Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-07-11
lIINOR PASSES
OUT The CON-
LIENS MINERS OF RAWHIDE
no THE BEST IN ENG
LAND.

nn44tESAOA 9AS
i. From its vast desert to Its great
nouptains. nothing In nature is
noau and small, and the peoples
~,rds seem to be in tune with their
.rrroundings. In no country | have
,-.veled through have l met SO man
,rendid human beings-kind heart
a honest, generous, belonging TO
mo class of natures nobility. This
6 particularly noticeable in the min
,rg camps of Nevada, where In the
infant settlements, like Rawhide-a
Aaby community, not six months OH
good n and chlvalry to
romen seem to be at the highest
Standard.
Think Of those brave fellows fight
ing nature to obtain from her legiti-
mate wealth; fighting hardships, cold
and great heat, difficulties in obtain
inc food and water, and each day the
chance of death-facing 1t all cheer
mlly and coolly with that belief 10
their ultimate success which %inevita-
bly, results in their obtaining II.
splendid Faces and Physiques.
Nine-tenths OF tho faces are splen-
did; so are their physiques. And
What interested me most was that
the English type seemed to predom.-
nate. There we're probably no mo-
English. really, than in any Other
part OF America. but the out of door
lie and the continuous exercise seem
10 produce a certain look which, Wit
our insular prejudice. we have been
Ecustomed to consider exclusively
English.
What respect and encouragement.
hey deserve, those young miners o
Rawhide! They have few of tn
Wnveniences of the other grea'
amps. No shelters on the spot. NJ
Eater; apparently nothing but I
grim desert of arid sand and sag.
brush. The late afternoon, whei
they are all in the town after wor'
Is v Q is a sight. Nearly all OF then
spruce and smart. and, ever If the
sim wear their miner S dress, the.
seem to have clean shirts and to b.
freshly shaved, while their exquisit
courtesy to women would grace cout
aers. I,took the pleasure of pc
sonally speaking to many of them
and, while they were kind enough
show a great interest TO see the ~
thor Of Three Weeks" not one so
In the street or gambling saloor
stared rudely or committed a sing
action in bad taste. should say th
Is their particular attribute-thi
fine quality of good taste which
England we associate with the hig'
est breeding.
Not a soul vas drunk, and .
though they we're splitting on q
aoor In the saloon and the air W,
thick with tobacco smoker no Of
vas offensive: not an atom OF &
smell that there would be amor
English workmen massed togetht
The types thrilled me. Infinite
\ ss;;ar bred looking than any ! ha
seen anywhere else in America, al
some extraordinarily good loohir
The Sheriff presented numbers 10 o
party at the dance hall, They we
absolutely respectful. but more u
the homage OF courtiers to a que
than any other form of subservien'
they were mostly in the miner DIRE
but with beautifully clean shirts a
hands, and they might all have be
princes and dukes by their name
These camps are the only place
America where | have yet found r.
equality-that Is, il is the man v
counts. not any position or anythi
in the world but his personal mel
Their Dancing "PoetIy OF Motion
The floor OF the dance hall Y
crowded with every type of the m
ing community, two-third splen'
faces aud figures, just glorious ms
The other third dwindling from
ordinary assortment of Eastern
70 really low type Mexicans. In
This heat and exercise not the slig
est smell OF common people and II
uan," like there would be sven il
clean cottage In England, and ans
Tue dozens who were presented,
one had a trace of awkwardn'
'hough their dress was the ro'
miners, with great boots, all cl,
and smart, and all with a phi
lsgun,' l beg its pardon!) in Il
Oets, although 1t is against the
but grim death turks here.
The dancing was the finest ] h
ever seen, the poetry OF motion
absolutely smooth and grace
lhey held their partners n little n
elasped than we do, and the womi