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Title: Marvels of the new West : a vivid portrayal of the stupendous marvels in the vast wonderland west of the Missouri River : comprising marvels of nature, marvels of race, marvels of enterprise, marvels of mining, marvels of stock-raising, and marvels of agriculture, graphically and truthfully described
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Thayer, William Makepeace, 1820-1898
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Publisher: Norwich, Conn. : Henry Bill Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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438 MARVELS OF THE AEW WEST. much as it will open the blessings of civilization to portions of thepeople who have hitherto failed to receive them. First of all, in the mining business, appears the prospector.He is one who searches for mines. Although the discovery of goldin California, in 1848, and in Colorado, ten years later, was acci-dental, as miners say, yet these discoveries created a new class ofworkers; viz., prospectors. Mines do not lie around loose, tobe stumbled upon by ignorant and unenterprising men ; they are
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PROSPECTORS. found generally by the most painstaking and wearisome labors.To-day some mines are found where they were searched for in vaintwenty years ago. Investigation, experience, and science have con-tributed a fund of knowledge to make the researches of the pros-pector easier and surer. The prospector may be a native or foreigner; an ignorant ad-venturer or a graduate of Harvard or Yale ; a man who expects tomake a lucky strike, or one who knows that industry and perse-verance alone will hew his way to success. The great majority of MARVELS OF MINING. 439 the former class have found their level in poverty or the grave, leav-ing the field of exploration open for the more intelligent and enter-prising to-occupy. In the autumn of 1883, we met a very interesting young man ofthirty years in Chalk Creek, Colorado. He had been a successfulschoolmaster and prospector, but for several months had been work-ing his claim. The following was the story of his success : — He was a teacher for

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