The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-08-05
THEPROSPECTOR

THE PROSPECTOR
Hope springs eternal in his breast Jeered by
the populace disparaged by the mighty, but
weakly supported, even by his own brethren he
goes forth. His bones are found by the fever
laden streams of the Tropics: they lie bleaching
upon the sands of every desert and buried deep
meath everlasting polar SHOWS
Still unafraid he goes FORTH and with him car
ries the destiny Of mankind When comes the
time that his efforts fall then must our civiliza-
ton, in the brief span of single generation, be-
come one with Nenevah and Tyre
He claims no compassion He makes no COM
plant Enthralled, he hath known the silent plac-
es "Enraptured, he hath gathered many prec-
ious gen" THE Daily Silver Belt @. A. T.
A TRIBUTE TO pRospEcToR COOKE CITY. MONTANA
AS I stood in the midst of natures realm
lofty peaks which pierce the sky,
Fleeing moving swiftly with helm,
Vast indeed is this nightly scene that grees the eye
No matter which way turn.
1t is the Omega of the trail which begins below
At Alpha this trail the started whose soul ambition
His hopes strong strength youth
gone yet youth lived hopes
He toiled with hands to the mineral veins
Which in the mountains sides and slopes
time he could but believe his toll vain.
Youth passed manhood and old
Hope still in his
Science his and eliminate the stage
Railroads. Ah had they the mountains cres?
As looked upon domain; empire of wealth,
mighty forces of which would do the work for
Would bring the worlds market that for which the his
Copper, Gold, Silver, of n
could hear the sound of these mighty forces bound industry;
The sound hammer and drill whose echoes the hills
Electricity obeying mans WILL
Hosting of the bowels the earth
pector sought
could see the of nature from the past the future with
. thrill
! generations wrought.
grandeur
Hope STILL while there is life there hope
It has the activity the and will
Men of all walks in life have come up the trail to
With natures to ask the old prospector what he knew
for knowledge % if gold
The tits linked with the past Its history known to few
Jay Cooke the stad old Quaker and fnancer bold.
He of Philadelphia who sought link the East with the West by rails
To him this little of vast possibilities and hope its
Hope lives wealth despite the many tales,
1 This is in fame.
a who faith,
Il And passed on that others might gain
There awakening, the pulse Of touched
Il By what That power-God. Faith has again.
Then the stories told The much
The shelters heat has revealed the values and redeemed the
Tunnels to be
Human beings the earth like gnomes.
Will Flood Makey Clark OBrien and Fair
When this mining camp has come into its own?
the life of the brain
The prospor dreamed of this the rail.
His hopes pinned steam and its trains
This travels the old trail
e With dmmed with stands before
The with it's bark hauls his
his the railroad that would bring him
Gasoline Of and Truck it's
Which will bring Cooke City into fame;
Midas for which she had been DETAINED
Electricity will make the hills resound with
e industry joy and toll,
And may hold the wheel of progress
guide who this wealth. keep them from turmoil
the old his work
v H.C REAGAN.
i Spruce Street, Boulder Colorado