Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-07-08


Herald Democrat. IL becomes a matter
If some interest 10 know whether such
puterprises cannot be made periiia-
nept feature In the industrial life OF
the city. There is no camp la the West
where the leasing system j. carried 70
the extent that il Is III i.eadfilie' anu
often with good results. There IL pfVp
ably not merchant or profeSsioiiai /
man Ia the city who has ho' elthi I
more or less money In leases, ana no
doubt great many viii say that tii's I
have not been successful ilf> i no !
doubt true to large extent. The fth- I
son Is not hard "a mud. y and h, uiih-
ers. come 10 T.. "A business man, Win
leasing proposition. They nave
good lease, where some ore can l'''
found with Il little work, III VIII pay
for the powder. fuel and other ns7~s-
sary expenses, A and Il VIII operate
the mine. and possibly take In ID aud
+. II Is probably not good policy 10
discourage these enterprises, and YET
il is hard from practicni mining
standpoint. to see how any results are
10 be accomplished The sphere OF OPP
erations IL entirely too clrcumscribed.
The development work j. slow. ami
the chances against stccess. Stch
proposition may cost the merchant
from $50 To 500 "a month, and az the
end OF four or five months. not seeing
results, he becomes dlsgusted aud
quits.
but suppose the cooperative plan
were enlarged. Instead OF one business
man a dozen were enlisted al "A nom
inal assessment Of SiUD month thar
twenty-five or thirty miners put their
time, less actual expenses, against
this money. i II not reasonable TO sup
pose that some tangible results would
follow A. matter OF fact the
amount OF work that could b, ac'om
plishesi would more than likely open
up a mine. ON a small scale. aud even
IL the property no more than paid eN-
penses. SO that the merchants were not
out Of pocket aud the men made good
wages, IL would be a distinct benefit.
The scheme of cooperation could be
carried still further and tnke some
such shape as was originally outlined
by the old Home Leasing cofnpany.
/ Here. Instead of ten men putting up
500. the proposition was for lea men
to put up $40 month, aud as a mat.
ter OF fact no difficulty was found la
securing the necessary number, but
the formation Of tlls Home Mining
Company swallowed up the Utlirr eu-
terprise
There is field for profitable enterprise
along the line OF suggestion which the
Herald-Delnocrat breaches sOmew hat
/ timldly, for fear that 10 some the i,lea
may appear fauciful aud impfactlt-
able. But II Is only Ia appearance.
/ Might not the various trades. profe<-
sions and occupations of the city each
undertake a cooperation mining enter.
prise. each company recruited from
those engaged In similar businesses OF
occupation The idea Il new To- many,
no doubt. and yet not ~ new In prae.
tice after all. except that 1t has not
been carried out to the extent 20 which
IL Is capable.
For example. take the physicians
Z There are several leases ir which from
three to four doctors ARE Jointly inter-
sste-i These leases are looking well ~
there IL quite little capital back Of
them. But II all the physicians In this
city could get In on cooperative en-.
terprise. eHch one assuming what PRO
portion of expense he could bear. the
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