The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-05-22

wrong track" The sun being low he con-
siders II time to strike for camp" This,
is generally by the nearest patch OF timber,
If water is handy to it. If he is able to
kill any game he is "well healed for
grub; if not he has only what he has been
enough to bring along for sup
per. He builds a fire, kneads his bread,
cooks 1t in q frying pan, and says "it Is the
boss bread" As the nights are always
cold here he keeps big fire till bed time,
when he rakes the fire and ashes away,
scatters pine brush, dry leaves, or dead
grass over the spot, and rolling himself up
in his blanket lies down upon this bed for
the night. As the ground has got quite
hot during the evening he Is able to sleep
soundly and comfortably till the first peep
of dawn, when he rises thoroughly re-
freshed. Getting breakfast is short job,
and before sun-up he is out to work again.
He finds i, necessary to 60 back to where
he found the first indications and to watch
closer. He looks intently at the surface
and is determined this time not TO miss
any signs that may prove aclue to the
hidden treasure. Carefully he notes every
cropping Of rocks or other slight changes,
but il proves fruitless, he can find no "lode
or vein" and he sits down 70 consider.
Perhaps he next goes down into the gulch
below to hunt around; here he finds the
same kind Of quartz and 1t bears evidences
Of mineral too. He goes up on the other
side this time 10 "try his luck" Small
fragments Of quartz are here to be found
also and be continues TO work his way up
by degrees, ever watchful, ever alert TO
any object that may point him to his
desired ends He may 90 on this way for
weeks or even months and the scattered
quartz may sorely puzzle his curiosity.
The hidden treasure may batie his most
futile attempts TO discover Its whereabouts,
and If he is not persevering he may leave
it to some other TO determine; but If he is
bent upon finding II, he will undoubtedly
succeed sooner or later. Tracing this
floating matter up he finds 1t more plenti'
full higher up the mountain where II also
lies scattered in bigger pieces, but beyond
a certain point it ceases altogether. Be
low, the most OF the rocks seem TO be
granite or prophyry; up above, it is slate
and limestone exclusively. What is the
meaning Of this? He studies the matter
over for long time and this is about his
train Of reasoning:
"The gold down in the places has been
worn away from some reef or lode OF
quartz, either by water or Ice generally
ice in Moniana). 1t must have reached
its destination from higher ground; hence
this quartz vein must be up on the noun
tains somewhere and not down below. II
there was vein Of quartz Clearing gold
a, one time, it most probably has not all
been worn away, and II may be still grad
ually wearing down with the mountains.
Fragments Of gold bearing quartz scat
tered over the slope Of the mounta In
| point conclusively TO vein still yielding
gold. That this vein contains gold l am
assured, by grinding some pieces up in a
mortar and washing away the loose dust
when "colos of gold" are visible. II
must be near the place where the largest
"loat" is found and beyond which point
quartz ceases TO exist for II II were much
higher up had ought to find float
higher also; and II 1t were below, the
tloa. must have worked up hill, an i'm
possibility. Now right above the las
6oat the rocks are Of different character
which means change Of forma
ton. Can II be that the vein lies between
these different kinds Of rocks' II hat
ought to show itself on the surface,
would think, or probably it has been GOV
cred up by the loose debris coming dowr
from above. Therefore It must be 9
blind lead and most probablya true con
tact vein. This, under the circumstance:
is the general line Of reasoning taken b.
intelligent prospectors. Having arriye'
! q. the above conclusions the next thing
TO determine the exact location Of tn
vein. This can only be done by removing
, the loose earth and broken rock that over
lie he ledge. For as heretofore the worI
} Of the prospector has been principall
, mental, 90 hereafter il will be exclusivel.
manual labor. As It has been severely
trying TO his brain TO iind It's apptoximat
location, so II may distress his brain fal
more severely 10 discover the exact posi-
ton and the trend, dip and pitch Of th
lode. II may be covered over to the dept
, Of from ten to twenty feet with loose earth
rocks and big boulders and he must rs
his best judgment to determine Just wher
70 commence digging to strike the ledg'
bu. after digging long open cuts here an
; there he may at last strike the right plac
and. dig down.