The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-07
WHY STARVEOR BEG7
Nature Offers Work to Tnem-
ployed in Placer Mines.
GOLD ~ THE STATES RIVERS.
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While wo.ksngmen III over the eorssry
are crying ca; that they vsntsrnpsoymene
and cannot find Is. and while they are Of
ssnsxins into armies % march 90 Wash
inxtou City ard demand that congress
shaa pas, SONS laws Tor the nsanufsctnre
Of money which shall Be expended In EN-
moving them. there are means IN this
state OF Washington whereby they can
employ themselves. 6x their own wages
according TO their skill. sagncisy and IN
dussry. and psy themselves, not monthly
or weekly. bns daily. in mcnsy which 10
worth its weight In gold. for IL u gold.
They hsye no need 70 beg eongress TO 70
lisvs them by Increasing the circulating
medium with vast issues Of pspsf money:
nor 20 beg congress TO build roads. dig frrt-
gattng bitches. improve harbors or do other
public works, good 40 they may be, for these
unemployed men can 60 right 70 Mother
Earth and dig up eold dollars With pick
snd shovel. which they can exchange 1t
any store for food and eioshing and tools.
BY doing this they would become In
dependent, seif-rsliant citizens, trusting
70 no grandmother government. no SLOW
moving Uncle Sam, for living. but only
20 their own brain and muscle. They do
not need 10 form shsmseIves into Indus
trial Armies and gradually lose their self
respect By parading their troubles before
She nation and by living of the charity Of
othArs; they do not need 10 become
paupsrS and srsmps. for tho war IL open
70 them 70 rsmsin men in the proudest
ssnse Of the word, Wrestling their sus-
- ~.sxIfk -
which II current coin ths world over. al
though IL may not have bssn stamped
into the form Of coin; thsy can dig gold.
Il 10 from y. w. Whmans. the we'll
known mining man. that the very prac-
ticai suggestion came that the unem-
pioysd should employ themselves 1t placer
mining and he enlarged upon IL with en-
thusism. saying In its support:
1.-THE placer mine Is essentially the poor
mans mine. for il cannot b probably
worked by large capitalists. and IL can BE-
worked with no more outlay than q car
psntsr makes on his tools. Even II the
industry IL worked on large scale il viii
not pay interest on money invested In ma
chinsry, nor the cost Of management and
supsrintendsncs, for IL will only par wages
TO those directly employed with their in
expensive snd simple tools. The large
capitalist finds his opportunity In the
quarts mine, where . large plant 10 r.
Quired for reduction Of the ore and for
smelling Il: bat for the placer miner the
water has already done the work OF re-
duction and al hs has TO do 10 to find the
gold, pick II up and take IL to market"
For ages the Columbia and Snake rivers
and their tributaries. which flow from
the glaciers and snowbanks of the Cas-
cades. the 6elkirks and Rockies. have been
washing down small particles Of gold from
the quarts Lodges which they cut. and ss-
posting Il In the sand and gravel banks
and bars along their tortuous COURSES
thsy have pierced new courses for them
selves through the mountains and plains.
leaving their rich gifts In their abandoned
beds. and cutting new lodges and building
now banks Of sand and gravel, rich with
flakes Of gold. who're they now how.
From the Cascades eastward there flow
The Msthow, Simi.kamssn. Niger creek.
Pcshastin. Dry, Nahum. Williams. VIII
son. Yakima SwAuk. Cle-elum. Teanaway.
From the Rockies, flowing westward
through Idaho into Washington, are
tho Clark's Fork. Clearwater. Salmon and
snake and their innumerabls tributary
creeks and rivers, In whose sands gold
can be found. From tho mouth Of the
Columbia southwark, through the whole
belt Of country west Of the Cascade range
TO San Francisco. almost every stream,
large and small. carries its burden Of yellow
dakes and drops Il among its sands, ready
70 DO sought out BY man.
All these riches ara waiting the coming
b. .rxta
waRes subject to no reductions for hard
times and always subject to advances As
reward for skill, industry and psrsever-
ancc. There 10 no rent to pay. no employer
10 ask for work a. though IL were favor.
for the gold-bearing sands are open TO oil
20 take them without money and without
price. aud Nature Is the sole employer OF
the placer miner. The miners. too. are
their own lawmakers and In each distric,
can meet in popular assembly and decide
how much land man may take aud by
what tenure he may hold IT. The laws
which the miners thus make for them.
selves rule in each district until repealed
or amended by the power that made them.
"How much does IL pay % may be asked.
Among the many Of whom the question
was asked none could DO found no named
figure less than 81 p day. and the " ages
ran all the way up 10 81 and s. dav,
while In some favored districts as much a.
$40 day Is taken cut FOR many year.
the dcsplsed Chinsman has been tabor
iously washing out gold from the bed and
hanks Of tho Columbia, taking il to tn,
frontier store and trading /, for food ana
clothing or aepossting IL in his bank
The merchants with whom he deal,
cay that thu Chinaman nsvei
tells how much he makes. ba
that from the quantity Of dust be bring,
in, 1, eannet fail below sia5 day ans
ruas eli the way up 20 s. day. When
man thus employed has finished his day,
work he has drawn bis pay for that day; h,
does not have 10 vais till his employer hn
made some collections or has raised q loar
81 the bank; be has no time check or ser!,
90 cash st discount. for the dust hs ha,
produced il subject 10 no discount, besns
cash ITSELF
chow are We Co 60 about Il 2" Is the mex
(oestiaa- Form . party or company o
net iess than tao persons and Of a. m any
~ are desired, 80 long a. IL 10 not 60 ls-s,
- 10 be nnwie.dy and is composed OF rer
who wiil pan together. ask for gruh-ssak,
and tools instead Of asking the pubic Il
feed you ia idleaess. and 60 to any one o
shs streams named A maa who is-will
ias 10 gFaes;sks yea vii prohaaiy
h~ wii'.ng To ray railroad fare also
The provisions yoa need will be few snc
inexpensive saea ~ toar. beams, bacon
or pork. eoGee. sugar, salt ana perhars
some kind OF cried fruit This bIll of fars
can b supplemented wish game in shs
mountains aud trout IN the strssn. 81
that you eau live &C the IA, Of the lanl