The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-10-21
The Proof of a Mine
IS Production
From the Battle Mountain Herald.

FROM the Battle Mountain Herald.
A riddle such as, sswhen is a mine not a mines ?, propounded to the
sswhen it has n ore
We have heard different definitions If a mine, one o. which was som
thing about a hole in the ground with a liar at the top; and doubtless
there are too many % which this description might apply. But the time
is fast passing when sensible people can be induced to drop their money
in such holes in the ground, however oily the man at the top may be. In
such matters here are more ''Missourhans' than formerly. People are be
coming more inclined to look upon mining as a legitimate business, offering
larger returns and greater possibilities than any other business IN earth,
but at the same time, not without a certain element of risk that demands
that it be given at least as careful a investigation and as sane a consd-
Grafton from a business standpoint a would be given to any other renter
prise in which they might contemplate investing their money. And then
they have ome to consider that one of the essentials of a mine is ore.
When a mine or district has been advertised extensively for a long
time and ever produces any ore, people become skeptical They want to
see results. For this reason a district that has made good; that has pro-
ducing mines to its credit, is a more attractive field for the Investment of
capital than N that has yet to prove by actual results that 1T has
On another page of his issue of the Herald W re publish a government ge
ologHs report on the Battle Mountain district, made in 1869, in which
mention is made of the Little Giant mine, which at that time had been
worked something like a year., and had produced something more than
$4,000. Today a crew of men may be seen near the depot here, loading
a car with ore from this anne mine; from it teams are regularly employed
hauling the IRE into town, and in the news columns an account is given of
the finding of a large and rich body of ore eve before known to exist.
The marvel is that Sc many of the immense deposits of the district
could so long remain undiscovered; and stranger still is The fact that the
district is yet little more than half prOspected. This is evidenced by the
large number If new strikes that are being made every week. We know
of no better field in Nevada for the prospector than is afforded by this
district and the adjacent country, and certainly n field offers a richer
harvest for the investor.
The mining camps and communities OF the West are great onsumG
Nearly every mineral producing section depends almost entirely for its
supplies upon outside sources. This refers not alone to thu necessities of
life but also machinery and supplies that go inoan d make the operation
of a mine, mill OF smelter possible. Numerous instances of this fact
could be cited Take the great camp of Butte IS al illustration. With
the exception O. a little garden truck every pound IF stock carried by the
grocer and merchant is shipped in from SOM distant business center
Aside from machine shops maintained by the mining companies, solely for
the purpose of making immediate repairs, but little, if any, of the i'm
mense amount of machinery and supplies are manufactured at the mines.
All must com from outside points. The mineral industry certainly offers
a immense and profitable field omanufacturers-Mining World.