Gilpin observer., 1909-03-25
Til. Prospector and His surro.


ro from a bunch of these long-eared
animals; for there are good and bad
burros, just the same as there are
mines both good and bad With me.
however, it is easy to pick out a
good burro, for l am good Judge of
the merit and value of Rocky Noun
tain Canary and have only to in
spect the herd in order to make my
selection; and this is how l got you.
But, If had placed my order for a
jack with burro expert, the chances
are that l would have experienced diff
ficulty in securing even third rate
animal.
"A man to be successful in mining
must know a mine when he sees it
if he would succeed in the business,
and there is no reason why he should
not have several bonanzas on his
string. In his mining knowledge he
has the better of the capitalist who
wants good mining property, but who
has to trust to his expert in order to
secure what he is looking for; for it
is often the case that the capitalist
although he has the long green in
his hip pocket is seldom ever per-
purchase of a genuine wealth produ-
Ger, Notwithstanding the fact that his
experts have harried the country over
for years, in their search for really
good mine.
Now, you must not think, from
what l have said, that there are not
any good mining properties in the
country, which can easily be acquired
for there are many; the trouble with
the capitalist being that his experts
were of the wrong brand. although
they were probably thoroughly COM
petent and able to pass judgment on
good or poor propertS; and hereby
hangs a tale, or tail, which ever way
you choose to take it.
Il see that you are interested"
continued the prospector. 'and will,
therefore, tell you Of two brands OF
experts which stand In the way Of
the capitalist when he is in the field
for a 32-karat mine. You are evidentl
under the impression that | am allud-
ing to carrots, of which you are very
fond; but none whatever, and l have
no time now to explain to you the in
trinsic value of karat when applied
to diamonds or gold, but you can well
believe that a 32karat gold mine is
a winder, and then some. But
barking back to the two brands of
experts who hardly ever report ia
vorably on a mining proposition, the
breaking one is the man who will
never make a good report for fear
that, possibly, the mine. if purchased,
might not turn out to be a bonanza,
in which event his reputation would
be slightly fractured, tarnished or in
jured; and so he would rather turn
down everything good, bad and indif-
ferent, than to take a chance with
his reputation. And be 1t said, Ton
opah. Goldfield, Seven Troushs and
other bonanza mines have been turn
ed down by this same breed of guys
and their hackers, therefore. lost op-
portunity Of their lives. The other
brand. which we will call the barna-
Gle, Is generally on the payroll of
some prominent mining investor, and
his main and chief object is to stay
there; and he generally does, although
his employer hardly ever has a
chance to invest his bank roll in n
good mining proposition.
Il see by the way your lips are
working that by the gentle flapping
of your ears, that you are interested
in the barnacle, and so will tell you
of a little experience of my own with
n man of means who wanted to buy
a mine. AT that time | had a dandy
prospect which was a yard wide and
warranted not to rip, ravel or run
down at the heel, and / went to the
capitalist in question. hoping to sell
it to him. He received me well and
was much interested In my story and
| thought l would cinch him there;
but he baked and wanted to refer me
to his expert. Not on your life,'
told him, and when he wanted my
reason l argued with him somewhat
after this fashion: III / go out with
any expert / want to go with dis
interested person, and he will pass
fairly upon the merits of my property
but II l go with your expert he will
t,ar hA I.d.