The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-03-05

as all mines must necessarily go
through the prospecting stage. CD
That 1t takes prospectors to hunt up
and find the prospects as rule, al
been numerous. go That prospecting
particularly in the desert regions,
means hard, persistent work, depriva-
ton, close and careful examination Of
small details, a good general knowl-
edge of mining work and Of the char
acteristics of various ores, in any re-
gion the successful prospector must
be a close observer. (4) That govern
ment aid is unnecessary, and would
be. | think, unwise; all that the pros
pector asks of the government is COW
cred by Section 1919 Of the Mining
Law OF 1876, to-wit:
Section 1919. All valuable mineral
deposits in lands belonging to the
United States. both surveyed and UNI
surveyed are hereby declared to be
free and open to exploration \and pur-
chase, and the lands in which they are
found to occupation and purchase,
by citizens of the United States and
those who have declared their inten-
ton to become such, under regulations
prescribed by law, and according to
the local customs or rules of miners
in the several mining districts. so far
as the same are applicable and not in
consistent with the laws of the United
States and the free use of water and
fuel on the government domain and to
fbe unhampered in his work, or in OBJ
tanning title to his property, by red
tape and unjust rules.
The true prospector, living in the
mining regions. generally has some
arrangement with local people. rang
ing from the merchant to saloon man,
barber, farmers and others, by which
he is enabled to obtain supplies for
his trips and with whom he shares his
finds whatever they may be-good or
bad. Usually many prospects are tried
out in small way before good one
is found, and it takes sand and nerve
to keep at it until a good one is found.
Very many fortunes can be traced to
the successful result of small invest
ments made in this way 1t is prob
able that most Of the lodes and depos-
its in California and Nevada, distng-
uished by bold and prominent out
crops, have been examined to great
err or less extent The mineral Sec
tons of California have been much
more closely prospected than those of
Nevada; there are, however, thousands
of square miles in the state of Nevada
in which the mineral resources are
I practically unknown; the country has
sbeen simply run over. The improve
ments in metallurgy and the building
Of railroads make available ores thai
a few years ago We're practically val
ueless and passed by as worthless by
the prospectors of that time; zinc anC
"copper" ores in Nevada, even on the
line of railroads were unmarketablt
until within the past few years.
In the sos, the only market we hat
for copper ores was limited demand
at Dayton for oxidzed ores for thu
manufacture of bluestone for reduc-
ton of Comstock ores. John Ludwig
ran small water jacket at the Ole
Ludwig mine and made some copper
The Blue Light mine smelted abou
$4,000 tons of II per cent carbonate
Sp1aNi1ln and a
out, shipping it around until they solo
1t, for the reason that it had consid
cradle arsenic in 1t. In the desert re-
gions, the scarcity of water and diff
ficulty of obtaining supplies has re-
tarded the prospecting and subsequent
development of large areas. When a
supply point is established, prospect
ors work out from that point into the
surrounding country. and discoveries
are made. prospectors ranging out
from Tonopah, discovered Goldfeld
Manhattan Round Mountain, Clifford,
Silver Bow Cactus Peak and other
promising mineral districts. From
Columbus and Candelaria. in former
years, prospectors ranged out discov-
ering the deposits of Ida Valley. Pal
metto, Tule canon. Log Springs, Old
Gold mountain, Lone mountain, Mon
tie Cristo district, Marietta and Klon-
dyke. not quite reaching Tonopah and
Goldfeld. Frow Hawthorne, the pros
'pectors worked out, discovering the
Hawthorne district, Santa Fe district
(now Luning), Mt, Cory district, Con-
fdence district, Garfield district, Kin
kead district, Silver Star district Hun
toon valley, Whiskey Flat, Lucky Boy,
Cat creek and many others.
| Many discoveries have been acct
dental, and many important proper
ties have been passed by unnoticed.
Tonopah was discovered by Jim But
Ter by accident. The ravine where
the main street is, was used regularly
by cattle and sheep men in driving
their stock back and forth; they pass
ed within a few feet of large and rich
outorops. The spring supplying water
at Goldfeld was for years claimed by
John Chlatovich Of Silver Peak. and
used as a supply for his horse ranch
which covered the present site Of
Goldfeld. In the early COS an explor-
alton party (of which the late J. II.