Show THE LA PLATA D1S1K1CT THE HERALD presents this morning another an-other exhaustive account of what has been found what done what is doing and what is to be seen at La Plata the new mining district in the north country The writer of tho article went to tho camp with instructions in-structions to do it thoroughly and we believe he has succeeded In this connection connec-tion we may say that while he is not an expert in tho popular sense of the term his long career among the mines as prospector and journalist has familiarized familiar-ized him with tho subject and given him a knowledge of the business which comparatively few can boast He has set down things just as he found them and we can assure our readers that nothing suggestive of prejudice appears in what he tells It was the plain unvarnished truth that TUE HERALD wanted because only thafwbulcP bo valuable to the public We may here state that too much that has been written and published about La Plata has been of the boom order the consequence con-sequence being that upon learning the actual facts more or less disgust has been aroused Tho truth will do most for the camp in thq long run even if it shall stall a senseless rush to the district of the ignorant tenderfeet who couldnt tell the difference between I limestone porphyry and quartzite and II I who wouldnt know rich ore i they were Ito I-to encounter it in tho road THE HERALD regrets that the prospect at La Plata is not really as brilliant and promising prom-ising as it Has been painted by the enthusiasts enthusi-asts At tho same time wo find nothing in II I the report of our representative which will I discourage any intelligent miner or capitalist capi-talist On the other band we read much that is encouraging While it may be that a defined vein has not yet been discovered S the abundant croppings found toll with St certainty that ledges exist Galena does not rain down from the skies It comes from below and wo aro confident that in the case of the La Plata discoveries they will lead to the finding of satisfactory bodies of silverlead ore Meantime the public will do well to read carefully what THE HERALDS special representative rep-resentative says elsewhere in this issue |