The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-05-14
ORE EASY TO FIND
/. IF YOU CAN FIND It

Only last week rich ore was struck
In the wide-Awake shaft. Only last
month rich ore was found In the
Greenback Currency lease. Within a
few days rich ore was
uncovered in the Black Metal Last
week the strike at the Zero was chron-
icled. But comparatively few days
ago good ore was found in the Deer
foot. During this same month rich
ore has been opened in the Burke.
With a purpose nothing Is said of the
rich ore opened In other mines during
the last few weeks. and the purpose
is to point moral and adorn a truth.
The greatest truth in mining obser-
walton is that contained In the old say
ing. The ore Is where you find It,"
These discoveries noted above are. of
try of those men who work to discover
the hidden resources of the district
and no word of disparagement Is i'm
piled in the idle and chance remarks
which follow. which are not written in
any heavy scientific manner. but pure
ly to entertain.
Ore is where you find 1t. Did some
geologist discover an unnoticed sign.
meaningless to others and book to
him. and thus lead him to the rich ore
opened In the wide-Awake. He did
not. because the most important geo.
logical work and the most necessary
and the most practical was the geolog
ical knowledge required In mixing and
| pouring of cement for the engine
| foundation. This ore was opened ac-
cidentally in the Strengthening of the
shaft. 1t was there for ages and many
'leasers." seeking to escape the wolf
have peered into this same shaft with
out discovering any sign save those
which indicated work.
| In the Greenback- k-Currency lease
some credit must be given to industry
for it is true that this ore was opened
purposely. but true again that an idle
drilling did the stripping. Rich as 1,
the ore being taken by the Hame.
brothers, 1t has lain hidden alongside
well known surface working fol
fifty years and needed but a twelve
inch hole to expose the beauty of tn
ore lying back of the wall of the drift
At the Black Metal the bedding, know
As the "A" plane, from which thous
ands are being mined today in sack
Of high grade. was the same bedding
as recorded elsewhere in this issue
known by Captain Day in 1878. An
opened accidentally-with all due re
spect to the recognized ability of tn
present operators. On the Zero leas
the ore was found right on the surfac'
Again paying due respect to the in
dustry which prompted the esse
, 10 do some searching. In tn
4 vryx
edge that good ore existed--and an at
: cident was required to start the shiT
/ ments. And again due respect Is give
: to those men who by their courag
: made the shipments possible.
E In the Burke mine the rich ore wa
: another accident, although it is no az
e cident that the men who operate tt
n mine are highly skilled and practic
miners.
o The moral being that ore is mo
: certainly where you find 1t. There
t an ancient Cornish corollary, 'AI
s where the ore is. there l amt" whi'
o but recognizes the first statement.
II And this is the lure and the cur
s of mining. for the ore is nothing my
d terious and the mode of Occurren
e not unknown. AS we'll try to hide
n bale of hay as ton of ore, and qui
le as we'll try to hide haystack as
le carload shipment. and yet the st'
8 does hide. 1t just sneaks around sol
d. rock and Is seen no more. while o
in sessed by some idea the miner driv
& some hundred feet ahead-and pays
e. thousand dolt 5. Another man s
lie in the game and spends dolla
De worth Of time and wins ten thousa
is dollars The mining game Is mini
game. and 1t Is no game for pikers