Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-24
MIN Is AND MINING.
INNING AS a BUSINESS.

good mines the result OF cOmpenSatlOn1 Tor Ia
Dor is as certain as in any other branch OF
business. 1t has been so in all the mining
portions of the United States where intel
ligent work has been carried on. 1t can
not be supposed that those who do not work,
or those who do not know how to work VIII
bes so fortunate as those who exhibit industry
and apply a knowledge Of the business 10
enterprises if this character. The most Tor
tunate are those who know best hoWto work
and how to do the most Oft, although there
are cases where the most worthless OF miners
get great mines, BUTT is not the rule.
A discovery needs to receive a large amount
of labor to be successful and nothing but con-
tinuous and persistent labor is sure to bring
success.
AS it is in farming, so in mining; there
are many things that make success or de-
stroyit outside of labor, but the rule is
that a certain amount Of labor should pro-
duce certain results if pursued in~telllngently.
When at times all things are fair to the look
there may be circumstances that are not
looked for, but as the rule a ''prospect'
thatlooks we'll will give results, i'll values,
that will be satisfactory to the miners, and
in many cases a fortune in reward OF year
of active labor and a mine that will prove q
solid income to it's owner.
The history ofthe efforts of men in min
ing is the same as in all affairs OF life. The
miner who succeeds in working a mine after
ithas been discovered, is the man of thought
and energy, and he is one that will sink his
shaft and lose his ledge however small it
may be. He p%ursuesi it and never lose sight
of it, and makes it his business as faithfully
as would a mechanic or merchant. The day
has passed when it is believed that any man
who can swing a sledge is q miner, or that a
man who can do nothing else can work a
mine. Intelligent labor has developed many
mines that would otherwise have remained
without working and. has added to the produc-
tionof precious metals to q wonderful degree.
The Comstock lode, of Nevada, has made
a race accomplished miners whose survives
are sought after by owners at from four to
six dollars a day, and all over the Pacific coast
there are mining superintendent who get
a salary of from $500 to 400 per month,
who took their first lessons as wokrmen in
the mines of the Comstock. rs a business
such men know it is a good one, and they
would not change positions with any men in
the country who perform any kin OF labor.
No other men do SO much good to the coun-
try as the men who strip from the lodges the
waste rock and leave bare the riches OF the
Continent. Men are scattered all over Cal
ifornia living in ease and comfort who made
the first stepi in that direction by labor in the
mines. A year or two, Il Jew years at most
will so situate aman that his hard labor will
be over. Such men will declare that min
ing will pay and they can realize that 1T does.
An accomplished miner is always sure that
his services are needed, at what is deemed
high pay !: and miners are the men who dis
cover mines in the new and old districts,
and they work them to the best adyan-
tage.
Tt sometimes occurs that q man who has
no knowledge of mining or of ores discovers
epospects which he does not know how
TO work and of the value Of which, he is
irnorant. In such cases the discoyerer
Is the victim Of the designing, While the ex-
perienced miner wouldreap the reward ofhis
labor or good fortune. The country needs
thousands of miners who have experience
chat will enable them to do work well and
iatelligently, and to such Colorado offers
The richest field ever before known to the
w~orid.-Colorado Faamef.
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