The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1897-06-25

value from the near location to the DO.
nanZa The result of all these infiu-
ences shapes and moulds the govern
ing spirit of mining camp, and in a
Greet and positive and clearly seen
manner shapes the habit of thought
ana character of miners They lose
a portion of the selfishness inherent in
humanity, and in its place grows up
spirit of comradeship unknown in
Other trade and business callings.
Years ago there originated true and
no" trlte saying regarding miners
which designated them as "honest
miners. y When the promoter and
stoc! doaler entered tho field and ur-
DER the reputation deservedly won by
the real characters. won, conidenced
and buncoed confiding world the
WIS and paragraphists used the word
ne Hest miner, y unjustly applied to
thosc VINO in no sense ever were such,
III way that cansed it to become re-
Hectlon npOn the occupation. But it
was undeserved. There is as much
d1Herence bewteen the promoter aud
the real miner as there is lewtecn
races.
we nave now. all over the west, a
CLASS OF wage workers, all foreigners
by birth. aud still more foreign bv ed
ucatlon, who are called miners They
are such men as those who strike and
appeal to force to carry their aims.
lhey are not the miners to whom we
reter. Ihe latter are independent, in
telllgeEt men. those who form the van
guard OF civilization, who prospect for
ana discover lOdes and develop them as
1ar as their financial abilities will
permit. y few find eXtraOr(i nari!v
rlch veins which yield enough ore to
pay all the expenses of development,
including boistiug machinery, roads,
buildings and mills. Il needed These
gre the fortunate few. The great ma
Jortty discover lOdes which yield fairly
wei! until they roach the depth where |
Is repaired, and then they |
must call III the aid Of the capitalists.
Many are free hearted. liberal and NAV !
he sDendthritts, who could have saved |
needed working capital fro,a the profits
obfainet from surface ores, hut as thor |
!ld not. their profits were wasted and |
ihey too called for capital. The sudden |
requirement. of fat bank account is |
apout as hard a trial for the ordinary |
GOOD fellow who constitutes the old
-lme miner and prospector as anything |
u which men have any knowledge |
lhe same truth applies pretty well 70
I'll humanity. Coal Oil Johnnies are
lot confined to the mining regions.
We give i'll this issue two pictures
Illustrating the typical prospector and
lis good luck. They were painted 10
rider by Mr.. Curtis Chamberlain, of
MS city, several years ago. 'Tho
Strike' represents the prOgpectOr in
lis element. He is natural there. He
$ /: the midst of his every day life in
which he is at his best. There is
ook OF natural pleasure in his honest,
veather-Eoaten face as he looks at the
lch piece of cropping he has inst I'M
overed. 1t is manly face. on which
o trace OF the influence Of society and
trife life can lie found.
After the Strike is the same man
hen the golden dream has come true,
nd he has come down to the city to
ee life. He has visited "hand me
own'-the fit Of the clothes show
lat-and Outftted with new suit, a
ansy bouttenier diamond stud, a
ewly shaven face and fashionably cut '
card. and he sallies forth to become t
le prey OF the gambler, bunco man
nd perhaps promoter. They are two {
lggestive chapters in mining life, IA
'lllar to us all.-Denver Mining In
ustry and Review.
-MetrODOle has come See McDor