The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-09
MADE A MILLION And A
QUARTER In EIGHT MONTHS
M. ]. Monnette Who is Visiting His Sister Mrs. Geo.
Wright of Pearl Street Tells of His Experience
With the Mohawk Mine in the Goldfeld
Mining Region

was made on Friday; work was
lstarted on the lease on Friday;
tho first engine was started on a
Friday; the first ore was found on a
Friday; the first shipment TO the
Ismelter was made on Friday and the
date of the expiration of the lease
fell on Friday. There you are.
Igure it out.
But that isn't all. After having
taken out over five million dollars
worth of ore, the four partners were
compelled to leave two million dol
lars worth in sight. They. Of course, i.
could not get renewal of their
lease and there Is no way Of mt
present, estimating how much more
than the two million, the mine will
yield. In their anxiety to get all
they possibly could, the fonr part
Iners took only the cream of the big
lvein.l They paid no attention to
smaller assures and veins. but
Istuck TO the big thing. And here's
another fact, they discovered after
making their strike. For q distance
los 100 feet, while working on 'the
lower level, they had been within
ten feet of this big vein and hadn't
been far from It at any time during
their eight months of toll. When
the mine closed they had, $40 men
or the pay roll, which last December
amounted to $52,700. And they suf-
fefed the annoyance, too, of losing
lets of ore. At this time they have
bunch valued at 100000 tied up
lat Reno, New, where it was over
taken by process of law, on the
claim of the lesees of the Mohawk
that 1t had been stolen from them
ard was on its way TO San Fran.
cisco.
Mr.. Monnette personally owns
50, 600 shares of Mohawk stock now
valued at $l0.5 per share. Himself
and partners are also interested in
fifteen other claims or prospects in
course of development in the new
wonder field, and either one of
several of these, he thinks, Is likely
To develop into second Mohawk.
The company is at present building
a smelter in San Francisco to cost
three millions of dollars. and Is al
SO causing to be erected In Gold
field, hotel to cost 100000. These
are but illustrations of the big
thoughts and plans of successful
mining men, and the big things they
do.
| Mr.. Monnette is on his way to
New York where he will interest
parties with whom he !. Is acquainted
In the development of some of the
Other claims near Goldfield.
| Its a sin and a shame the way
many stocks are Wild Gated" said
Mr.. Monnette to the Mirror yester-
!day. Personally, | am in a small
way paying the penalty for my lit
tie success, by having wildcat con-
Germs use my name In connection
with their companies, believing that
because l have succeeded, my mere
ilmeans hts ultimate and glorious
name identified with prospect
success.
IL just want to say" he continued
that I'm not advising anybody in
the cast TO invest their money blind
ly. Hundreds and hundreds Of dol
lars are gobbled up every year from
credulous investors, and I've found
the only safe plan Is to know some
thing Of your business, look over,
your ground, AMI be on the job
every minute, TO see that you got a
run for your money"
This is just the simple story of
one mans luck, combined with good
Judgment and perseverance. Where
Others failed, he succeeded because
he had sublime faith in himself
and his undertaking, based on
knowledge Of the business and ener-
gy applied intelligently. Where M.
y. Monnette has succeeded thous-
ands have failed, yet the West Is
full of men who, like Monnette, new
er have given up hope.
| Mrs. Monnette accompanies her
husband, and together they enjoyed
an informal reunion OF relatives at
the Wright home yesterday. Mr..
Monnette Is a brother OF John Mon
nette and Melvin Monnette, both
o' this city, the latter now being in
the West himself.