Show I BACK TO THE MINES 0 1 I It took J J Collins a miner from the Ely district just ten days to squander I oo and to be reduced so far in fortune as to beg In the street He was arrested I by Policeman Stains in East Second South street near Commercial street The policeman had a good case against the theman theman theman man producing a witness John Tierney to whom Collins appealed for money Collins realizing that the weight of evi evidence evidence en dence was against him admitted that he had been begging but said that he was wasa a hardworking man and pleaded for a aA A HARD ROCK I MINER AM l I 1 1 It chance to get out mt ut of town and return to work Drinking and arid gambling brought me to this he said I 1 left Nevada ten days ago aso with Before I made that stake I walked into the Ely district getting there penniless and half famished After Atter ten months of ot hard work at Cherry Creek Ely and McGill I went to Ogden There I spent of the I made In Ne No Nevada N Novada vada The remaining I dissipated In Salt Lake When I found Cound myself broke I went ent out Into the streets looking for some working man to give ghe me a lift The man who testified against me looked like a c I It 4 t r workingman so I asked him to help me meI I cant deny that As a man in the court recognized Col Collins lins Uns as a miner who had been employed in some of the mines in eastern Nevada Judge Diehl decided to give the prodigal until today to get out of ot town |