The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1882-10-28
An OLD PRosPEc roR's ADVICE

other night old Blinkus, seeing his son
getting ready to 60 20 ball. proceeded
to give him some wholesome advice on
woman.
Tom, my boy" ne said, filling up
ais pipe, 81 see you are getting fancy
toys for a ball. Now, don't object to
balls, or any other kind OF amusement,
but | want to give you little advice,
Tom. Look out for the women you
meet there. A man who goes around
after women is great deal like pros
pectOr hunting for a mine. You see a
woman at ball. and she's all irizzlsd up
and rigged out in fine silk, and powdered
and painted wherever the skin shows
itself. These surface groupings look
pretty well, but if You locate ON the
strength Of 'em you'll get fooled every
time. A woman OF that kind is Just like
I salted mine. Don't you take any
stock in her. She won't wash If you
want to prospect such a location little
further, slide up and take an assay Of her
conversation. All, my boy. Three per
cent Of intelligence, 2j Of fashionable
etiquette, and the rest frivolty, conceit,
ignorance and vanity, mixed up in about
equal parts. Drop her right away. Such
rock won't pay to mill. If you get a
patent for the claim you'd never see a
dividend come out Of it as long as you
lived. The assessments to keep the
upper works in repair, and the lower
levels from caving in, would land you in
the poor-house on lightning express,
and some morning you'd wake up to find
your claim relocated by somebody else"
The old man shook the ashes out Of his
pipe, and continued:
Sometimes you'll strike plain girl
in a common sort Of dress. She won't
be good-looking, maybe, and won't have
any airs. The surface indications won't
show much, but before you've prospected
long, you're likely to come to some good
indications that will pay to follow up.
Rich stringers Of conversational quartz,
and spurs Of intelligence showing up
finely the deeper you go. Pretty soon
you'll strike well. defined vein Of prac-
tical common sense. That's the sort Of a
mine to freeze to. Locate it as soon as
possible, and get out your patent papers,
and you'll have regular bonanza to fall
back on for the rest Of your life. II you
think the good claims are all taken up
you are badly fooled. This town is full
Of 'em. I'm an old prospector, and I've
Travelled around great deal. If my
time wasn't taken up with my own mine
know where there are lots Of prime 10
cations only waiting for some practica
miner to come along and develop. A
woman's heart, Tom, is mighty curious
thing. Take it in all it's spurs, angles
ramifications and snuosities, and it
more OF puzzle and mystery than TN
whole Comstock lode. Some fellows tr.
to work it, and by pure luck strike
rich right off, in places where old expert
enced miners never s'posed there wa
anything Gettin' the title to the proE
erty amt the only thing; it's keeping u
the proper developments, and see tina
jumpers don't get in and encroach o
your claim. Some of those domesti
mines require an awful amount of none
for machinery, and some of 'em can I
run on about nothing. Whenever yo
get one of 'em, and find you can't run
to an advantage, the best thing to do
to throw up your job as superintendent
and shut up the works.