Bisbee daily review., 1919-11-30
(Ry A. E. zeh, of cananea)

by an old prospector in which he pleaded that the patient, lowly burro should be given protection from abuse by the police department. The article was full of the deepest in- terest and timely, and the subject should receive the immediate atten- tion of every mining community west of the Mississippi.
 After paying due respect to the docile burro, let us honor the old prospector, and the rusty piece of bailing wire, for many a prosperous city, (and perhaps Bisbee the lead ing mining center in the great Southwest heading them alb owe their sole existence to what may be ing, always found leagues in advance of civilization, and represented by the prospector, the burro and bailing wire.
 During all these years. since the days of AZ. the mining industry has been too busy digging the precious metals from the earth, to give a single thought to the fact that some deserving honor was due the pros pector, the burro and the baling wire. Many high honors have been paid to the captains of the mining industry, but not one word of tribute was given to the poor little burro, or the rusty bailing wire. and but very scant tribute paid to the prospector, whose efforts alone has helped to make this one of the richest pro ducing mining countries in the world
 City after city, and counties, and even states today owe all their pros perity and happiness and enlighten- ment to the early efforts of we three, the prospector, the burro and the rusty bailing wire Only the prospector and poor burro could tell of the miseries and the hardships encountered in crossing over hot, burning desert; or of the dangers and the cold encountered in effect ing the pass of a high mountain range; or of the narrow escapes from death at the hands of. murderous Apaches in the early days; or of the agonies of the long trail over the dry simmering desert, with the danc- ing heat waves causing little devils to hammer on their brains and blind ing their eyes, and causing them to place their heads in the scanty shade of stunted and wicked spined eaez fms hnninO n a mnnnpntfc raliof only to find it sitll more scorching nearer the hot sand or of meet ing impossible cliffs in the noun tains which would necessitate a long detour of many miles around to where water might be found;; and day after day the poor little piece of bailing wire was nobly and un- complainingly doing its duty by hold ing in place the pick and shovel and frying pan and the old dented and blackened tin pail which served as a coffee pot. We three could tell you of heart-breaking disappoint- ments. and of shattered hopes and of suffering which would open the flooded gates of all your deepest sympathies, but we will not; we will contiue to smile and hope till we come to the end of the trail, and even ever aftef
 Allegorically, it is not so many years ago, (within the memory of men now living) that we three, the prospector, the burro and the bail ing wire, after many weary days of slow travelling made our way up the slope to a pass in the Mule noun tains. It was late one afternoon when we arrived at the pass, just as the setting sun was bathing the mountain tops in soft colors of gold copper and silver; and as we rested for a short while at the top of the divide, we looked down the canyon and across the valley to the noun tains far beyond and as far as the eye could see there was only primi- tive wilderness with no sign or evidence of human habitation. Not the remotest thought came to our weary minds that some twenty odd years henc, and from the identical spot where we were standing one would be able to gaze down this same canyon and see spread out be- low beautiful and modern city of refinement, wealth and activity; and 1t will transpire that we three laid the foundations and helped to build this wealthy little city nesting so cozily in the hills.
 We wandered on down the canyon, and as the night was about to over take us we reached narrow place and found a spring of cold. clear water close to a tall cliff of rocks which resembled d castle Here we went into camp for the night. fire was soon built, the faithful coffee L..I L