Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-31
MINING EXPERTS.
What a LoquacIous Member of the Pro
 fession Has to Say.

tu&n any other place on tne lace Ui iuc globe. Our hotels are filled with them,
 our streets are blockaded by them, and
 our first-claSs salons are crowded by
 them daily and nightly-in fact their
 numbers are legion and still they come.
 Since the late mining boom m Pima
 county lt seems that Tucson has sud
 denly become the centre of gravity for
 all the mining experts on the continent.
 They ars certainly gravitatiug thls way
 as speedily as possible. The expert
 army is made mp from all classes of
 society, and every description Of talent;
 and there are but few Oi them wno are
 not known as ''Geueral,' or 'Coloue!,
 "MajOr' or 'Captain,' or ''Pr lessor,
 but an expert of less rank than Cap
 tair,' has yet t0 be discovered. The
 "Generaf' or "Colonel" l, usually fine
 looking, atfEble, easy going sort of a
 genius, and he never fails tO create
 favorable impression on ye tendrrfoOt.
 His first grand effort Is to prove tO yoT
 beyond a doubt that he Was "GeueTaT
 befo' the wa. This fact accomplished
 he gradually impresses you with what a
 wonderful mining man he Is and how
 he has ne.er yet failed to give general
 satisfaction wherever his talents have
 been engaged. He will quietly inform
 you that there are several other experts
 in the ancient and h nOrable pueblo,
 who cl iim to be first-class, but, at the
 same time he will mysteriUusiy lnsinuate
 that he has his doubts about 1t, and
 t1Rt some of them have been mixed up
 m numerous mining schemes, that re-
 fleet but little credit upon the reputa- tiau uf a hsst-clsse expert This olarr
 wines. dimes and drives with you, lat
 your espsnEe.) He goes out with you
 ani lock- at the property, ard charges
 1000 for two days pleasant drlye, apd
 then tells you that the ore looks fine,
 and [ at tine formation Is favorable, and
 that there may be good miEe there some place, but that you can only find
 It by digging for II. This information
 l. not altogether satisfactory, but you swallow your disappointment, and go tU yOlr hOie! Tn disgust, aud next morning l you hunt up the Major" or the Cap l tain'-they are not 90 high priced a- | the "Generar or "ColoneI'-but you have been told that they are just a- ] good (and they are.D You select the
 Major and once more you drive out tO | the scene of action. Upon your arrival there the "Major" carefully examines the ground; suddenly bis face beams with a light equal to a forty-Lorse power l electric lamp, and he tells you that you have got one of the biggest things III | the country; that there are millions iI it, and that the Quiiotoas are mole hill beside IL; there is enough ore n sight tC run hundred stamps for years | He then advises you to run tunne | from the base of the hill. The malOl
 tells you the cheapest Way t0 open Her | up. and Gs be knows more G5Ort grass ] root mining than any other man In ;ht | country, you simply submit that II i' | right. Ton then return to the city q | better satisfied, ii not wiser, man. You | quietly hand she major a check for 500 | and he accepts with all the grace imag | inable, and at the same time inform. | you that is you want a first class super | lntendent he will mana ge affairs for you | Tor a few months al a salary Of SiUO pei month and expenses (expenses SJO pei | month"; and that's the last yOu see of thC major. But still there Is something | wrong about the mlne. 50 the neXt | time you go out you take metalc mau | He tells you that the mine IS highly ''matallferous and arEeniiterOu-, and | that its principal component parts are | lead, and that 1t carries galena," ana | that you will have to erect a furnac,
 immediately, and that he will run It fol you, and that it's "dead sure thing
 that it will pay big. This information
 costs you $500, and still you are not sat
 isfied. You know that you have got .
 mine. but whether it's an iron mine or , | coal mlne, you have yet to learn. h
 the mean time yOu have heard a great deal of talk about scientific experts and so you conclude tO try one of them and to that effect you interview one | Professor "Non Openheime," who has ! but lately arrived from "Freiburg" ol
 "Heidelburg" or "Spitzenburg, or some
 other burg equally remote. 1od tel | him tine circumstances and engage hIm
 His figures are high, but then you can stand it. for haven't you got a sure thing this time: Once more you are CH to the mysterious mine. this time accom- panied by the great wonder mining "En cvclopetia." You reach the objective point: the professor adjusts hls ey,
 glasses and pulls his beard. He ther | tells you that this piece of rock Is c ''tracita." and that the other is "dolo
 mite." and that the ore k ''pollybiclte, accompanied by "mollybdite," and thai | the whole formation ot the hill wa:
 caused by tho dlsintegration of th,
 "porphyritic hypu co laterus." This l. very valuable information and you re 1 turn home satisfied that the Sl. .jJO which l YOU have just handed the Professor" D, l tine best money spent on the miae, but 1 somehow or other things don't seem tC
 work altogether right yet, and as VOL
 step into one of our famous drinking
 resorts you OyerheaT some miners talking about mines and prac
 tical mining men, and you won | der how 1t Is that you never though
 to consult a practical man before, anC you say to yourself. l will make on, more effort. You find the man you ar, | after at one of the hotels. He has yer, | httle to say (especially about mining. | You state your business and arrange tC examine the mine The next day vol
 arrive on the ground. The miner care l fully examines tine claim and then m | few concise words gives you the ID ! formation YOU desire. Thus you learI ! that 1t has cost you about $500 to leaEl what you could have acquired for abou l S30O had you have been less theOretlcaI
 and more practical
 There Is one other class of expert
 who may be mentioned, and that Is tn
 class who loaf around the corners an,
 sit around behind the bar room stoves
 and talk loudly of fabulously rici
 mines and their past mining exp rience 1 This class usually button hole their mal
 on the street. and tell him of the won derful rich strike they have just mad and how h. will let you m Tor smaI
 consideration. and after telling Ion' string of iies agrees tO meet you at In ] bot.l tomorrow, but before he says gO0' ..,.. i.,. Iu,aItaui, stIuhSs tur strauge ! for a small loan, all the way from fou l hits to five dollars, and If the strange | Is weak and gives up, he may depend uDon ii that he will never see the mal | or money again. But this class can onl! | be designated RS buns, and cannot as
 sociate with even the cheapest expert | Verify tue expert Is numerous and Inn | tricks and modes of managing 'ye ten der foot" is more SD. The man who | comes here from strange lands on min
 ing business, and successfully runs th' | rauntless. must be a man of great nerve
 ami tact and deserves great credit.
 At this point the reporters right arm
 began to get loose at the shoulder ana