The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-21

all the experts. a. well a. by all the prac-
tical mining mon who have seen 10. To be
one OF tho wonders OF the district "a well
a. one OF tho wonders Of the world.
There arc stories some~ hat like this
connected with hundreds OF properties IN
tho district. except that all OF them OF
course are not mines. but are good prospect
ground. Ia IL any wonder that that " hole
northern forest for hundreds OF miles u
now being overrun by prospectors who
risk their lives in the quest Of fortunes
; mn,sh OTHERS ,s are making IN so many
some men are making fortunes in the
mining craze without hfting their little
fingers. Veteran soldiers in Canada when
they are discharged from the service get
a pension In the shape OF what ~ known
a. scrip. or In lieu OF that forty acres OF
townships have been surveyed but not
prospected or settled In years gone 10y
the veterans have had the privilege OF
selecting forty acres OF land. which be-
came their property. Long ago II Was
. .noTn that clay belt ran through thas
good farming land when cleared oil
timber. The veterans seldom took tn.
trouble TO go 10 ses the land. but went
before the proper officials. made their
declarations and made their selections
on the maps When the gold excitement
district was In the names OF the veterans.
and capitalists who wished 20 acquire
property were compelled To hunt up the
soldiers and make deals with them II
they could. In this way many an old
soldier has acquired a fortune running
from a few hundred dollars up to many
Thousands.
This Porcupine situation has been de-
vsloplng for . year and the great i'm
portance OF 1t Ia only now dawning upon
the outside world. Toronto and Montreal
were the first to catch the spirit Of the
thing. but much London capital has
entered the district thus early. while
capitalists in this country have been a
licsis allow SO far but aT~ not apparently
to be left out Of the game. Since THE
Sun story WAS printed inquiries have
begun to food Wall street houses. but IL
appears that few properties have so far
been Incorporated and only two or three
Of the prominent ones have had any
1T ock to sell. Some Of the properties
have been bought outright by syndicates
OF capitalists and are being placed in
close corporations. The situation in this
regard is deemed TO be quite remarkable.
because heret ofore in all mining excite
fnents the corporation exploitations have
come first and the cream Of these only
finally reached the strongboxes Of the
heavier financiers. This time the rich
men appear TO be going in first
have become prominent in the camp be-
cause the development work has indi-
Gated that they have the making OF minea.
Some OF these properties are In the north
ern portion OF Tisdale township. where
he heavy work on the Crown Chart cred
has brought attention TO them Others
are In the southern part Of Tisdale within
= radius Of three miles from the Timmns |
The Sun article warned those who !
might be susceptible to the gold fever
that Porcupine was q rich mans camp. !
Those who think Of joining the rush should
that they canno, 20 there.
stake out claims and wash gold out Of
the sand. If they have money To buy
property and 20 do the expensive de-
velopment work and erect mills 20 treat
the ore. that is another matter. There
are few men who have been IN gold
before. who never handled
\ drill. q pick or q shovel. and who have
still made money In the game. There
was q saloon in Goldfeld during that
boom Of five years ago. that was in
Of 500, 600 a month for a
ong period. There we're merchants in
3sldGsld who sold whole storee full Of
gnods aa often a. they could replenish
heir shelves, There were men who
p%siDess. There viii probably be- no
saloons in Porcupine. The Canadian
avs prohibit saloons In mining campo.
There are saloons In Cobalt. IL In true.
p,p that Is b-cause thew were there before
'ohalt was known Ia he q mining region
Thcrc arc blind pigs in Porcupine. but
Ina, is a prerario,s business.
Frank Lord was Washington CORE
-pondent who got the gold fever ut the
time Of the Nevada excitement lie
started for Goldfeld and landed there
broke He started a newsstand and
all the leading daiiies % the
sold them at 10 cents each 10