CHAPTER 1 - PART 7

Consider the Miners

Have you ever thought about some of the miners? You know, the people that dig in the earth after precious metals for a lifetime? Imagine yourself earning your pay in dirty clothes, digging through the dirt in tight dusty caves in the dark. No thnx?

I recently bicycled across Nevada. There are numerous towns about a day’s ride apart. There are historical markers along the Pony Express Trail which give you a little bit of the insight into a prospectors' life ...