The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-26

succeeds in finding valuable or
body.
stanIy Easton's View.
, The government should protect tn
prospector in his possession and de
Ivelopment of his claims "by providin.
} some method by which title can b.
; safely and surely secured to undevel
oped or partly developed mineral land
or land which is sufficiently promis
ing in mineral possibilities to justif!
serious investigation" as Mr.. Stanl,
Easton phrases it. Mr.. ]. w. Nal.
johnson says that "our imperfect ant
obsolete laws should be revised witt
special reference to the rights of pros
pectors." 1t is also urged by man!
that the government should aid the
prospector by building roads, provid-
ing government assay offices where
ores could be tested at small expense
and by assisting in the provision of
transportation and other facilities in
new districts where ore bodies Of
promise are being opened. Mr.. Albert
Burch thinks that the government
should carefully prospect and classify
it's own mineral land prospecting
methods can only be improved in the
United States by raising the standard
Of intelligence of the prospector," one
engineer notes, and this virtually
means that prospecting will have to
l. 1ip,n "a In
gists, biologists and mining engineers
and on geological principles "The
large, prominent, rich groupings have
all been found in every country that
has even been partly explored, and
now the search must be for concealed
outcrops, hidden veins, and ore bod
les whose existence can only be sus-
pected by analogy and the deductions
from careful geological study" as is
noted by a number. This kind Of
prospecting will require large sums Of
money, and will therefore be confined
chiefly to the larger exploration and
mining companies. At present the
methods to be used are none to well
understood and the laws are not well
adapted to permitting the temporary
occupation of suitable area prior TO
discovery.
Claim Owners Want Too Much Money.
The demand for undeveloped mineral
of the present productive mines and
increases in the price of metals. At
the present time there would be a
greater demand for undeveloped prop
critics If the owners did not hold them
at exorbitant prices, thus driving away
capital which might make the proper
ties productive. Some engineers esti-
mate that fully 95 per cent Of the own
ers hold their undeveloped properties
at prohibitive prices. On this account
large amount of mineral land is held
for years. by the performance of lit
tie unsystematic work, without becom-
ing productive, and the prospective in
weston is driven to other fields. Coop
GRAFTON and better understanding be-
tween the owners of prospects and in
vestors willing to develop them would
create a much better demand. 1t is
rather generally felt that undeveloped
mineral land is unattractive to invest
ors because of the great feeling Of dis
trust which has been engendered by
the acquisition of such lands by UNI
scrupulous promoters for the eXplota-
ton of the public. The market for
creased by the creation of "a stronger
public sentiment against fake promo
tons and charlatan engineers and
biologists. The postal laws can al
ways be invoked to check this kind Of
fraud if people would take the trouble
to go to the proper authorities with
we'll assured facts. Fraudulent pro-
motion has been a great deterrent t.,
the legitimate development Of the
OF course, dishonest promot-
ers would go out of existence If there
were not so many foolish and avaric-
ious people with money ready to put
into their schemes. We can not hope
to eliminate the fools, but we could
make 1t very hot for the promoters
that use the mails" as Mr.. LynWood
Garrison states it, and this sentiment
Is echoed by many.
No Danger Of Metal Famine.
According to most Of those VINO dls-
,uss that phase Of the subject, there is
little or no danger of metal famlne
for many years to come although rev
mines are now being discovered to take