The Arizona sentinel., 1896-03-28

ager, and quite large stock of Hfe'
 necessaries is already ranged alon!
 the shelves Passing this we drove
 on by the Superintendent's office, {
 neat little house and the home 0
 Supt. Robert Strauss, and by the
 boarding house, also a "Company'
 enterprise, which two bright "Chiua
 boys" are managing They expect tc
 assume proprietorship April first
 after which time Charlie Sam says he
 proposes to keep "blelly fine place chicken e'y'y Sunday, alice same San ! Flancisco, yop bet" The smithy is farther on and it was here that
 found Dan McGlone, the most orgin-
 inal character in Arizona.
 had been warned about Dan-big
 brawny, muscular Dan and his proto- type, Bill Hickman-so I was prepar- ed for them. Dan has recently bought
 trunk and it was delivered by stage
 that day. It is really a fine trunk and Dan is properly proud of it. So
 soon as 1t was unloaded he unwrapp-
 ed and proceeded to display 1t. Ac-
 cording to his estimate it is the very
 finest thing that ever came out of
 Chicago and only needs some female
 lingerie, dresses and high heeled
 French boots inside to make him the
 happiest man alive. 1 attempted to 'jOsh' him about it but was told that in his opinion it was worth more than any "d-d newspaper correspond ent he ever heard or saw and that so far as he and controlling majority were concerned could leave camp a d-d sight sooner than the trunk could" Dan is indeed the typical miner, good natured, generous to @ fault, liberal and profane, but his heart is in the right place even if his ideas about the Apostolic succession are somewhat vague and indistinct. Like Abou Ben Adem he is lover of his fellow man and when the time of comes, I should be per iectly content to take my chances along with him. I had just complet cd my casual survey when the supper tell rang. Ny long ride had whetted my appetite and I started for the boarding house. When I reached the wasAbasins I stopped-awaiting Mir. Golden who had invited me to eat with hlm--and it was then and there that I encountered Bill Hickman, another quaint character. Seeing me hesitate he called in the toughest of tones: "Why don't you go in to supper? What are you standing there gaping like sick chicken for?" replied that 1 was awaiting MT. to which he answered that Mr. Golden would not pay for il. Then I knew it was Bill Hickman. l l knew him by his white beard, his short pipe, his dust covered felt hat, blue shirt, rough brogans, worn over ills and mild blue eyes, so utterly at 7ariance with his strident voice. ' ! vas just about to answer him as he 1 deserved when the Chinaman called: 'Who fo you no go in and eat when lingee bell. You no wantee eat? You go eat; me no likee lingee two ,ell." That was the last straw and imid rOars of laughter sought refuge Il d cup of hot tea and good whole ome food served in tin cups and up- 1n tin plates and dishes and ate with iron spoons, knives and forks. They are true exponents of Democ- acy, those miners at the La Fortuna
 md Bill Hickman is bright star in heir constellation. They are all Ond Oi the rough voiced Bill for his leart Is as tender as @ woman's as his ye is as mild as gazelIe's. Their most cherished possession, however, 5 Mrs. Thomas Gilbert, "the only il town" She is the wife of Phoenix miner who used to work at 7oole's Gulch, but who Is now en- ,loyed at La Fortuna.
 Immediately after supper l was aken in charge by Joe Golden, the brennan. MT. Golden is well-known -mong mining men, having worked Il the Harqua Hala district Tor years. Ie took me up and showed me where 0 "bunk" as he termed it, after which ye went up to the store, the general endezvous of all those who care not or the excitement of the jack pot.
 am indebted to Mr. Golden for many kindnesses and much gentle ourtesy.
 And here-before commencing on he mine proper-I wish to say that ny idea of the typical miner received
 serious shock. l know that the popular idea of mining camps and nen are gained from reading, but iere l found men who, in good lueen's English, discussed with ease urrent tOnics and many suhinnts