Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-10-16

OF the non, the proving CTeau OF
the cougar, the sniff Of the man-eat-
ing-tiger, the snarl Of the huge boar
and where even the who0lng OF an
owl makes you afraid.
And where you are many miles
from mankind-you go to some cliffs
of rocks, and there you find what
imagination would term one Of ma
lures abandoned and unfinished cav
ems, which is called a rockhouSe;
there you kindle fire at the entrance
and after partaking Of a snack of
supper consisting of some kind of
bread and barbecued wild meat; you
spread your camping blanket; place
your little prospectors pick by your
left side; lay your automatic revolver
by your right, and place upon it your
hand, Of nerve-then snooze into the
land of dreams. Sometimes you
dream you are at home eating gigot
and sweet-potatoes, and drinking
sherry. And sometimes you really
dream the kelpies are after you and
are suddenly awakened by the fright
full howl of hungry dingo. Now
grab your revolver and try your
luck at the noise; rebuild your fire;
place your revolver under your head
and again try prospector's bed.
When the morning is dawning, you
arise, broil some cervine, and eat
your lonely breakfast; while the
wolves howl around you as they
wait for the crumbs.
When breakfast is over, you proceed
to climb the highest mountain peaks;
and when the summit is reached, the
Southbound winds remind you of
fairy tales of the ice-frozen regions
of no-mans land.
But the scenery is grand; you can
see millions of the downward points
of ice frozen spears overhanging
canon and chasm, which togather
with the beautiful campaigns and
occasional dingles in the far away
distance, present magnificent physical
features of natures landscape panar-
amas; which would force the most
expert portraiturist to concede that
nature is truly the champion rival OF
art.
And the abstreperous rushing of the
beautiful kittiwake brooklets as they
wend their winding torrents to the
mighty waters below, seem to attest
a challenge for comparison of beauties
with emperean regions beyond the
skies.
The portmanteau of the prospector,
usually a kind of haversack made
for the purpose; and ordi
narilly he carries a pannican for
panning gold; and when gold is OBJ
tanned in this way, it is called free
gold; which means not chemically
combined with any other metal.
When the prospector finds show
ings Of gold in quartz, which is a
rock of phre SILICON; which
is a characteristic matrix of vari-
ETY. of minerals, he pulverizes the
quartz; and takes one-third of this
and two-thirds of blasting
powder; mixes them togather; then
1ampens the mixture, and places it
on the ground in conedshape; and
then sets fire to the top Of the cone.
It burns like furnace for several
and when the burning ceases,
# there is gold; it will be found in a
small spherical body in the center of
the remains.
Yet gold is not always found in sand
and in quartz alone-in recent years,
gold has been found in every known
Kind Of rock in all the world, except |
two; so gold is gold no matter where
you find it, although quartz is called
the mother Of gold.
All mineral veins or lodes as they
are called, run on bearing of about |
twenty-five and one-half DEGREES
North East and South West, through
out the United States; so it is not hard |
'or an experienced prospector to fol-
ow any mineral vein, when once he |
has found trace.
The petroleum of the United |
States generally runs in a belt dag
,nally across the country, traversing
rom Northeast to Southwest; and |
;hese belts vary considerably in both
width and length.
Now in these days, duty and anx-
ETY. does not by any means, always
all the American prospector to the
domains of ferocious wild man-eating
for there is a great deal of
work. of this kind yet to be done
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