The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27
THE HENS POPGUN VOg.LEl.

The Sunday readers of the Ijer, q feeble
witted sheet, which in the public estimation
IS edited by one of the most ignorant iourn
alists in the United States, were treated to a
rare and humorous dissertation on the proper
conduct of mining operations, i'll the course
of which the sallow faber-waster undertook
to ~disprove .he correctness of some of the
MINERS figures relative to a leading property
of the district.
Some time ago, it will be remembered. a
statement appeared in the Ibcr alleging that a
prominent mine was daily hosting three hun
dred tons of ore. which assertion was regarded
by many as an attempted wit;icism, being fully
as ~lau,hable as the average Ibcr joke. 1t
was not considered possible that a man in
possession of his senses could be guilty of
publishing such an assertion in good faith.
Blu a short time elapsed, however, before a
lame oti-shoot of the Deg, published at Glen
dale, stated that the property above referred
to was ihOut to be incorporated for twelve
million dollars, Notwithstanding the fact that
the owners of the mine had no. at that time
concluded to stock the property. The adyis-
ability of placing it on the boards however
was being inquired into. The next statement
relative to this property, made in the lbcr,
was to the effect that the mine, as at present
developed, showed thimy-siX million dollars
worth of ore in sight. This last revelation
was too ridiculous to be allowed to pass un.
noticed, SO the MINER published a few figures
,n1,ti,.n to Fila ,,,;t, -, ,,,t;,,, ,;t;,,~ D,>
tessor Clayton as an authority for their CO..
rectness. It appears, however, that Professor
Clayton is a fool, and the Iber taber-waster
a man Of scientific attainmants, for the latter,
article which ~ccnclusirely proves that the
writer has mistaken his vocation, endeavu>s
to show that the Professors statement is erro-
neOus. But in order to do this, the bee is
sOr's assertions. In the MINER it was stated
that the average dimensions of the oIe body,
as far a explored, were 600 feet long. 800 feet
deep aud IS feet wide" The Tex in lis silly
attempt at diSproving these figures rlaimS
that the MINER stated the entire ore body in
the mine mentioned to be only GOO feet long.
From this it appears that our immaculate
friend is either unable to read written Ian
gUaSe or else is a wilful pervertor of facts.
The rest of that inspired article is sufficiently
ridiculous to retute itself and even though 1t
were not, We should be under no necessity of
correcting Its assertions. The fact that the
Dee makes 4 statement, and especially one
relating to the mining interest, is sufficient
evidence of its unreliability. There is no
satisfaction i'll arguing with a man who is
devoid alike Of ommon sense and ommon
decency, and who is, withal, VIGOROUSLY
ignorant Of the first principles Of an English
education. In Utah, the Der man was
known as a iack-Mormon. Iii Montana. the
Mormon Is left off. Stupid and imbecilc
though he may be, however, he should still
have sense enough to realize that he is i%njuring
the camp by his grossly exaggerated asser-
tons relative to the mining interest. The
large majority Of the properties 10 V being
developed in this camp make a sufficiently
good showing when written up Conscienti-
ously and intelligently. Tie wild raporings
of the Uer not only reflect ridicule on their
author but create listrust in the real adval-
tases of the district which should be truth
fully represented. We would advise the Iber
man to make both sides of the paper instead
Of only one of the "patent" order, or at
last to keep a firm grip on the shears and
not undertake to manipulate Faber. This IS
the only WAY nv which he can preserve the
illusion that he is a gentleman of respecta-
bility and intelligence. An occasional glance
into the pages Of Lindley Murray and Web
ster's Unabridged might also be found of
sonc benefit.