The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-04
1912 UNUSUALLY PROSPER
Gus YEAR FOR MINING

Mining in the intermontain region
has received a great impetus in the
year just closed. 1t is safe to say
that in the advances made by the
larger companies, in the great num-
ber of new producers, in the revival
OF old mines and the renewed interest
in mining subjects, that the year to
come viii see still greater progress.
The favorable prices for lead and
zinc have made available large re-
serves of ores of these metals, and the
continued high price of copper has
permitted some OF the high cost pro-
dueers TO get back into the profitable
class again. Silver prices have ruled
high for the year, so that, all around,
producers of zine, lead, copper and sill
yer have eaHse for much satisfaction
IL has been remarked that no new
camps have been developed during the
year. This statement is one that men
delight in making, and is one that was
made with equal emphasis and lack of
discrimination twenty years ago.
Let us look into the question of
new camps, FOR it is evident that ad-
vance viii be limited when such a
statement can be made truthfully
/ Taking the expression in its truest
sense, we can say that any discovery
either in mining, milling or smelling,
which makes it possible to treat the
ores of new camp, where the first
location has just been made, or to
bring TO Widespread attention camp,
where locations were made years ago,
but commercial success only recently,
or 20 make possible the treatment of
ores long known but untreatable at a
profit, entities the camp receiving the
benefit of said discovery to the name
of new camp. II should be consid-
cred new camp Just as much as
4 though the irst stake had just been
4 driven. From this viewpoint, our
readers can ,ecall many new camps in
the past year.
1 One reason for the making of this
statement and confning it to the mar
rowest meaning is that no new camp,
at its inception, is apt to show evi-
dences, which will warrant us IN de
claring it to be one of the great
camps. There is generally certain
course of sprouts, through which a
new camp mast 90 before it is accept
ed as any kind of camp. When It
has finished its education it has had
such a growth, that it can no longer De
called new, in the sense that 1t is
voung as a place where men have dug
for ore. but must be content to come
on the stage full-grown, without any
happy childhood to look back upon.
In other words. it is first doomed or
not, then probably goes through years
of quiet development until IT comes
out heavy producer of ores. Wher
such camp finally becomes great y
is not new.
One reason why il now takes long
I than il used to for camp to get
tention from mining investors rs IN
the large interests are now more 60
4 servative in investing their funds, al
,re ant 10 insist on developed mine
I There are many camps where goe q
prospects, exist, which are slowly ee-
veloping them and viii some Gay pe
the scene of operations of large com,
nauies. When that time comes II VIII
be forgotten that these camps Were
ever new. il will be said then' as
now. that there are no new camps, ~
/ hrief il is hard to find camp wnicn
i AT the same time new and great nn, ,
camps now aew and overlooked, VIII
some time be great.
4 Gaming down to the narrow sense Oh