The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-15
All Kinds of Characters.

All Kinds of Characters.
This considerable army OF mining men
that travelling every mining sec
tion of the Pacific slope. are OF all kinds
and characters. There are those few who
are In quest of only large properties and
those of a developed character on the
one hand, and the man OF limited means
who hopes To find a prospect of sufficient
merit TO Justify the expenditure of O few
hundred dollars, on the other hand. The
latter class and those more nearly ap-
preaching his class than the influential
expert. arc the pioneers I'm any new
country and should not be dcsplsed. All
mines do not show their true colors on
the surface. Take the history OF the
great MiZpah vein of Tonopah. II Is a
fact that the surface showing after sew
eral months work was not sufficient TO
Justify the then asking price OF $4,000
that is, in the opinion OF three certain
experienced mining men.
Nerve Is Needed Most.
Experience teaches the expert caution
and sometimes this caution Is exercised
TO his sorrow. Ignorance often makes
fools rush in where angels fear TO
tread. and sometimes. II must be ad-
all we need men Of less skill and more
nerve In any new section. and his IL often
the greatcst reward In mining we must
have both classes. the skilled engineer
to pass upon the property held at high
figures and the price OF the mine should
influence the character and extent OF tho
examination and Justly So but on tho
other hand. there are many looking for Il
mining investment who have not the
means to handle a big thing even II they
should stumble upon II And many good
average properties and even the greatest
today. made but sorry showing during
the first days OF their history.
Going to Inyo County.
During the last six months a consider
able number Of prospectors have crossed
the Nevada-C California line and have done
some good work In the rugged and lofty
ranges that make up the greater part
OF eastern 1Dyo county. Discoveries of
gold. some silver, and good showingS of
copper and lead have been made and ndd-
ed 10 promising list OF such properties
that have been known for some timo In
our county. Many OF these properties
Will not stand the severe test of expert
examination, while some VIII. but hun
drcds OF these prospects would receive q
considerable amount Of attention In other
| mining sections. From the long list no
doubt many great properties could be de-
| vcloped. Here Is field for the small
man, the man with few thousands for
| prices are usually moderate and terms
OF satisfactory character can be OBJ
| tained.
Numbers Beget Enthusiasm.
This day is not far distant for compara-
| lively unprospcctcd areas like ours are
| few and growing fewer every day. and
| TO the pioneer Will come the greatest
profit from the smallest investment.
| Numbers beget an enthusiasm that is
| contagious and this enthuslasm Is what
| makes men do things. Few men care to
| start an enterprise until some one has
| shown the way When Goldneld was
young and the experienced engineer could
not see enough to justify him or his
| friends taking hold. the man of small
| means dug holes and uncovered the
| wealth that every one, Including the en-
| gineer, must admit is there today SO
| with Inyo county. the man of small capt.
| tai must suffer the trials OF starting the
| inconvenience OF living without comforts
| To make a surface showing for the bigger
| man who will undoubtedly come later.
| His Will be the hardship and his will be
| the greatest reward measured In dollars
| and cents.-Inyo Independent.