Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-08-05
ADVICE TO pRosPscroRs.


Mining K-pSrtsr of p.bssr Tells ths"'
How To consiaet fhsms.isss.
June Is the month when men 20 into
mining aud mutrimOuy Both ARE said
To be- uncertain but profitable II con
Quoted according 10 the laws OF com
mon sense. Now, when the pros,
pector. character that Mining Re
porter admires aud Frsiests atz5se
most others. goes on alone la his nefef
ending search for lO,ie aud placer, LEI
him remember that bird In the hand
il worth two ia the bush 20 use o1if
friends words Or lu other words, lei
him not rrp~nt his mistakes of former
years, and attempt 10 b-cUtae a multi
millionaire before be- can grtibstaks
himself When be- nuds vein let hing
h. content with one claim and a nifty
foot hole rather than ave claims and
Use tcn-fODt hOles.
Another thing, tet our friend seek
rather FOR au adit Euuurl proposition
than Tor o vein upon which shali
must h. sunk The erDssvctit pyUtsD'
siti0u il a compromise. Water 10 ths
poor miner i fatal Better an hdit
tuuurl Ia $40 ore that practically does
SiOO ore at the bottom ~ living
spring
80, too. my friend. ruI a placN where
sou ran stay with your ore. Though
your sacks are few and ~ bow grade
siill they can o. turned into Hour aud
bacon, powder AMI strt,i II your values
dessert yoH you eau quit % swvur But
Il l. a costly he4rtrbrraEius thing to
chip your way through solid rDCE IN a
crus~-yui only o. have fauit rob sou
~ your vein or IN Hnt " plurhr,l ard
barren or. when sinking y0uF shaft.
even on more promising vein than
Is shown by the adlt tunnel. Ia strike
a Mississippi like ti0W after a venr's
work and have the water rhnsT you 90
the ladder bu not lrt high assays aud
wilde vein Ia "a wet faulty, rvtaugs
country win YOU away from tlig is.ss
fascinating but more sure adit tunnel
Just ~ the guIcb
Another thbug "pag,InrrF beware ~
10" knife edge streak that assays into
N" thousands and IL a. refractory -
bronco or n mai,lru fair Look not
upon lt Wrd yourself tn the wide
yeinesl. free milling. adit tunnel prutus
'fFf'ts H.Nf'lA tAttAtlaW tN@ HNttttta Wv tsaMH
Another thing PARTNER" before We
turn It. remember that when you 10
strike Il that the whole eapitallattg
world Is not going n ught fpr q chaurs
to buy YOU out. " you have taken
! Mining Reporters advice aud have a
Wide veined. self,lFalulng aud hoisting
easily millrd proposition that will nay
expenses. keep IL. Remember that -
are probably better miner than n
business man. and that III son do asII
ont The chances arr that sou would
either los" 0r blow IN your money. for
aS our FREUD Hay Could said. III Il
easier to make fortune than 10 KEEN
H."
In the old claim II " safe Rut 4,
you have claim that must hav. capt.
| tai To- make II worth anything. ther
sell II for the first cash offer that yor
get. DO not hagglo Cash seeking
| prospect holes IL very easily scared
away. remember. DO not soil out \
controlling interest that means TN.
whole mine. Nobody but q gitdnd foo
will buy less. nobody hut n Trusting
honest miner will trust himself on ths
minority side Of business deal unless
he has money 10 fight with II TINT little
game OF freeze ont" should he PLAYED
Well. 'partluer" good luck to Won
Call and see us In the fall.