The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-06-21
Mining Nomenclature.

SUMS q N"9t "iiN lH'Ni 'FtibS HU'I'Nl
for reflection and speculation.
From the names OF mining claims
a person can often surmjse the
thoughts uppermost in the mind Of
the locator at the time he discover
ed and named his little tract of
mineral ground. His hopes, his
fears, his ambitions, his past resi-
dence, separated loved ones, and a
thousand other things are often
written in the single name OF "A
mining location. Sometimes names
are adapted to the mines that bear
them, but more frequently, like
wrecks on the seashore, they are
all hat is left Of a wasted fortune
and blasted hopes. Again, it rep
resents wealth, power and position,
Tor without the lucky strike in that
little piece of ground, its discover
ors would to-day be following a
wheel-barrow. A small rudely
cribbed shaft, bearing a sweet fem
inlne name, is often as rear as its
owner ever came to the possession
OF the idol Of lis heart. But the
reader can draw his own mental
pictures OF this panorama Of a min
ing district as depicted from the
vocabulary of mining claims record
ed IN the Registers office. We
shall only present a few to show
the incongruities as well as adapta-
bilities Of names, as presented in
this district. The Great Hopes
mine in Big Evans Gulch has pro
duced but little so far the Small
Hopes has yielded nearly &250,000
in the last five or six months. The
Little Chief mine proved the lead
err Of all the Chiefs in point Of pro.
duction, although there are claims
by the more pretentious names Of
Big Chief, Highland Chief, Low
land Chief, and Iron Duke, Little
Prince and Black Prince. The
Miner Boy has contributed more
to Leadyille's production than the
Plow Boy, while the Printer Boy
did better than both the last nam
ed. There is also the Glad Boy.
who vas made 50 quite recently by
a good strike, and tue Orc City
Boys. While the boys have not
been very prosperous, the girls
have done even worse. The prin-
ter Girl has yielded nothing, nei-
ther has the lIoosier Girl. In the
case of Calamity Jane comment is
unnecessary, she having proved
true to her dime novel reputation.
The Opulent mine in one instance
at least did not turn out a pauper,
which is more than can be said for
\ the Cornucopia, which was empty.
The Golden Casket was Il deceit
and Il fraud, and the Treasure
Vault had evidently been entered
by burglars long before the advent
Of American miners in this section
Of the new world. The Argentine
true to its name, was prolific in
silver the Breeze Iron mine is a
good producer of IRON ore, and the
Carbonate mine contained u repre-
sentative body Of carbonate Of lead
ore. The Terrible did not disclose
any 7 bodies of terroriziug di-
m~ensions; the Scooper served only
to scoop money out Of the pockets
OF ITS purchasers; the Evening and
Morning Stars shine as brightly as
any in the ornament. the Crescent
shone as weak as a new moon.
The Yankee Doodle has kept up
its tune at a fair gait, without vari-
alton, for years. Uncle Sam was
of ne account at this altitude;
neither was the American Eagle or
Flagstaff, an unusual occurrence.
Another meanest man has
recently turned up at Leadville.
He recently purchased his newly
married wifa q tub and vosI boyrd