The White Pine news., 1884-03-29
WAC ARE IN cGUR D,ALENE.
The Motley ThrOng 10 be Seen on
Our Streets.
ICosur d'Aleno Nagget. March l5thl

lOoSuA u <1ACh5 4NdHkots MhTcu lDtuI
Among the three thousand people
who have thus early found their way
to the Occur d'AIene mines, "a large
proportion are business men. Tney
are men Of means, OF energy, OF
Intelligence, who come here TO Oh ain
the first opportunities OF investment
which are SD desirable in all new
camps. They are shreMd, thoroughly
informed men, who eagerly compete
with each other for the numerous
business prizes which arc TO be drawn
III this great mining excitement lot
terry. There are hundreds OF laDorers
mere. uewers of wood, and men who
are content 10 earn honest wages for
honest work. They are stalwart,
sinewy fellows, VINO toll early and
late, il SHOW and storm or sunshine.
These are they who are building cities
in these desolute mountain wIlds.
There are gamblers here Of that
rest assured. There al Aaudreds of
them. Gamblers Of the genuine Bret
Hartc style. Men OF large hearts, of
generous impulses, IN II 10 " nom, OF
all That are in camp, you would 20
ASs ~ Aoh Al uOlidt Will II Cl ~ Oul
meal. Men who ould never refuse
yoa SO long as they had The dollar.
Gamblers there are, too, who arc not
OF this stamp. Men who are con-
stantly begging slaHes ofthe batter
class with which to fleece victims.
And tine victims are here. Lots Of
them. Some are wor4men, and lose
their wages every week. Some bring
little money with them 10 the Coeur
Il Alene, and return Ioine broke. The
''girls' are here, too, and more of
tno.n come every day or two. Some
of them dress stylishly and wear silks
aud diamonds. Some dress coarsely
aaI slovenly. q lite number wear
mems clothes, and walk the streets In
garments which would excite the enNy
Uf Susan B Anthony. Boys are here,
mere youths not Vel out oftheir teens.
Ii is a terrible school for lads, yet
they have come with the rest. There
are old 40 ers here. Men whose hair
aud beard have been silvered III the
tireless, persistent search for gold
winch will never end till life's close.
They are all prospeetors, and you tinl
them living II hermit's life in lit le
cabins up lonely gulches. And the
miners are here. The true, grand
souled old-time miners, with their
blue shirts and open-palmed hands.
Their cabin, their fare, their blankets
will be shared with the stranger just
as 1t used To- be in the golden days on
the American and Yuba, just as it
always has been where there were
miners. II any class should be
monarch among men, it is these same
miners. They laugh at hardships and
privations, they never think OF shirk-
ing work or OF doing a dishonofable
act, aud when the dust Is panned out,
| IL goes as easily as water. Bye anu
| bye many a rough, hard character
will come, many bully, cutthroat,
scoundrel, but SO long as tho miners
are in the majority, the camp will 0
all right. The miners are the men
upon whom depends the fate OF the
country, the men, of all others, who
will rule the camp. Ah!yes, another
| has come, the Angel Of Death. Neither
| the snow, nor tho nugget mountain.
nor the silent forests, nor the deep,
| dreary canyons could hide from him
this new born camp. lie has come,
aud his pinioas has borne some of our
number beyond the worry and weari-
ness OF this struggle for gold. Under
| the hillside snow lie four of the boys,
WHO came eager and thirsting, little
dreaming that their bodies evermore
would rest among the gold dust they
came TO find. Yes, the Angel of Death
j. here. scores and hundreds will
acknowledge his presence ere the
year closes, and next wintor's SNOW
will find them sleeping under the
snow, among the golden sands.