The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-16

drawbacks eliminated, the republic
can party has never failed to win a
yictory.-Aberdeen News.
The Prospcctor and His Rurro.
Some mining men | know of,
said the prospector to his burro,
"are more ornamental in a barroom
than they are out in the mines. l
know you think barroom is the
incest and most cheerful place you
have ever seen, and that roulette
wheel is most wonderful nven-
ton; that poker game is just the
thing for kindred spirits to engage
in, and that a bobtail-hush is a spe-
cies of jackrabbit or mule deer; but
this shows that you were raised in
the sagebrush, and that your judg-
ment is as badly warped as is the
opinion of a sheepman who is OPP
posed to government forest re-
serves.
IA man to be successful in min
ing must understand his business
from A to 2. He must know about
different formations, sedimentary
deposits, infiltration, contacts and
assures: and, above all, he must
know that the percentage going to
the dealer will absorb all of his cash,
and then some, in the long run; and,
if he is sincere, he will not look
upon the red or place his money on
the green, but will devote all of his
attention, his energies and talents in
the development of the mine in his
charge. Even then, if he is ignorant
in matters pertaining to the mining
and milling industry a large bale of
fine-cut sorrow will be delivered to
his employers, marked collect
ut is common belief among the
rank and file of tenderfeet," con-
tinued the prospector, "that any man
can make a success in mining. even
as you think you would make a
snowy Fifth avenue carriage horse
II you were only given the chance,
and in this respect you show a lack
of gray matter equal to that of
Michigan banker l heard of a few
days ago. But, because of this cas-
ual remark, do not get swell-headed.
None whatever; for do what you can,
you will never be anything but
burro, just as Shovel miner will
be shovel miner as long as he
lives.
But to my story: This banker
I speak Of had purchased piece of
mining property in district not far
from here. For several months he
put up his good money for it's OPP
Grafton, without receiving any en-
couraging returns. In other words.
the dealer raked in his chips and
started the wheel again and again.
The banker then sent his consulting
engineer to ascertain where the trou-
BILE. lay. The egineer reported that
the property was possessed of merit,
but that the management was bad,
and more interested in Seven-C Come
Eleven than he was in taking out ore
for shipment. Well, then said the
banker, I have son who is a first
class business man. He is a good
banker. and is sober and honest.
will put him in charge OF the mine
That is just the thing, said the
engineer. Now, have a brother
who is a graduate of the University
OF Utah, who is a good geologist, a
fine assayer and splendid chemist,
and who has had several years ex-
|perience in mine management. He
is Industrious, temperate and relia-
BILE. Now, I. would suggest that you
put him in your bank in your SON.
place.. But, said the banker, your
brother knows nothing about bank
ing. And your son knows nothing
about mining replied the engineer.
II want to tell you, Old Long
Ears, :" concluded the prospector,
"every man to his business and ev-
ery burro to his pack. am pretty
good at prospecting, but would
make sorry figure as professor
of Greek, or as general passenger
lagent Of the Salt Lake Route. IL
undertook either Of these lines
would fall down hard, as hard as
you do when you undertake to prove
i your equality to a. standardized
horse. The banker might make .
success In financial affairs, but he
Is sure to make failure IL he I'M
dertakes the management OF q
mine. You want the moral Well
the moral Is that 1t is because, SO
many men who know nothing about
1 mining butt into the game that there
are 80 many Idle mines and mills in
this section; and there you are and
then some. salt Lake Mining Re
view.
Federation u Labor.
Greensboro, N. Oct. j The
State Federation of I.abor convened
there today n annual session Az g
mn 5ority ~ the mem hers Are Demo
~ d federation
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