Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1881-04-02
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I The following eztract from a speech b,
l II. Taylor, az dinner party gwen la
New York mining men IN that city, IS a
severely ruthful as il s. just and compli
meniary 70 miners who have studied ih,
coaIiguntion Of ore bodies Beneath th,
earth's surface "in the great laboratory d
nature
Science is the result Of experiment, eBc
only u hen discoveries have heen proven
by experiment to be successful do ghcy be
come certified facts When ihe geologisI
goes in advance Of fhe pick be goes in The
dark
Mere tho improvements IN rlining mnde
bY government surveyors, whip have been
sem Osli from Sine 10 time 10 truce out the
mineral belts and examine The deep work.
ings of Tie tOmslock and 0iber mineral
lOdcs. bat WHO spent most Of iheir time Ia
chasing horned toads and winged bugs i.
Is true they surveyed the deep workings
0f the Comsi0ck, hut afier these surveys
sere put on paper ihe maticr-of fact miner
knew about as much of them as be would
iof the hierOglyplics carved lg' the Aziecs
pn ibt iasail rocks 81 AriZOE
What have the men done vi o b. beeH
educated at Ffeiburg aud other mining
schools A mining school educa'ion is s
very good thing. for il fits man for d e
Witness stand, enables him 70 use iecilni
cal Terms and ambiguous phrases for the
benefif pf those who know nothing Of
mining from a practical standpoint
standpoint which he never will attain un-
tii lIr enterS The great laboratory of Ma
iurc where be will ind his diploma of
Little use. His mining education does no.
really begin uniii be takes chargc0s mines
ip superinlend and direct heir work kings.
build and run reduction works. when. a.
ses tie mistakes, failures aud experiences
# a lifetime, be will know something az
mining
No, the men who have huili up legiii-
mate mining III America arc the laborinr
men. some Of whom crossed the Plain with
an OK team men who commenced mining
with a rocker from The rocker 10 the long
tom, from the l0uE tom % The sluioc hox.
and from HAT to hydraulics. After they
worked oul their shallow "diggings7 they
turned rivers from their channels, cleaned
Hp their augiicruu> beds, built disches
and fumes. and conveyed wafer from dis
fant rivers 10 high mountain tops. They
are The men, too, who have invented the
power drill and powerful explosives, ena-
bling them oluD deep sdils ami open Up
The beds of ancient rivers.
They created the system Of hydraulics,
cnalllHg them e. level mountains and col
Ieci their golsirn sands by passing a vol
anne of Wa5er through a six-inch iron
nozzle quail IN force 10 I00lhorse power,
and they bniit improved stamp mills 10
work pIei.tahly The low grade gold ores Of
California.
They * complisled ali this hY their own
labor wiilo out the aid Of capital other than
hat taken ont Of the mine by their own
hands
Alter The suriaCc ores we're in measure
exhausted, aud deep mining became 4 ne
cessiiy nlen With their previously ac-
luiicd experience, were equai To The task.
They invented and constructed hoistiDg
works and pumping machinery, wbich are
Irnly he wonder Of ihe world. They bClli
j single engine capable Of raising q col
cmn OF water weighing 90,OJ0 pounds.
distance Of 1900 feet seven times minute.
they invented ibe cage from which has
grown the elevator NOW in use IL every
house in every city in tie civ
ilLtl Hufiu-
With these safefy cages travelling at the
nie of 30o0 feet in minute, and propelled
ay a single engine, they are aile 10 raise
lxU0 tons Of ore . Distance Of 1900 feet ia
me dsv. Machincfs of every description
las lcen invented for The handling ofrrcs /
and cLeaply--s-lffeedsTs
nd rock breakers revolving roasting iilr-
laccs, constructed with a vie5l Of bringing
'ebcliious ores ~ connict With oxygen and +
lcai. tic only elements in nature which .
yill DESTROY the base. and free the precious I
ne ais from illeir comhin ion with Il in (
given length Of time II tofhe iutelii I
,rnt MASSES Of American miners 10 whom {
se are iu6elicd for the bullion product of !
bis country. which has been Increased in /
hirty years from less than one ~ lion TO
,ne bundled millions annually, making
america The greatest bullion producing
country in the world Tins same bullion
product has enabledthe United States Gov.
rnmcnt 90 resume specie payments forty
ears sooner than they otherwise could (
ave resumed, and has largely coniribued I
o make our country the richest and most
in the world. Notwithstanding
ID lhe risks and difficulties attending min.
ng. Il has paid q letter interest on the
apiial invested ban any other legitimate
industry.