Show I NERVE IN MINING The Mining World Pays a Tribute to Captain De Lamar While nerve alone will not insure the success of a man in the mining industry in-dustry says the Mining World of Butte Mont it is one of the chief essentials es-sentials of success The man who lacks it will fall to overtake success in 99 cases in every hundred In no other vocation Is the courage challenged so often In no field of effort is there greater demand for energy and faith There is not a mining district in the west that is destitute of its heroes who have bravely stood up against the most discouraging circumstances ever encountered by man struggling to overcome conditions that foreshadow I disappointment and defeat Occasionally Occasion-ally there are conspicuous examples of j t this type Montana has had Its full j I I quota and is proud of the record made by the men who have had the nerve to stand by their guns until the struggle strug-gle with fate was won Utah has a mining hero In the person per-son of Captain DeLamar a man of unconquerable nerve and determination determina-tion In the Mercur district he spent 1500000 before realizing one dollar in return but as a result stands ready to pull out that amount per annum for many years to come Hisviierve and Judgment enables him to realize 100 per cent on his investment instead of the 7 per cent which the money loaning capitalists would be contented to receive Usually men of DeLamars wealth refuse to bother themselves with new ventures involving worry and anxiety and which may swallow up a large portion of their wealth without yielding adequate returns but Utahs nervy Investor plunged ahead and wins success by the very audacity of his methods His Investments mean an expenditure of 1000000 a year among laboring men and he thus conserves con-serves the public interests of the state in which he lives Men of the DeLamar type are the heroes of progress the benefactors of the mining industry the life of the communities honored by their efforts |