Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-06-13

Sal, Lake Stock IA. Journal.

anything for fear Of getting bit
will never gain ANYTHING in this ter
rcstial sphere, and stands a still
poorer show Of ever getting q foot
hold in heaven. Il is well 10 be
reasonably cautious, especially In
mining matters; but this should not
keep one from investing In mining
properties until he sees twenty dol
gold pieces brought up the shaft by
the carload, for this will never hap
pen. Men do not give away boz
nanzas after they are found and de-
vclopcd. Such properties sell at
princely figures, and If the would
be Monte Cristo is short Of diamonds
and emeralds wherewith to buy the
property, why then he must look
around, pick out the best prospects
he can find. and try and initiate his
successful neighbor, who undoubt-
eddy got his start in just this way.
II is not no very long ago that our
big producers were mere prospects.
and If they had been neglected
where would the mining industry of
Utah Tor Idaho) be to-dayr
The Ontario was just as much Of
a speculation and venture as is any
of our new finds Of to-day. John
Beck did not have an easy time in
developing the Bullion Beck mine;
in fact he met with many discour-
agements before he made producer
Of it. The Observation-Disclosures was
not cave or hole in the ground in
which was stored gold and silver
bullion, only awaiting the advent OF
the first chance traveller TO deliver
up the keys to its wealth; but on
the contrary, it was wild and al
} most inaccessible spot, and took a
small mint Of money before the div
idends began TO come in.
This has been the invariable his
tory of nearly every producer in
Utah; which were not found as they
now are, but made, and that, too, at
the expenditure of time and money;
and, we are sorry to state, it is now
the painful recollection Of many OF
our business men that at one time
they could have gotten in on any OF
these big propositions at a mere
nominal figure, and would not be-
cause they lacked faith and were
afraid TO venture for fear of loss.
Last fall prospector from near
Marysvale, Mr.. Howell, was show
ing gold bearing quartz to- our min
ing men, and asking for assistance
to develop the lode from which it
was taken. Some men laughed at
him, others paid no special atten-
ton to the matter, while yet others
hesitated and at last dismissed the
: project as not feasible. The Journal
: made special mention of the rich
find and urged that the matter bs
r investigated. A leading morning
: paper denounced the whole thing al
an illusion and stated that in tn,
: country where this ore came from
s l.othing but pockets of ore wer'
8 known TO exist. The Journal an
e swered this specious argument an'
pointed out the fact that the great
e est mines in the world were yet I
O be discovered.
4 The man with the gold quartz
a however, was indcfatigable. lie ar
preached this man, interviewed hi
= neighbor, and the result was the Oh
e ganization of the Dalton Gold Mir
, ing and Milling Company, and tn
. receipt at our samplers of gold or
that assaycd over two thousand do
:, lars 10 the ton. 1t is now no longt
necessary TO coax men TO give a fe'
= moments attention TO this PROF
Z. erty; hut instead the Office of th
u men who had the nerve to take hol
!. Of the project. Messrs. Wilbur
III Weeks, is thronged daily by thoi
who are anxious TO buy stock at
rapidly advancing figure, while note
experts, mine superintendent an
capitalists have gone in ilocks ar
droves TO Marysvale, where Il
Dalton property is located, and ha'
returned with wonderful stories
al its wealth and its several local a
vantages.
Of This is not an isolated instance
y. what has or what can be done
", Utah. and elsewhere. Every gre
thing ut one time had a small b
ginning. Just such opportuniti
VI as this Dalton mine can be found
!, nearly every gulch and canyon
" Utah. They are to he met wi
~ almost daily in such old establish
camps as Park City, Bingham. +
~ reka and Tintic, stockton, Oph
WI American Fork, Alta and Frist
while in comparatively new loca
GU ties, within q radius of a hundr
''e and fifty miles Of this city, the pr
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