Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-08-18

nation. has added UNNECESSARILY
more to the annals Of our country
than a century of ordinary progress
and development.
Mining and the prospector have
been the avaunt couriers of civiliza.
ton and development and from
their initial dates the growth Of the
west. Ocean commerce. followed
them thru the waterways of the
world and railroad builders hewed,
dug and blasted the blazed trails in
to roadbeds for the iron horse.
Magnificent cities, with all the mod
ern conveniences of art. science
and mechanical device. illuminated
at night by myriads Of electric
lights. stand on the spot where per-
haps a year before only the blaze of
the land prospector's fire Knocked
the brilliancy of the shining stars.
Into the virgin peace of the noun
tain solitudes come the virtues and
the vices of civilization and the his
torian finds a new field for his
labor. The daily paper, the great
chronicler of incident and detail.
heralds to the world the record OF
each succeeding day. and thus
where the .prospector's pick first
struck the ringing metal or the ore
in which II slept, a new depot Of
intelligence is erected 10 add its
quota to the cumulative and aggre-
gate history Of the world. And
yet in all this history-making rou-
tine the prospector and miner are
discredited by exclusion from just
recognition. Their remuneration
lies in communion with the infinite
and in broadened grasp of the pos
sibilities of the land they invite the
tribes to occupy, untouched by the
sordid crystallized commercialism of
the bowling mob which follow their
trail. ike jackals on the spoor Of a
lion, the prospector tiresomely
climbs the ragged shale of the
side until the summit is
reached and there vista spreads
before him canopied by the vaulted
blue of heaven and lit up by the
blazing orb of day which only he and
the gods have been permitted 10
view. He sees in the vast expanse
of solitude the onrushing human
wave with all the years of conquest,
he hears the sacred hush of nature
walked by the hum of industry and
far away over the rolling plains
CLEAN the weapons of commerce
and he knows that in another day a
city will nestle Mt the base Of the
And history verifes his
dreaming.
Thus among the history builders
Of this great western continent the
first place belongs to mining. All
other adjuncts 10 the erection Of
the superstructure follow In It's
wake. AS upon the conduct Of this
industry depends the supply Of a
basis of value and a medium Of
exchange, II necessarily follows that
It alone adds TO the wealth of the
world and saves us from retrogres-
sion to the system Of barter. Com
merce without the upbuilding sup
port of this constant supply Of
wealth from natures storehouse
would suffer materially from fric-
lion and erosion. Hence mining
eads the way for art, science. COM
nerce and literature and drives
with the first stroke of the pros
pector's pick the stake from which
he future historian must take his
course In the compilation of incl
Tents and events.
Next TO mining the greatest
industry in the United States Is the
Of the products Of
he metal producing mines. OIL
hese the most important Is the
ron and steel industry Hundreds
f tons Of this product every year
re made into farming machinery
nd farming implements to tighten
he burdens Of the man pictured In |