Mohave County miner., 1906-11-03
The Low Grade Mine.

There is something fascinating about high grade ores; something that ap- peals strongly to a certain class of peo- :; pie, and which leads them to invest 1, ment in ''rich mine" rather than in proposition where the mineral i'i of low grade. This inclination on the part of the masses of the people is ex- cusable, and is generally due to their ignorance as to what, in majority of cases, really constitute big mine. The glitter of gold excites nearly every instinct and emotion of the hu- man breast; love of wealth and of pow CT, cupidity, envy, and jealousy, and many men will go fairly wild over a small piece of ore in which gold isl plainly visible to the naked eye.
 And yet it is generally the case that sensationally rich ore exists only in small veins, shoots and pockets, and the experienced mining man, while pleased with such specimens, and merely because they are the concer- tration of what we are all striving for, will tell you that he prefers large volume of low grade or milling ore to small veins of deposits of extremely high grade material, and for the req son that the low grade mine holds out promises of greater wealth, greater productiveness and greater permanen- cy than does concentrated zones of mineral of much higher grade; and he will also tell you that heavy capital will hesitate long before investing in prospect in which high grade ore is exposed while it will jump at the chance to get in on low grade prop osition where there is every evidence of enormous bodies of this class of minerals and where there is every in- dication of permanency.
 Nearly all of the great mines of the west are productive of low grade ore, interspersed with zones of greater en- richment, while the really noted mines productive, throughout, of sensation ally rich ore, are few and scattered. Many wonderful fortunes have been the outcome of low grade mines. For instance, the great Homestake mine has just declared its 393rd dividend of fifty cents share, or log, ,200S, making total to date of 15,3l5, ,95O$; and this princely fortune has been paid out of ore running less than 4S to the ton in its gold contents. The Mercur mine, of Utah, has paid 3,3O0, ,O00$ in divi- dends, and the average of its ore does not exceed IS to the ton, and many in- stances of similar nature could be referred to were space to permit.
 Operations in the workings of high grade mine are necessarily limited. With such producer the values are usually confined between narrow walls, and but few men can be employed in development and ore extraction. It is often the case that the amount of waste that must, of necessity, be talk en down with the pay ore, will greatly increase the cost of mining, and other necessary but profitless expenses will so detract from final results that the outcome will not meet with fond ex- pectations. On the other hand, in great deposits of low grade ore, an army of men can be kept in steady employment. Look at the wonderful copper mines of Bingham, and the truth of the above assertion is fully established, for here ore of very low grade is being profitably worked, ore which could not be touched were it not for its vast quantity.
 The tendency to go wild over prop ositiOn showing ore of sensational val ue is perfectly natural with the ten- derfoot, with those but little acquaint- ed with mining affairs and operation, but the experienced operator pins his faith to the low grade mine, to the property in which there exists enOr- nous bodies of fair grade of milling Ore.-Salt Lake Mining Review.
 Our Fall and Winter lines are ar irving every day and if in need of any winter goods it will pay you to exam inc our lines as we can save you money. THE EMPORIUM.
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