This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... raps and kicks of the mother, who insisted upon their keeping per-STAGE COMPANIONS. 71 fectly still, and occasionally asking the gentleman if he would not reach the canteen or open the basket--was charming to a man who had six full days of sleep owing to him. The next day the children were covered with ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... raps and kicks of the mother, who insisted upon their keeping per-STAGE COMPANIONS. 71 fectly still, and occasionally asking the gentleman if he would not reach the canteen or open the basket--was charming to a man who had six full days of sleep owing to him. The next day the children were covered with molasses and the stage with crumbs; and if you have never been here, I will inform you that dust, deep and thick, is the staple production of this country. Our condition is more easily imagined than described. When night came again I wrenched off the middle seat, piled in mail bags, blankets, and shawls, and spooned them in. They were so well tired out, I heard nothing of them until morning. But the woman--dear me!--not gifted with Eve's gentle confidence, posted herself upright in the further corner, and insisted she would not sleep a wink all night; and I think she would have declared she had kept her word had I not had to climb out for her lost bonnet once or twice. The Lord forgive her awful suspicions! I do not propose to speak fully of minerals, mining, and the comparative value of the different sections I visit, until I have visited all. I find preconceived opinions upon the subject liable to great modification; and I fear that I am rapidly getting in opposition to most of my friends at home as well as here, as to the ultimate profit of working mines. As I remarked in regard to Colorado, there is no question in regard to the existence of large quantities of silver ore at this point, or of the fabulous amount which is sometimes taken from a ton of ore. The blind man and the speculator are satisfied with this show, but it is right here that intelligent inquiry commences--the width of the vein--its uniformity--its location--the kind of...
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