Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-09-01

labor and respond to the call of the
triangle rung every time Mcdonald
has the banquet spread Harry
league has the reputation of being a
kind boss. and It is said over the dis
trict that he can get as much work
done per man as any foreman in the
copper zone.
Here as well as In every mining
country In the west they have or
ganized a miners union c. &.
Blount is president. Tom Casey is
secretary and j. C. Davidson is the
dispenser of the exchequer The
union has a membership of 60. They
meet every Tuesday In a tent at the
mines of the Furnace Creek Copper
company The organization is COM
posed of a very conservative member
ship and they are the best citizens of
the district At the last meeting they
decided to raise the scale TO corre-
spond to the union scale at Rhyolite.
and considering the isolated country
in which 1t Is established. It is fair.
just and equitable. The miners here
realize the question OF harmony and
they lend their aid and influence In
maintaining Justice and equity.
Perry Lamona, Billie Clarey and
Clarence Lamb have located ground
all about the Clark properties They
were first at the game and they held
the cards and knew how to play them.
They are looked up to as blue bloods
of the prospecting fraternity. and they
are. One thing peculiar about them
is that they carry the responsibility
and the dignity of millionaires with
grace. and at this writing the abnor-
NAL dimensions of their craniums have
not been a particle enlarged.
The stampede for locations is still
rampant; wherever there is a piece of
vacant ground 1t is Immediately COB
bled up. Miles cut no figure in this
mad rush for gain. Quartz locations
are made with perfect disregard on
alluvial deposits of hundreds of feet
in depth. and the newcomer comes
struggling along and claps a placer
location on the quartz and awaits the
quartz locator to relinquish to the
rich leads of copper that underlie the
gravel. but the question remains, how
are many of the quartz locators going
to make the discovery of the mineral
in place as the law requires?
With every fiowery report reaching
Greenwater there are always many
who "hike" 1t out to the newly discov-
cred fields. All that is required to
cause a stampede is for one of the
old desert prospectors to come into
camp. purchase a bill of grub" look
wise, and when he leaves, many fol-
low. They go considerably by instinct,
as they do by touch and smell. You
can hear of Lost Cabin" mines and
other mythical rich diggings here as
well as in more thickly populated por.
tions of the country.
Greenwater, or Copperfield. as we
now call 1t. is not as lively as one
would expect, for the reason that
everybody is out In the hills locating.
But there is life and thrift in the
place. The cost of everything Is high
and there is no grumbling, Every
man possessing a location ranks him
self among the millionaires Of the fu-
ture. A man in tatters and possess
ing location talks OF the thousands
with the ease of a child asking for a
nickel. There is in Greenwater vivid
Imagination and reality of bounteous
and prosperous future. There is no
thought of one black cloud. Adversely
has been forgotten in this wild 'whirl
for a life of fame and ease. A man
with aught other than his prospect
here, in his own mind, is on parity
with Croesus.
All wants are amply provided for
in Greenwater. ]. B.