The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10
PILGRIMS.
How the Burlington Miners Treat
GreenhOrnS.

For pure, copper-buttoned, seven-ply,
| hydraulic cussedness, the average Burling
! ton miner takes the peanut. Nothing, IN
| the way Of perpertrating a joke on his Eel
| low man, is above him, while his productive
brain can devise more ''jobs" than that OF
any lawyer in the country. A few days ago,
Billy Job, one O the lessees OF the Burling-
ton mine, visited the Alice mine, and "hile
sitting down in the hosting works, a re-
spectacle looking man, well dressed, came
to Job and said:
care you the superintendent
Eyes, sir"
"Well, l am looking for work. Can you
give me anything to do"
"Are you a MINER"
"No, sir, but I can soon learn the bust
ness."
"Welr' said Job, "you..can come on to-
night at 6 o'clock and T will tell the fore
man, Mr.. Shovel, to put you to work beat
ing up clay. After a while you will be able
to sink a hole in a raise. then you can learn
how to beat an upper in a Wine, and who
knows but that in a short TIM you will be
fixed to clear a 'itchered' hole or up
a dozen drills"
The man seemed pleased with the words
oil encouragement he received from the self
constituted superintendent, and repaired
to Butte, rugged himself up in a bran new
suit of digging clothes, and promptly at 3
O'Clock presented himself at the mine and
asked for Foreman Shovel. Finding that
gentleman he repeated as lar as he was
able, the conversation he had had with the
Superintendent" in the morning, and
wanted to know where to to
work. OF course, Bill Shovel knew that
Superintendent Hall had not given the man
any promise Of work, and was at a loss to
find out who the new superintendent"
was, when one of the surface hands told
Shovel that Bill Job was the person who
had told the man to come to work. He
laughed heartily, and told him to 60 down
to the mill and he would speak to Foreman
Ellis for him. Subsequently the man was
put to work by Mr.. Ellis, and everything
turned out all right.
Another individual fell into the clutches
OF those Burlington humorists d short time
ago, and the result was a "smiling" party,
the particulars OF which appeared in The
MINER a few days ago.
The particulars OF another incident, came
to our knowledge yesterday, in which d
resident OF this city, who wanted to be a
miner, received some very roug1,, but
harmless treatment from the Burlington
gang. The Butteite wen to Burlington
last Saturday and asked Major Ed.
Edwards, the king OF Burlington. for a job
of work. He stated to Mr.. Edwards
that he was nc miner, but wanted
to be, and was willing to start at
the foot OF the ladder, and work his way
up. Insisting on being put to work. he
was told that he could have a job at smut
fling candles. He was glad to get any
ON Monday morning. Last Monday the
, ANNA rod 1racaa6 in q bacominU n
ner for his job. As our soldier boys would
say, he was fully armed and equipped. In
addition to the USUAL miners outfit, he
had a large pair of shears, about the size OF
those usel by tinsmiths. The shears were
tied around his neck by a piece OF hall
inch rope, and were to be used in his work
of shutting candles. Foreman Jack Job
took the man to the bottom OF the shaft
and after placing several candles arOund
on the different sets OF timbers, he told the
innocent employee to start at the bottom
and snuff all the candles he could see in the
shaft. The man commenced his work in
real earnest, while Job took the ladder and
went up the shaft. He did not go on top,
however. Going up about IL feet from the
bottom, Job turned a whole column OF wa
ter down the shaft, the entire body striking
the luckless candle-snuffer square on the
head. The cries OF the poor fellow brought
the entire Burlington force to his relief,
who very quickly brought the baptized in
dividual to the surface, when he was in
formed that it was a ommon occurrence
for the water to come down the shaft in
that manner, and that if he had snuffed the
all right, everything would have
worked O. K. He assured the crew that he
had had enough OF mining and would go to
and apply for a position OF clerk in
dry goods store.
Some day we will show those Burlington
boys some Of the funny things-funny to a
tyro-found in a printing office, such as
&c.