Gilpin observer., 1913-11-27
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(salt Lake Mining Review

Aou seem 10 De little excited
over this stringer Of high-grade ore
l have just discovered in the face
OF the cliff few yards from our
camp" said the prospector to his
ourro. "and intimate that in placing
my chips on the 90 in the yellow
have busted the dealer at the rou-
iette wheel; but, want to tell YOU.
place great deal moro confidence
In the huge body of low-grade con-
per, exposed in yonder saddle, than
l do in the picture rock in tho cliff
upon which you are gazing with so
much admiration. or course, twenty
years ago, l would have placed NV
roll against such likely piece of
formation, for believe the inches
OF ore will widen as depth is attain
ed; burt, now will give my atten-
tion to the mammoth low-grade de-
posits with the expectation of ac-
complishing great things in the fu-
ture, leaving the rich stringer to
the tenderfoot and pocket hunter.
Twenty years ago this discovery of
mine would have caused a stampede
into this section, other locations
would have been made and, without
question of doubt, a number of
small producers would have been de-
veloped; the low-grade ore bodies
up in the saddle being regarded as
valueless because no process had
been discovered by which they could
be profitably worked; while good
money GOULD be made in mining the
rich but small veins surrounding our
camp.
You say" continued the prospec-
tor, that you would rather play rou-
lette than to take a chance at the
mining game, as it is much more in
teresting and not nearly SO labori-
GUS, while it is lots of fun to see
the little ivory ball dance around
the wheel, only to drop into slot
that usually enables the dealer to
gather all of the chips on the board
into his gorgeous display of stacks;
and especially SO since mining men
their time and money in the opera
ton OF mines where the metallic val
ues In the ore are so widely dissem-
mated and so small that a concen-
tration of them all, from ten or
twelve tons Of the material, would
hardly make a good family gathering.
But, this shows that you have not
grown with the times, and are still,
in class with the old moss-b back mi
ners and prospectors, who still cling
to the small but high-grade ore de-
posits, when they can find them and
WHO look with scorn upon operators
who insist in following system
where it is necessary to handle fif-
ty tons of almost barren rock in or
der to get no more values than are
contained in one ton that the pocket
hunter stake from their little strin-
gers and cash veins.
in looking at the little stringer
l have found. however, and after
comparison with the great deposits
of hungry-looking rock up on the
mountain, l am strongly in favor of
the latter, and feel that l have the
ace. king, queen and jack in my hand
in this try for jackpot, and am
as sure l will open it, eventually, as
you are that that old lop-eared out
law burrO will come to see you in
the spring; for so many examples of
nj ha ns
low-grade mines have been chronicled
during the past ten or fifteen years,
that / am almost certain to make
good If put my location monuments
and corner stakes on the mineraliz-
ed ground up by the saddle.
Some half a score years ago there
was quite lot of excitement over
in Mary Ellen canyon In the Yellow
Hornet range. Gold was found there
and placers existed and silver-lead
ores abounded. The veins were not
as small as those to be found around
here, and a prosperous camp was
soon established. There were also
great mountains Of low-grade copper
grade that no one ever thought of
their having any intrinsic value, and
SO they were not even scarcely MOTTO
ed, although acreage fiends covered
them with locations. doing no work.
scarcely, and maintaining title by re-
location from year to year. The camp
and the mines were pro-
ductive and remunerative. There
came a time, however. when the de-
cline In silver and lead quotations
caused an almost complete shutdown
Of the mines. Stagnation followed;
the camp was almost deserted, and
the remaining inhabitants were al