Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-04-22

The question is IIeNuensS
"Why are not scientifically educated
mining engineers the dlscoverers OF
more rich minesT' Briefly, the answer
Is. because they do not prospect. IN
doubtedly men who have the advant-
age of a technical and scientific tram
ing In mineralogy, metallurgy, geology
and engineering are better quallned 10
prospect intelligently than those VINO
have not had these advantages, put
usually such men are otherwise EN-
ployed and have little time TO prospsct,
even II so disposed.
technical education without prac
tical experience does not nj man ior
even such an humble occupation as
prospecting. While prospector'
whose chief reliance r. IN his muscle
and not in his technical educatioh'
NAV accidentally stumble upon vaiu-
able ore deposit. he Is out looking Tor
mines, and as all rocks look much 'he
same TO him Ii does not concern MN
whether he picks up quartz, limestone
or n fragment of some eruptive rock,
for either may contain precious met
ais, and his very Ignorance VI the
character OF the rock Is his safeguard
All miners. whether technically edu-
Gated or not, are prone 70 searcn Tor
mineral deposits, veins, iioat, etc, sipi'
ilar to those they are familiar Win.
To the Comstock miner the Ideal hiihe
Is found in the bonanzas OF the COM
stock: the Homestake miner looks Tor
broad zones OF quartz and schlst col
ored red by oxidation; the Leadyllle
| miner Is IN search of a contact OF lime
and porphyry; the Californian wants
| black slate and greensboro; the Butte.
! Montana, miner thinks granite a nne
| formation for mineral; the Arizona
prospector Will camp with a rotten,
lron-stalned porphyry dixie; the deyei'
! opment OF the Cripple Creek mines has
created demand Tor phonolite, and la
\ the Black Hills OF South Dakota the
discovery OF gold near Ragged Top
has made arrowhead tiint'' the prop
or material In which 10 seek gold. the
miner from Calico, California, ". al
/ ways on the lookout for large masses
of peagreen breccia, In hope OF finding
chloride again; the digger from South
/ Africa IA satisfied with conglomer'
ate reef and recognizes one AZ sight;
the miners familiar with Silver Reef
Utah. know that some white sandstone
and drab clay shales contain high
grade silver ores. And 80 In endless
/ variety OF fern and occurrence this
miner from each region looks for the
characteristics with which he Il Ga
mlllar While the prospectOr may 10
cate anything to which his notion In
clines him, he locates much that i
worthless and doubtless passes much
that Is valuable. where the technical
ly educated mining engineer woult
probably recognize the wOrthlessne~s
or the value of any particular occur
renee were his attention directed TO u
but. "a previously stated. be- Is mo-
prospecting. II N rarely that the tech
nically educated, experienced mining
engineer makes mistake by condemn
ing a valuable mine, though he mnJ
admit possibilities for some undevcl
oped mines which never materInllze
In all undeveloped mines there Is nj
uncertainty and the element Of chance
cannot be disguised. Often n too grea
willingness TO take this risk result
disastrously. When the Commonwealth
mine, in Cochlse county. Arizona. wa
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