Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-05-01

ana II would have been good IN ny al
around if they hadn't had 10 niue.
money and went along
Had too much money! What dc
You mcan?"
Well, YOU see. one was carp nteI
and the other grocery clerk, AMI they
wanted to do things in what they called
Systematic business style The car
penter said town would be built il
mines were goot. and SO he took full
Kit of tools and kegs Of nails, bolts,
bars Of steel, wise, and full black
smith outfit, and loading EN- in q
wagon. while the grocery fellow took
six months grub for all the workmen
he thought we'd need for build NJ a
good part of the town. and for the
miners on our mines. They said t waa
better to buy these necessary things
where they wee cheap. and so they
bought about 81 500 worth Of this Kind
of truck bcs des min NJ tools and a
hundred feet Of rope. | most died
laughing in my sleeve. and thought |
had joined a freghtin' outfit.
well. how dd it pan out?'
I'VE hauled that cargo over to Gun.
nison. cos they said we must go that
way, and it tickled me most TO death
to see EN- pay toll on that wagon
and hire teamsters TO double 'em up the
hills. 1t cost them more money for
toll on that baggaye-wagoa than
would have wanted for my season Q
outfit"
What did you do when you got to
Rico?"
We never got to Rico"
"Whv nOt?"
The main reason was that there
wasn't no wagon road at that time. and
| told 'em so before We left Denver. but
they said one would be built by the
me We got to GunnisOn. or if not. we
could cut oar wtv throlHh or else go
to Gothic. ndcr got stuck af er
those fellers. they was so LIBERAL: spent
Their money freely and let me cook the
grub. and SO just p.cknicked with
them all summer. and lost the whole
season"
But what did they do when they
found they could not gst through to
Rico by that routee'
They acted like sensible fcllers then,
as the romance was pretty well knocked
ont OF 'em by the trip over Marshall
pass. and the Gum son freighters and
merchants bought their stuff at less
than Denver prices. frei ght OF. and
they concluded Their experience was
worth what it cost. and didn't kick
about it They didn't prospect aoy
further
You would discourage tenderf.et
from entering upon mining prospect
work. inferp''
Now there YOUR OFF again. for
would encourage them. because l be-
! eve minin' and prospectn' properly
attended to Is the best business man
can follow. but he has got to have right
notions about it."
"Will you please give me- some of
these z tioasp
That's Just what I come hera for,
and if you'll just tell this kid and other
greenies lk> him what l say. it II do
EN- good. or leastwise ought to. To
prospect r ght a man has got to regard
it as . business hos got to learn. and
if he ant got the scads to spend learn
ing rs boss. he wants to hire out Is Q
hand and learn it that way"
But can tenderfoot get job as q
miner?"
We'll. minin' men amt sighin' to
hire such q chap. but il he's got the
stuff n him to make good prCspector
he will not he discouraged. but will
rustic till some feller hires him. Ii he
can't git job in . IN ming camp. he'd
better give up all thoughts Of being n
prospector. for that takes grit. and
means hard work and lots of it. The
prospector. more than any other man.
rubs up against the biggest kind of
disappointments and sees money and
labor wasted without any whining. be-
cause he regards his experience worth
it. and so he goes from one failure to
another till he does strike it rich. Il is
a study TO understand ores and the
formations Of different parts OF the
country so as to know whers to look
for mineral and tell its indications, and
then trace 'em to where nature de-
pos ted 'em in bulk. The prospector
ought also to be able to test in a gen.
eral way the rock he finds. to guess
pretty close whether it VIII paw or not
and this he can't learn in q day or in
one season. This the Eastern fellers
can't or won't understand. and some of
those smart city clerks are as much out
of place ON r ch mineral mountain as
1 would be behind dry-goods eoun-
ter"
You regard prospecting. then, as
ak n to profess on?"
That's the ticket, pard. and II the
boys W II be content first tolearn some
thing of the business they are to fol-
low. there won't be such grand army
of prospectors. as you call it, runnin'
around dom no good and spend n
money; but the fewer fellers will make
more and better discoveries"
Does prospecting actually pay the
men who follow it up perslstentlyf'
You bet it does. in the long run;
for most of our best mining camps and
mines have been found and locat BY
them
why don't they get rich and be-
come d st ngui>hed. thenP"
Now, that's drawin' it down mighty
fine. pard. but I'll tell you the truth.
luO NOu iui y III lcdtc SuaI OUT OI the
paper. The fact is, we old prospectors,
after roughin' it from snow to snow,
feel pretty frisky when We get out OF
the mountains. and II we've made y
few hundred by sell.n' o good prospect
or two. that money fairly burr0 Hur
jeans when we hit live'
we generally paint EN-
know right whar to pull
spring. If We amt got no .
about the same, for our credit 10 par.
you bot. whar our cronies IL. Some.
times we brace up and 60 slow to Iuar
up. out moneys no use 'cept in towns
and camps, and the winter gets mighty
long in such places"
But do all cd prospectors spend
their money as fast as they get itp'
mo; sum has families, and that
keeps 'em down to hard pan. and when
they git a good stake thev fixes tho
folks and generally quit the mountains.
These felle 8 make better bargains for
prospects. and hold on and develop
'em into pay mines. and you would be
aston shed to know how many fellers