by the croaking. maldlin. wonld-ba
INK -slinger. there i a mystery in some mems
in heTitance from their fathers. Diseases Of
the body. as well as pecalinrities Of he mind,
rest dormant for ages, III n TO revive IN some
distant descendnnt-henre the DEVELOPMENT
of genius displayed by their pen, with the
prospector for q quiz.
Its true OF the prosnectnr that his path
way To success is predetermined, and few run
the gauntlet Of its adversely and gradunte
with the diploma Of wealth. Yet while men
toll to lay mp wealth. h tolls to create IL.
Tho sequel to the discovery of the Comstock
lode was n silver lining To the iark cloud of
contention that prevail Il DER the ini of the
free. While The patriots on the AllRnti side
yer proving 20 tbs world bv their vnlorons
leeds that thew were Ike unto tn coal in thu
hills, VII re they sprung from, when once
heated " 'ull melt iron. the prospectors of
tn Pacific Coast ware tapping the earth's
dise for our Nations treasureless vaults. TO
r c iye its flow Of Waalth-'o stem tn tinan-
elai breakers hat ths world was sure would
wreck the ship of State.
Yet III re il no yesiige of the diseoverers
Of the nne ia ned Gonstoek lOd Observable
its adjunct. Dan he Quill, excepted on the
pictorial PAGES of the History If tbs Silver
state. with its proil embellish nents. while
the proiiles of the heroine o. the dairy. the
heroic haymaker. tn town hlck ster, Plumed
with tho urbane mereenery politician. pro-
fuSely grace it, pages.
1t may be gcrmane to observe that there is
no Stale IN our blessed MON graced with so
many hist ,rical characters as the Sagsbrush
land. Bat the uninitiated mast not presume
hat tho above Gle nent Is necessary to consti-
tnte thu magnet III st Is relair d to attract
from thu argent Willis its secrets 10 build The
foundation of n State TIA 'roon. But in liaa
ia reaf they are more inbaad with the hero
ism of thu wandering Jsy than with the ex-
plots nf the eh lracter whoss iasc / 'tiOns are
carved on the mountain ranges that adnrn
tho daso I seen r. OF this speek on oar
plan rs disc. which will tell tn historian
TINT thr0l IA the prospector tbs Battl' Born
Sta 9 of this ~utOpian nation received its in
c tpiiun.
IL nnr to the pioneers, wbo knocked ut the
adam1ntin doors OF Mount Davidson, that
creat, d The revolt against Mother Earth 10
ffe it, imprisoned wvnlth.
TIL IS nre h ins nnco of their life
hat rent d the d sert rite
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