Show THE OBSERVING EYE the real wideawake wide awake and experienced prospector is a close observer and at no time does anything pertaining to formation or the geological conditions of the section he is in escape his attention when the mining man or prospector is in the field he always has with him the observing eye and whether he is engaged in searching the hills the mountain sides and the canyons for sources of hidden wealth or is engaged in some pastime or sport he is always on the lookout for the cropping vein the blossom of a ledge or for some evi evidence fence of the existence of deposits of the precious metals ando and because of this characteristic because of the faculty of always observing which has become almost second nature to the experienced mining man many great and valuable mines have been found in this western country which might not have been discovered in the regular routine of a pros pec tors li life such instances fes c an be h galore an and d uch such di discoveries discoveries Isco veries have oft named developed into often been wonderful JT producers precious metals rs of 0 the these accidental finds as a have been general w thing passed over by bv tho the g r i for big things for extensive man look ng droppings crop pings for mammoth ledges and for T looking dyke T and ta but for the the y p ro hromisin eye would be destined to lie dormant for an indefinite period at rhyolite nevada recent recently lyp the young men of the camp were engaged in a game ball one of the outfielders of v missed a fly which struck the ground with such force I 1 t to 0 icka dislodge i d ge a piece piece of rock the fielder a as s p picked e d u up p th the e fragment fragment and found that tha t it was quartz that was fairly lou lousy sy with gold saying nothing he slipped the ore in his pocket and late that night by the light ot of a lantern made an examination and found that the rock came from a vein in place the ground on which the ball game was played was owned by a mining company which was in ignorance of the existence of the rich ledge found by the player who at once loaded up with the stock of the association cia tion and then made known his discovery which will undoubtedly place him on easy street it was because of the habit of close observation that led to the important discovery at rhyolite and similar instances could be cited without number and while there are those who could not find a mine if it were as big as a mountain and as easily to be seen a sixteen story building the majority of prospectors need not be told to mind their ps and qs as they already have the habit of V looking into everything and have the observing eye |