Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-03-26
TRE PAYER or PROSPERITY.

1
The prospector, the lonely fellow
who follows a burro through the
mountainous regions OF The world in
search Of the precious metals and
stones, is the man who makes rich
mining men richer; he is the indi-
vidual who makes rich strikes"
and sells them to the rich mine OPP
orator for about one-sixih what they
are worth, and then SHOWS in" the
proceeds, and starts out again with
his long cared companion to strike
it" again, which, as the records
show, he seldom ever does.
This is the ordinary, everyday
prospector. who prospects because
he can't help it,; because ii is HE
nature to be continually searching
for that which he may never find
TT he had millions he would have to
take periodical prospecting trips
just the same. The prospectors are
not, as may be supposed, ignorant
or illiterate; some Of them are grad
yates OF the best institutions of
learning, both in America and Eu-
rope, and but very few of them but
what have a good common school
education. Many Of them have
graced the banqueting halls of the
-four hundred" of New York. II
is no uncommon thing to find down
in prospect hole, polishing the
head Of drill" q man who has
served as a judge, or in some other
learned capacity, in some of the
eastern States. II has we'll been
said that the prospector is a verita-
BILE Wandering Jew" for in his tire
less ramblings he has left his foot
prints in every mineral belt in the
united world. Neither the cold
bleak winds of the far north, nor
the hot rays Of the tropical sun.
check his wanderings. Nor will
the wild beasts or the murderous
Indians stop him--he seems to be
invincible. To him alone we might
say. with this perseverance, faith
and indomitable courage, is due the
development of all the great bullion
producers Of the universe; for, as
has been stated, he is the fellow
who. striking the ''fioat," follows il
up and uncovers the veins, that are
nearly always afterwards developed
by the man Of money.
What the citizens of this old globe
Of ours owe this lonely class of hui
mainly IL incalculable, and those
who have never had the opportunity
TO know of the ups and downs"
they experience during their humble
but generally eventfnl lives, can not
appreciate their true worth. In the
United States the prospector is the
true pioneer of western civilization,
for if we will stop to study the his
tory of all our rich and prosperous
agricultural and manufacturing dis
tricts in the west, especially on the
Pacific slope, we will find that he,
in his search for the earth's hidden
treasures. has paved the way to the
present high state of prosperity and
cultivation. As a rule. he Is gener-
Gus, true-hearted and brave, and
will 60 further to protect or help n
friend than any other member Of
the human family. In a generous
way their ''latch-string hangs on
the outside" and q man travelling
through their country would be a
'.tenderfoot" indeed who would not
stop at their camp. or cabin, and
help himself TO anything in sight in
the way of edibles, whether anyone
eas about or not; but Gold help
the man who would steal from one
Of them, should they ever each
him.-Asizona Report.