Arizona republican., 1911-06-11


 and in every business community in the territory, in fact, there is too much of a spirit of 'laissez faire'- too much contentment with existing conditions, too much intentness upon other lines to the neglect of a legiti- mate industry which promises the greatest rewards of all industries. Many of the comfortable fortunes of Arizona's business men had their foundations in somebody's lucky strike in the hills. It is still possible-the old-t timers to the contrary-to find honest, industrious and intelligent prOspectors who will conscientiously perform their part if provided with a grubstake; albeit it must be ad mitted that there are too many fel- lows who would devote most of their industry to consuming the grub pro vided for them. It is simply a case of knowing your man.
 As to the various methods of pros pectors, and the allurements of luck, the Denver Republican makes some pertinent comments, the truth of which is as interesting in Arizona as in Colorado:
 When George Jackson, the first prospector to find gold in Colorado. started upon his famous trek up Clear creek. he simply slipped his arms through the straps. of pack of flour and bacon, slung his powder horn and shot pouch over his shoulder, frightened up his belt, picked up his trusty rifle, whistled to his dog, and hiked. Nobody told him where to go, he was not worried by formations: he didn't ask the consent of any chamber of commerce on earth or bother about a grubstake. He simply headed for the hills. for the faith was strong in his heart and he believed in his own ability to turn up some thing good.
 From what he turned up q state resulted. From the beginning of his trek to this day Colorado mines have yielded more than d billion dollars worth of precious and semi precious metals to enrich the world of com merce and the arts That is the kind of men Colorado wants today-the kind who believe in themselves,
 Tn a few days they will be un- yelling in the heart of the city mon ument reared to the spirit which i'm bued such men as George Jackson in those days when Colorado was q clean L. t- -g.. story The rearing of that monu- ment closing one era. should herald the dawn of a new. It should inspire the new generation to emulation of those whose deeds have lifted a great state out of an unscarred waste.
 The time is ripe for a new gen eration of Jacksons to hike into the hills and turn up what they may. The summer calls for action; there is en- couragement for all who mine. Par ticularly is there a place for the young man who has not found his own in the world to be enlisting in the ranks of that army of prospectors which from Jackson down has reaped riches, honors and the thanks of time for faithful service in the field.
 "The road to the hills is today mo- longer than it was when Jackson shouldered his pack and whistled to his dog-it is not so long, since civilization shortens paths. There are more keys to the buried stores. less danger accompanies the hunt, better facilities for reaping the profits at hand, and nothing but faith seems lacking.
 Let no young man complain in such a land that the times are out of joint and the odds against the poor In such a land he only is poor who lacks the will to do-tO do his best his level best. as Jackson did. and the winners are ever doing.
 There are about as many ways to go prospecting as there are men in the world It does not appear to make much difference how one goes so long as the will is there. One man. taking the George Jackson way, will go and be out all summer on S10 of his own: another must have an elaborate outfit, a team and wagon. tents, camp equipage of the latest pattern and thousands of dollars at his back One will go content to curl up under a pine tree or on a bed of boughs; another must have the softest of blankets and all the com forts of home
 Tt has been done in various ways in the past The Jackson way has been told Stratton flung his roll of blankets over his shoulder and walked to Cripple Creek with a few dollars in his pocket. knowing that at the end of the road he could buy the simple food he would require. Creede entered into an agreement by which he was to prospect for Moffat and oth- CTS on d wage of 8 a day and hold one-third for what he found. He hunted ten days located the Anne thyst, a s3.OOO.OOO mine. which paid from the grass roots. and got rich so quickly that there is a tradition that he always forgot to dun his packers for that s30 in wages.
 Tom Walsh prospected on horse back among patented claims that sum mer in the San Juan, while his fam ily lived in a cabin near the base of operations He was prospecting aban- doned mines, one of the advanced stages of the art. one day that sum mer while he was making the search, which ended with an assay of piece of rock off the Camp Bird dump, he rode up on his horse to a boulder on the side of Red mountain, on which T T