New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-01
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY Is4TwELvE PAGES

heads and In the hurry NJ making " the paper me tor
man lifted the article into the foru anu tn III
Of the public The owners rushed down to tho office pre-
pared TO I've met by storm Of indignation but ~9Te
amazed to find that the rejected article hau hde NV
aud that they were on the hOodtde to fortune
IN THE MINING CAMPS.
The nomenclature OF towns on this coast mas adueu
unique features 10 the geography OF the Far west
There is lacking here however that assortment OF c'
ical names which makes tdr through Western Ne"-
Yo x Ike review of ancient history. The Jason oil 4'
search the modern golden fleece cared less TOT he
classics than for corn whkey he had the broad Amer-
can humOr which sweetens hardship the local color was
70 him Tar attractive than any reflection OF history
and a striking incident of camp life frequently SUFFICE" I"
handicap young town with ludcrous or proi"he n''
Of which 1t took years eminent re4pectahty Tor IL 10
free Itself in the naming Of newspapers the Same
eccentric fancy has been shown and still continues to he
manifested whenever any mining region l. opened
The newspaper Is usually started before the low" n
passed ont OF the period and reached the dignity vi
the story redwood shanty The faVorte uue j. one
which suggests the hidden treasure WHICH i Jc' 70 p
uncovered. Thus the mining field In Idaho "hch
has been written up By enthusiasts correspondents '
the coming bonanza the coast boasts Of me or"
fAleHe Nugget journal which would do no diNcre1 10
older settlements Recently two rivals nave sprung UP
that here is mining camp scarcely three months ou
with three weekly newspapers! In Arizona MINING
town which is only little more than four years oil" II
tombstone. founded ny Ed ScnleueLll' d A''N w.
pector whose latest exploit lead disastrous OK
pendition the Yukon River. in Alaska in search OF
f,buously rfch gold mines. -cefcln started ou1 IIo
Tucson to explO the country near tie Mexican p0ItT
Ills friends all told him lie would hnd nothing pl' .t
grave IN this dark and bloody ground over Ehcn IN
cruel Apache rOimed in strong bands, picking On az
when he struck rich ore in Cochise County he named the
camp Tombstone. IN memory Of the d'ina proIn'CeHo
Miners came in from Ali quartcrs Naturally before the
place was two months old newspaper was stl'I ~
shabby little at the outset but II now an eight
column daily paper and very fary Ie ,hec Ut II
could have reached IT. present size and influence IN
any Eastern town in less than score OF years
CURIOUS BITS OF NOMENCLATURE.
The mixture OF Mexican and American customs on the
southern border has produced queer results ID Jour
nas of the youngest and most lnfcrou' Of these
il The G,7Bgo and Greaser. Of Manzano, New-AeNlco
II il about SIX inches by nine, and only WITHIN ie"
weeks has attained the dignity Of al English dress IL Is
printed in ac type, due 10 the deficiencies oil ~ onIhV
rather than to any desire he emphatic whatever other
qualities this production lacks, ygor Of expression ana
command of vaIiegated border sang are not wanting
Tho editor head. two columns OF short pungent and fire.
ouently proflne paragraphs. ~anctlm Rash
Another eccentric paper Of this vicinity Il The Las
V,gas ODHc while many Others, "ncA nave no
poculilrfte. Of title have an ouandsh look by reason
OF the columns given mp TO the figures OF catte Dcrhs
the brands Of the various ranchmen The coast can pro-
luce some queer names OF newspapers. Among these
may be mentioned The Cnsr Gr0,de a. t. Pie0ein"'
printed in the town which l. the fitting out point Tor ue
new Ouintoa mines: The CGiicO Print lively que jour
nal l D she'd at OF the new calico ~ ping us
tricr in southern CALIFORNIA;; The dcst, run 6ucE thc
,,,resr-ative OF one the largest wheat growing
colrtip. in tnts state and deriving tS name rom an IN
peneu III the harvest fird; The N keiNmHsS Hdrr'Hc
~ me which i.Gr5 exclamation: The AI0mefH Enc"m
"A name slgge~ i've sOi the spanish settleisthu naNu
from the beautiful grove ~ lv-olks In which the town
- Asfabsbed. The Rerock Deu0crd Ot Baker cry
OREGON rich i'm "Reminiscences OF the old days when To
reach bedrock TO the miner reward for long weeks
OF work and hardship. 18th $40
These are SOME the recuiIritic- Of press when re-
recr, very aitufy the giug western me Iherc
LITTLE IN the Journals their editors 10 call Iot Hlti
comment. but they represent phase ut American clll
ration which the years 10 come Will nave ulth interest
tor the student OK National lie