The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-20
H YOUNG MAN
IN MINING WORK

In the present day Of rapidly increas-
ing population. congested cities, COM
binations of capital. and intense COM
petition in practically all lines Of in
dustry, the wall often goes up that
many of the professions open to young
men are already over-crowded. and that
advancement or well-merited promotion
is slow and by no means sure. excepting
to the youns man with a pull" or with
plenty Of capital to begin with.
There is plenty of truth in this asser-
ton, but we believe that back of it all
there lies a sociological reason.
With respect to employment. Ameri-
can workingmen may be divided into
two great classes. direct and indirect
producers; the former being actively
engaged in the two great creative in
dustries, agriculture and mining, and
the latter following the various indirect
pursuits which cluster about these two
industries. such as transportation, man.
ufacture. exchange, etc.
1t is possible that too many young
men, particularly those reared in cities.
have a tendency to follow the pursuits
which indirectly create. instead of the
two which are the basis of all direct
Neutrality-suspicious. and mining.
These professions" or vacations do not
seem ever to have been overcrowded. and
the wall has never yet gone up that
there are too many farmers or too many
miners. What America stands most
in need of today Is the development OF
her latent natural resources. n 1t Is
high time that more of her sons should
be brought to a sterner realization OF
this fact. with some. particularly those
who have been polished by the butter
fly life of the city, we can easily guess
that their fastidious tastes and aesthetic
natures would rebel at the thought OF
their being classed with the verdant
plough boy or brawny miner, but to the
ambitious, energetic young man. who
keeps a weather-eye upon the remuner-
alive feature of his employment, and
who desires to become engaged In a
magnificent industry which detracts
from none. but the one upon which all
! other industries depend. we can point
with u~nmeasured pride to mining as his
golden opportunity. No other industry
will yield a greater financial return
none other will more quickly recognise
and reward genuine ability. and none
presents so unlimited a field for worthy
achievement
Young men. this industry is never
overcrowded; the products of your toll
always find a ready market: your pro-
duction is not attended with competi-
ton; II you have the ability you need
not work for others. but you have q
most excellent opportunity to be your
own boss" a field of great possibility
is open to you; you associates are great
~big-hearted men who LAY gotten theil
wealth by creating 1t and not merely BY
saving 1t; 1t is as untainted as the dew
Of heaven; what you create will be 9
permanent addition to the enduring
wealth of the world: and last, but not
least, you will be engaged in a calling
which will make a man out of you while
you are making one out of 1t.
If the profession you intend to enter
is o~vercrowded; II you are without
pull" or a sufficient supply of the coin
of the realm. get into the mining bust
ness, where there is room for expansion
without encroachment upon the rights
of your neighbor. Get into a profession
which wants you. which needs you, and
which for many years has been calling
for you.-Cox Mining Journal.