Mohave County miner., 1905-10-21
A Producing Prospect.

CLASS OF mluluB Beu were d httu "
make producers out of their pros poets
as they are to find them, or to buy
them, here would be more paying
properties in this intermountain re
gion, more producers would be added
to the long list of bonanza proportions,
and mining would take higher plane
in commercial aud business circles.
It. is often that prospector will
spend months in the hills, endure all
manner of hard-hips 10 the discovery
and location of a really valuable pros
pect, and who will 20 almost wild over
his discovery; but who, seemingly,
loses all interest in his find when it
comes to the expenditure of little
money and considerable hard work in
its exploration aud development. Men
of this class will leave the hills ana
make their permanent camp in some
little valley town, where they will
haunt the saloons, pose for hours iG
front of the village store, and spend
their evenings, as we'll as their money,
at the card table At the same time
they are bewailing the fact that they
are unable to interest capital in their
holdings and that their pros poets re
main undeveloped and Improbable.
This condition presents a somewhat
peculiar phase of the mining industry.
Still, it is to be duplicated in almost
every walk in life, a. he shiftless mau
is to be found everywhere, and the
lack of ambition is a. detrimental to
the carrying on of successful mining
enterprises as it is in the attainment
of advancement and success in any
other occupation or C lliug.
There are many prospects in this
western country that would pay TO
work in a limited manner. At the
same time their continued development
would lead 10 that period in their op
Grafton when they could be classed a.
regular and even heavy prod ucers. At
least, little work would open them
upso that capital could be interested
in their further exploration, or a sale
or transfer might be con,ummated.
la the working of "a pros pect the ex
traction aud sale of a few tons of ore
will go long way in paying necessary
expenses. On some properties, if gold
bearing, one or two stamp mill would
oftimes pu the owner on easy street.
A little barrel cyanide plant should
not be des pissed, as it is easy to operate
and comparatively inexpensive in its
operation. With some ores a crude
juggling plant would enable the pros
sect owner to develop his claim, and
at the same time pay all operating aud
living expenses; and, with au earnest,
intelligent and hardworkiDg man,
many ways are presented whereby he
can develop his property and at the
same time keep his head above debt.
By pursuing some such course it Is
only a matter of time before his prop
erty will have acquired such a re9uts-
ton for value and productivene-s that
he will find no trouble in disposing of
it at satisfactory figure, as "nothing
succeeds like success" aud the sue
cessful, if only in small things, will
always meet with those who are will
ing and anxious to join with him in
his undertaking, aud for the reason
that his enterprise is a success. 1t is
safe proposition to join hands with
men of this class, but it is risky
thing to a. sociate oneself with the ID u
who has his pockets full of gold mug
gets and who is looking for capital to
help him in the operation of his mine
in which there are always thousands
or millions already sin sight"
Develop your prospect. Undevelop-
ed it is of no more value than so much
sgebrush land. Prove its value and
you will have no difficulty in securing
assistance in its further operation and
eXploration.-Sal Lake Mining Review.