The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28
MINES and PROSPECTS
An Old Timer Explains the Differ
epce Between a Miner and a
Prospector-The Mines
OF Wisdom.

With most people prospector u miner
are synonymous terms but IL Seems there
is difference and it Is illustrated by a
p~rospector himself in the following from
the Salt Lake Tribune:
.There Is a heap OF difference between
a miner and a prospector," said one OF
the latter class To n reporter yesterday
"a miner goes underground and works
for SO much per day. He is paid regular
ly al the end Of stated times. He knows
how 20 hold a drill. sling a sledge. use a
uad. "A spoon. put in "A shot
light the fuse or a rye straw, and
generally 10 keep out of the n
of the shots, but once in a while he
gets caught and then goes To the hospital
IN enough life Is left in him. But he knows
hut little about the formation OF minerals
and is not versed in anything but such
routine work as he does. He has u good
bunk house 10 sleep in. regular meals,
with plenty 10 eat, and gets along nicely
IL he is working for a good company. Min
ers work the mines hut the prospector
finds, Now let me tell you the kind Of a
chap he is. Well. he gathers "A few tools,
such as a pick, CAD drill. hammer, shovel,
gold pan. a supply of bedding ana things
to eat, aud with "a pack animal starts Tor
the hills. cooking his meals and maxi
ing his bed in all kinds OF places,
While his horse gets its iced from the
grass. and sticks 10 its owner closer than
a brother. Float Is found and fol.
lowed up in search Of the lode. stained
outcrop is examined here and there,
tests are made with the pounded rock IN
the nan or horn. Months are sometimes
passed without making or seeking any
ne, and the prospector who thus buries
himself IN the WILDERNESS Inus knJw villa.
rs the name OF .ne IT, .a,,n,r~ mus,
s.a u ~ w'an i, ,.sting ores either
nv The %.anninc or assayinr process, and
i'm fact must be pretty well versed in min
eralogy. When out on such trips II Is all
privation u expense WITHOUT any w,
come, Tor winch latter ne mus. wan un.nh
~ can sen T'n !. - ~, ani,, Ia.
ha.;a,,s ha,ardons and full Of solitude
and nriyaiion. hut there is a fascination
about, il which no old p~rospector can re-
sist."
Saying this much our old p~rospecto
friend said: "See my case; am getting
old; have been prospecting 70 years; 4
have some good claims, bn, moi a dollar;
III i want To sell capital Will want 10 sehu
an expert 10 see the lodes. and they, won't
take the word OF a prospector WHO KNOWS
more than these experts educa,ed IN
school aud who have no experience ih
mines. don't want 10 say anythlng
against miners n experts, pu' tne WORM
don't give the prospector the credit he tie
serves. IL is the prospectors who have
given us all our good mines, and ! say all
honor To the prospector.'
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h"e "'>"o'" lamp
THE town site Is ina guich AMI on a
steep side hill, and the only other land TT
20 build on is claimed as a homestead by
on. ~ tho Venslev Rros.. the gentleman
a. -, ,ho worla will soon be ina.n,od
-. r. -.
ior the oisco'crs -, W. VI " iarscs'
mines IN the world, says is"oIn cor
respondent OF the Dillon tribune. lhere
are only go or 100 men at work i'm the
pIace and ms the ore is low grade il is inn
,,os.ihle "a receive any bepeft untl smell
a-s.nd ra,,roaIs orc mil, The ore c,r-
ries lead aud silver.
The Cumberland IL, AT tins time, the