Gilpin observer., 1913-06-05

scruby stock and not thoroughbred. /.
and CT low commercial value; and SO
the plucky man feels like the old
claim owner, and closes his rather
lurid remarks by saying: ore is
where you find 1t, but where 1t is, l
amt
"Ycu say you cannot understand
Why man should be SO foolish as
to work hike a pack mule in digging
for a certain rock, when all kinds OF
ro,k' look aihke to you; and that, for
your part, you would rather play at
hide and-go-seek with garbage heaps.
for. when cLe plays cut. you .mmed-
lately tackle another. The real min
ing man, you think, like the rough
neck, would be wiser ID he made
claim to real producing mine, no mat
ter who owns 1T, and scrap it out un-
til the best man wins, which would
be better than boring like moles for
bMnd lead, and much more spectac-
ular and interesting, from burro
point of view. This ettitude en- your
part, however, plainly shows your low
and plebian breeding and origin, and
also your lack of good judgment; for
/ can cite a number Of instances
where mining men have cut noun
tain almost into cubic sections before
finally. corneriTg the ore-shoct they
were looking for; and now from pow
erty and almost complete failure, they
have jumped almost in a day, into
positions of affluence and wealth
'In one instance, in particular,
coming under my observation, an east
ern company, owning group in
well-known district. adjoining noted
producer and a dividend payer, had
driven tunnels, sunk shafts and
wines, and upraised in a number
of places. Sometimes little ere
would come in, sometimes the ground
was entirely barren, and enough pay
rock was encountered, now and then,
sufficient for the making of occasion
al shipments, and nearly meeting the
payroll; but hardly anything more.
The mine manager, however, was an
optimist as well as good judge OF
formation, and so he kept plugging
along like a downrow man at a corn
husking, and he had super.ntend-
ent who had the tenacity of a bull
dog and a nose for ere that would
put Sherlock Holmes out of the rum
ming. Between the two of them they
had one portion of the company's do
main pretty we'll cut up and a strange
guy would easily get lost in the I'm
derground workings. Nothing daunt-
ed, however, another winze was start
ed from a drift on the 1,2OO-foot level
and at fifty feet, small strirger
was encountered in the lime. This
was followed for twenty or thirty feet
but not in any large quantity. Things
sure looked disc ouraging at this part
of the game, but it was decided to
put in one more shot at point
where the formation was somewhat
iron-stained. This was done, and
when the smoke G; The l..-t cleared,
a full breast OF Ligl Gel1e ere was
exposed. This roeA as-a:cd about
$50 in gold and Sc o-=ces il s-'Ser
to the ton. AS work prosrosscd. tho
ore-body increased in size. 1t was
driven upon for distance Of 100 feet
appraised for fifty. and the workings
were fifteen feet in width, all in ore;
and 1t was months before the width
OF the deposit was determined. In
the meantime, about million had
been taken out, and a million more
is in, sight, blocked out and really
fer extraction, while the company
long since, began paying regular and
heavy dividends.
81 want to tell you. Old Long Ears,
concluded the pnospector, this is an
instance that ore is where you find
it, and of where it was found.
could tell you SO many other cases
of similar experiences that your very
feeble intellect could hardly keeI
track Of them; which goes to prove
that the old prospector's lament Of
ore is where you find 1t, and there
ds where l amt is very often the
rule, but that now and then there
are exceptions; and there you are
and then some"