Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-01

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OF Nevada.
GOLD CREEK.
We stand, tonight. in the gate way
OF neof the richest gold belts upon
the American continent, whose au-
riferous depoeiss Gil the veins OF the
earth. and stretch its great gold bear.
ing arms mo yvery gulch and canyon,
scDlpcured from The mountains heart
Ali nature smiles upon this imperial
domain, with 9 landscape Of Alpine
beauty, skies OF Italian hue, and an
atmosphsre where no germs can i've
to chill health's budding blisses.
Here Dame Nature has stabbed old
mother earth with it's electrical and
volcanic forces, to the very soul,
through whose bleeding sides have
come the hot mineral bearing solu-
tons filing the crevices and lines of
contact with metaliterous veins.
leaving upon the surface footprints
of bonanzas, which await the eigantic
stroke OF the miner TO tap their ad-
amantine portals OF wealth, and pour
comfort into the homes Of Gods
people, .,=2
A miners line of march in search
OF gold, knows no national sbounds-=-
he digs it from the earth under no
matter what flag. This has been
mylprivilege. l have plodded over
the mountains Of Old Mexico.
have tasted with parched tongue the
floating dust of many southern ,des-
erts. | have feasted with shvering
frame upon snow balls, gathered from
the crest of the Rocky Mountain
chain, and along the eastern slope of
the Sierra Nevada system. l have
roamed the inter-mountain region.
Until their many peaks and mining
camps are familiar land marks; but
have here built my mineral monu-
ment, from choice and not from ne
cessity, for I have years in which to
make selection. ] have been lured
here by the siren voice of wealth. APP
pealng from the deep recesses of the
mountain Businesses. to the hand OF,
capital, to free their golden treasures
from their prison walls,
We must not be eoutent, NV fell
low citizens, with recounting our
wonderful resources, We. must
strengthen our industrial sinews by
constantly bringing new capital. We
must create new blood for our com
mercial life, we must not only lend
our good will but give helping hand.
Tonight we are in tho sheen and
simmer of an advancing civilization.
at time and in country Like this,
where discovery heralds discovery.
where Improvement merges INTO inn
provement, it is not a season to ex-
pect much Of crop of moss from the
backs Of those who are barriers to
progress and prosperity.
Now, when the fields are shorn of.
their summer beauty, the pastures
brown, and the hills are enshrined in
winters richest robes, Gold Creek
raises aloft it's magic wand of empire,
to be "a cloud by day and pillar of
fire by night" to lead the upturned
eyes OF fortune eeekers into the
shadow Of yictory's smiles. Our faith
is not!pinned to the. breezes that blow.
nor the clouds that float. to the ever
lasting and eternal gold bearing de-
posits, the disintegration of which
has fed thousands Of Gold Creeks
broad acres with gold.
The time is now upon us when we
propose to draw the curtain that has
yelled this land, though rich in pro-
mises true; to turn on the calcium
light Of public opinion, that tho true
merits Of our rich resources may bs
known to the world. Then it will be
that prejudice will be drowned in the
| throats Of the malicious, and Gold
Creek will echo, and re.echo from the
four corners Of the earth.
Fellow citizens, We are here to stay,
we have brought our winter and sum.
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