The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-12
GOOD ADVICE.
Philosophy From the Fields of
Gold.

Strangers are constantly writing
to enquire the best time to come to
the mines. No human being can
correctly answer the conundrum.
If one hopes TO become established
ip any business first, the time has
already passed. We have fine stores,
wholesale and retail liquor hou.es,
restaurants, lodging houses, barber
shops. lsundries, drug stores. shoe-
maker shops, lunch stands. hospi-
tails, a saw mill, shingie mill, and a
score of other enterprises either es>
tablished CT on the way. To be first
in ANYTHING is to make money, but
1t would be difficult to get any enter
prise on the ground without fihding
a competitor. The business of
buYing I'd selling town lots is
pretty well mapop0lizad by ener-
getic enterprising men who were
here at the start and who possess
every possible advantage o7er q
conner. The rush began shout the
middle OF January. 80 soon IS tue
Trout Greek trail was completed,
snd all who came brought a little
money. and. were eager for invest.
menis. Plenty of Money is being
made every day however, in town
lot populations, and anyone under
standing the business can double
any reasonable amount Of capital
within the next sixty days. Mining
cIsims are bought and s2ld every
bour of the day. II is positively
too late TO come with hope Of dis.
covering claim on Eagle or Prit.
chard creeks or their tributaries,
although prospectors are finding
much over ground. There are
prospectors enough scattered
through the hills at uresent 10 10.
cate every foot IF unocc1pied
ground. The claims which are
located twice an1 three mes. are
far more mum Prous t1sn hose
which have not been locsted at all.
To purchase claim unprospe cted
ore should come at once. Fo-
claims are developed or prosrected
even to limited extent by hose
who have taken chances with the
distr ct. The fact that hundreds of
men stavd ready to buy mining
ground on these tfrms provrs the
confidence which prevails regarding
the diggings, The depth Of snow
is not nearly so great as has been
repl e:en ed, hut is sufficieut to inter
fere with prospecting. Large mum bers
of people have come to the mines,
become discouraged and retpi ned
to their homes. The snow renders
it impossible to do anything, and the
avocations which pay well are car
lied on by men Who thoroughly ~
derstsnd their business. Notwith
standing these facts, the mum Der
of men who come in greatly exceed
those who go out, and If there ever
were any inducements to justify q
rush OF people or q mining excite
ment, those Inducements are as
great as ever before. 1t will not be
known whether the mines are rich
until next summer, and possibly not
for a year. Those who wait until
then had better not come at all, un-
less they intend TO work for wages
or invest heavily in mines or busi>
ness enterprises. To men who are
bound to come to the Ceur d. Alene
region, we would say if you have
some capital and are willing to take
chances come at once. If you want
work for good wages in order to be
looking out for something good,
come now, but if you have good
business, and are not so seriously
afflicted with the gold fever that
you cannot attend to business, stay
at home. One man will come and
get rich, che ninety and nine will 60
home penniless.-Ine Nugget.