U. S. SERVICE SERIES.

THE BOY WITH
THE U. S. MINERS

BY
FRANCIS ROLT-WHEELER

With Thirty-six Illustrations

BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

Copyright, 1922,
By Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.

All Rights Reserved

The Boy With the U. S. Miners

PRINTED IN U. S. A.

BERWICK & SMITH CO.,
NORWOOD PRESS,
NORWOOD MASS.

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PREFACE

No walk of life is more wild and adventurous than that of the questingminer, whom neither Arctic cold nor tropic heat can bar in his madrace for the buried treasures of the Earth; no profession is morehazardous than that of the working miner, whose every step undergroundis full of peril.

Wealth is not all. The thrill of the miner's life lies not in themaking of millions. It lies in the ruggedness of his manhood, in thevigor of his partnerships, in the roaring ways of the mining camps,and the life of open spaces.

Heroism and daring mark the miner. From the waterless deserts ofCalifornia to the shores of the Arctic Ocean, from the loftiest peaksof the snow-capped Sierras to the stifling depths of the Carson Sink,the prospector has prowled. Lonely and forgotten, his discoveries havebrought great states into being; hungry and poor, he has opened vaultsof riches thousandfold vaster than the treasuries of kings.

[Pg 4]To give a glimpse of the lives of such men, to reveal the amazingwealth which the Earth yields to those who are willing to dare, and toset forth what an incalculable debt of gratitude the United Statesowes to the miner, is the aim and purpose of

The Author

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