Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-05-03
WILL IT PAY?
win it pay?

people who have never lived in
mining country, when asked to in
vest in mining enterprises, an,
always with more or less doubtful
infection,
Why noi2
ls the reply of any man who i
at all familiar with the facts. tn
question, Will it pay? was no
asked when the hordes of sturdy
industrious farmers overran tn
fertile prsiries of Ilinois, Iows
Wisconsin. Minnesota, Kansas
Nebraska and the Dakotas. lie i
had been, the answer would have
been
Look at the millions Of acres oil
fertile soil, wherein lie the latent
possibilities of wheat, corn, oats,
beef and pork unlimited.
Capital coupled with skiIlful,
honest and intelligent labor, will
charm these into being and
1t Will pay.
Strong in this b-lief these men
entered upon the great work of
proving their faith. They invaded
the wild prairie and drove from il
the lndolent savage who bad for
years held it for the sole purpose
of the chase; drove thence the coy
ote and the buffalo; opened up the
farm. builded him a home and all
over the vast waste, as il by magic,
sprung toto existence the prosper
Gus farm and villiage. The chime
of the church bell and The chants
OF praise, mingled with the happy
laughter of children upon the
school play ground, the clang of
the anvil and the whirr OF the
wheel of manufactures; all this has
been done within the life of this
generation. because men had faith
and knew that where the elements
were in the earth it would pay to
invest capital and expend labor.
Though the general result has been
all and more than was ever hoped
for. individual success has not al
ways followed.
Individuals have failed, as they
always will Tail, but the general re-
suit of their efforts has added count
less millions of the worlds wealth.
And this is and necessarily must be
the logical result.
All wealth comes from The earth.
The elements to produce grain and
grass to raise stock, were in the
soil of the broad prairies, and
needed only capital and intelligent
industry to make it available. and
the teeming millions of the inhabi-
tants OF the earth must have the
products OF food upon which to
subsist.
Apply the same reasoning to the
business of mining and the oues
tion will be answered most en-
phatlcally in the affirmative.
Nature has stored awoy in the
hidden crevices of the Rocky
Mountains vast treasures of gold
that it Is there has been demon
strated. and untold millions are
vet to be discovered. 1t needs
only intelligently directed industry,
supported by capital, to develop
and open up these great treasure
houses of nature,
The products Of gold mining are
not withered by drouth or the
breath Of the simeon. The grass
hopper and insect scourge never
affect it. 1t is insensible TO The
food or the ravage OF the hail
storm; nor can fire destroy it, or
the market ever fai. for gold.
Never since the fires were kindled
On the forge of Tubal Cain, has
there been a time when all men
and nations have stood ready to
barter the products of their skill
and labor for gold. 1t is the tails |
nan which enables men to possess
.he earth and the fullnpss thereof |
It's possession can command the
products of the hest minds or the
n 1st sEiliful hands.
Honor and integrity can be