The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-31

editor OF the Mining Review has
been making the round of num-
Der of the mining camps and dis
tricts of this intermountain re-
gion, visiting new eldorados, and
inspecting old bonanzas, the
mention Of whose names once
thrilled the mining world. In all
of these he has found the camp
builder. In nearly all cases the
personnel of these untiring, per-
severing and enterprising men
included individuals from the
upper walks of life; men with
high attainments, with college
and university educations; men
who had made names for them
selves in business and financial
circles, and men who had once
stood high in professional and
political stations.
There must be something ex-
tremely fascinating in the min
ing industry to attract such men
from their chosen avocations; to
induce them to leave the com
forts of home, the society of
friends, and the allurements of
city life, in order to pursue the
will-o' -the-wisp of fortune to the
hills; to penetrate into the bowels
of the mountain in order chat
they may secure enduring wealth
And yet in the wills of the west
we see them; in the solitude Of
mountain ranges we find their
tents, their rough log cabins;
enduring every discomfort, every
hardship, every trial; and yet
they are happy and contented,
for success to them means a
victory gained, a victory over
nature, which means more to
them than an advantage gained
over a rival in business, or of
small profit squeezed out of some
commercial transaction.
Such men are camp builders"
They bring to the wilds the best
there is in talent and energy.
Such men move mountains while
other men of meaner cahbre are
graphing with pebble stones.
They inaugurate great enter
prises which eventily change the
face of the desert. Following
their footsteps, one hears the
footing of the mill whistle, the
vibration Of the concentrating
table, the constant thud Of des-
cending stamps. In time the
rumbling of car wheels is heard
and the natives are startled by
the shrill shrek of the locomotive
as it glides around the curve into
camp. In the new town, which
was nothing but a tent city a
few short months ago, imposing
buildings begin to rear them
selves skyward with an incred-
IDLY short time, and the place be-
gins to take on an almost metro
politan appearance. Within a
brief period, banking institutions
are established, and church bells
ring out on the desert air, to be
answered by the yelping of the
COYOTE, or to be echoed back
through the mountain gorges.
The camp builder" may be {
tenderfoot at first, but he brings
with him all of the essentials fol
the reconstruction Of the west
His brains are Of the best qualit,
he posses ability of the fines
type, his education fits him TO
almost any occupation that h
may desire to follow, his ideal
are high, and he is hog fo
work. He does not believe tha
gold grows on sage brush nc
does he expect to find grea
boulders of gold sticking out 9
the ground. He expects to wor
for what he gets: he is satisfe
with favorable mineral indies
tions and is willing to dig for 9
ore body, being impressed wit
the idea that before great veal
comes great work must first
done. The first failure does n
discograge him, nor does Il
second. Experience is a de