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Show UNDER THE caption of "Perilous Mining" an Eastern exchange thus remarks: "How little do the ?? dwellers in dusty valleys and demoralizing cities understand or appreciate the brave and venturesome men who discover and open the great mines of our mountain ranges. One has to meet them upon their native heath to witness their self-denying perilous labors, their readiness to face death when imperilled comrades call for the sacrifice, to partake of their hospitality and be impressed with their general intelligence in order to place them in their proper position as first-class American citizens. |