The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-07
MINING FOR GOLD.
Interesting Points on the Mi
nutiae Thereof. \
PRENTICE MULF0RD's STORY.
Log Hut Life-Gc,tins breakfast
Corn Whisky at II n. M, Noon,
Dinner, Aitcrnoon-IIomc AE. Va
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lhothihg; Or II not still, they lacked
"ctlon; working all the day previously,
poeslGiy III lhe waller, or with 1t splash
lpg az ABOUT, tugg'ng ut heavy houlders,
ss.o y, "et siaiees, to Say nothing
o. the regular PICK and shovel exercise,
wot''u i'ake l1Seli lelt even when the
IiWps ahd o'ood were younger than now.
dressing wasa short job. A pair OF damp
oVefal's, par OF socks, pair Of shoes,
or possibly ING heavy rubber mining
ooo's. fMaAel shirts we slept in. A
iace swaonihg with cold water in the tin
bastn outside and flick and a promise"
Tor the hair with tho comb. That wus
ABOUT all lof week days: Vanity OF mp.
parel there was little for the working
INNER M mo was there to dress for4
Woman? Inc nearest wag half Il mile,
9o years OIL age, aud married. Then
breakfast. me tire kfndicd in the con.
tfafy niue stove. Possibly it WIS ncces-
sary 10 attack with an IKE that dried old
stump near ny and hack oil few chips
70 COOK win. me miners wood pile
was generally small.
t!c got IN iuel on rainy daye, or at tho
0dd Intervals 10 be STARED from work.
you put on the worn tin teapot, lowered
the sanze covered meal safe from the
tree, cut steak from the chunck OF bull
mahogany wlthlh called beef, slnng u
uab OF lard IN the Trying pan, put there
IN the meat and let 1t sizzle. Two or
tnsee oo''ea potatoes might be sliced,
tired more or less brown in the gravy,
ahd lhis. with brcad and tea, formed
the breakfast. The bread was the bread
Of your own iaborious baking, the loaf
Of au irregular shape, the crust very hard
aHu thick the color often pied" being
olGcK ~hefc II l'nd burned, brown where
u hao 9aSed. and Oh pallld Wilderness
where Il had not baked at a}l. Within
the loaf might be close heavy, and iu
color either u creamy or a canary vel.
low, IN proportion to the improper
amount OF yeast powder used.
me tnDle 10 II broad shell against the
VAL. There no tablecloth. You did
not always wash up alter breakfast, for
me dlshes,. as they stood, were all in
place Tor dinlier. Some fustldious min
els washed the'r dishes after each meal
most OF na diI not. 1t va, too much to
expect, OF hard worked humanity. The
canln ooorls open while you eat and
from ~ you LOOK ioFth on the claim. |
lhe!e lies the bank OF red earth as you
!clt II yesterday alter tho cave There
Is the reservoir iull OF coffee colored
ditch wafer whlch had run in during the
night alter being used for washing in q
dozeh ciaihis "upSouhtry." Then you
draw Oh those damp, clammy rubber
boots, either to the knee or hip high,
tie outside sp'dsiied with the dried red.
dish mud, and smelling dlsasreeahly Of
rubber aa you pulled them on and
smelling worse as you became heated
and perspirins. In these you waddle to
the claim. forgot. Breakfast over
one OF the most important acts Of the
day was next on the programme. Tia.
was the hlling, lighting and smoking OF
your pipe. Nothing could hurry you
through this performance. The filling
was cut in slivcrs with II careful and
solemn consideration; the weed WIS
caretully bestowed in the bowl; the
match was applied with deiiberation
savorlng OF religious act; the first puff
rose III the air rs Incense to the early
morn, and smoking thus you waddled in
your big boots to your claim. There you
met your three partners, all likewise
smoking. There they stand on the bank
looking into the ground slnice. There
is no good morning" or other greeting;
il anything, grants. There lay the tools
-shovels, picks, crowbar and sluice
iork-hefpiessiy about, as left last even.
ing. A little muddy water trickles
through the line OF sluices. Ono of us
goes to the reservoir, few hundred
yards oil, and turns on the water. An.
other goes to the tail OF the sluices With
the siuice fork: Then is heard the
clicking Of the pick and the grating OF
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