The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-01
interesting Facts and Entertain
ing Figures
4 Utah Mine That is Attracting
the Eyes Of the WOrld
THE PROSPECTUS.

THE PROSPECIOhs
One ef the strangest Of lives is
that'O the "prOspectOr" for precious
metals. 1t is a hard life also; yet
tboTe Il a fascination about 1t which
fastens upon the prospector and
iJeens him in the line Of his bust
moss even when other and more
nTofitable and easier walks OF lie
ore omen 10 him-WalkS IN Which
the GRADES are not so difficult OF as
cent and where the hills are fewer
and less abrupt. But after man
Incomes a prospector and acquires
some knowledge of the unlisted art,
and is touched with something Of
fhe hope that imagination builds IN
his untutered, perhaps uncouth,
mind. be seldom desists for long
neriods. Only one circumstance
nav be regarded as absolutely GER
tain TO pGt a stop to his scramblings
over mountains and clamberings
through gulches, here and there
striking his pick into the earth, now
breaking a bit from a jutting ledge,
picking up ragged, mineral-stained
fragments of rock, breaking bOuld-
5rs, and examining with his eye the
nformation of the country and
general direction and dip Of the
strata. That one circumstance is
death. Perhaps on the ''other side"
the prospeetor continues his search
for mineral bearing rock, and goes
into ecstacy over the discovery Of
quartz in place. 1t IS hoped not,
however: for enchanting as may be
the business here, it is hard and
wearing upon cody and mind, and
ought to entitle the prOSpector to a
long and delightful rest IN the great
hereafter. where the love for gold
and silver and the precious stones
does not exist because OF their
abundance. Now and then the
prospector STRIKES it, and yetireS
to enjoy himself, living at ease from
the proceeds Of his suddenly ac-
quired wealth. Oftener he struggles
on through life, passing out as poor
in this worlds Yaluabfes as when
he entered. Of the few who gain
fortune through the lucky discovery
Of a mineral vein, how many retain
this money, or even enjoy it while
it lasts? Not one In ten but is
more miserable in wealth than in
poverty. His good clothes and hotel
fare are not to his liking, though he
may try to cheat himself into the
belief that they are. When his
money is gone, and he is once again
wearing arbonate-stained duck,
hOb-naiIed stOgas, siouched hat, and
with pick on his shoulder is climb
ing hills and crawling over rocks,
stopping now and then to MUNICH
bacon and hard bread. sleeping at
night among the mountains-when
he gets back to this condition he is \
again happY-happy, in the expec-
tatlen OF finding another ledge, sell
ing It for fabulous sum, and once
more INDUCING in the "style" and
comforts which are, if he would
but know the truth, miseries to
him.
PROSPECTS.
Many as are the pIospectOrs. and
numerous as are their locations
how few Of the former do 'sstrile
it, and how small a percentages of
the latter are worth the two or
three hours OR days of labor mt
upon them before they are claimed
and deemed Of sufficient value tn
Justify the expenditure of the re-
cerder's fee! The prospector, as a
matter Of fact, knows very little of
The real worth of that upon which
ne places extraVagant prices, for if
lie did we wouldn't find in record
eTs Offices hundreds and thousands
Oh pages Of records Of claims that
nave never been heard Of since the
temporary ownership was vested.
Dy this simple process. in the dis
coVerer. But when something that
Il very valuable is stumbled upon-
ioT IL can hardly be claimed that
I prospecting is anything more scien-
eAlte IMAM accident, nine-tenths of all |
Cae rich mines ha7i < beer dis
covered accidentally, wh re scientific
ii -Ht5 &C., 's4.s'>- - lsso U5otST Is
S ~ .i inadest ia h;A first estimate
ot S.s.ga gIaS Whica pe fore were
20 IaY beyond MS N ug,es that he
G c.a ilOt eVen quat Eae money
S Se'5 a piled SIZE him, seem in /
l.lS ia'ad ike mere DinInonev as
-, ,JLi-','tfeu VITA the ~ Ts,,. nj pr ga
r. IN 80, 20 PLACES upon his prospect.
a ~ w pinsp cfor vert mere reason
a .Iole aid 'ses z +. 4, N ms lia,17lnIS
d. DE- ~oJid u.ld ediy be larger
"eFe-op;Eent 1c supposed roineraJ