of
the great mine may be built up piecemeal in the mind's eye by combining
the illustrations of the men at work which artists in the mines have
been able to make, some of which are given in the pages of this work.
There
is a certain racial resemblance in the temperament, character, and
often in the speech of all these native miners, but there are also
marked tribal distinctions. The natives are clannish, and it is rare
to see members of two different tribes lodging together. " Boys " of
the one tribe always prefer working together, and this natural liking
is humored to some extent in
