Show THE CAMP the evolution of mining furnishes a splendid example of progress from the primitive to the modern this industry is but young as compared to its future possibilities and development but its history dates back for can centuries for a long period the mining endeavors of man were so restricted that progress was at a standstill then almost at one jump mining became a worldwide occupation and the application of modern science made possible one of the greatest of all industries that of digging into the vast treasury of mother earth among the results that most conspicuously mark the latter day advancement in mining is the low grade camp today many propositions are being worked that were passed by not long ago as impossible the lure of high grade has turned the prospector from many a fine property that with an even chance would develop into a dividend payer and the day is not far distant when the majority of the dividend payers will be these same low or medium grade propositions the solid mining man is beginning to look for the many neglected opportunities port unities in low grade mining he asbe is beginning to realize that with proper development and equipment the chance of failure is almost eliminated but this proper development and equipment is where the real science of mining comes in the e economic 0 problem enters strongly here and the success of the enterprise is proportionate to the accuracy with which this problem is solved the saving of a few cents per ton in production and milling cost means dividends a slight loss means failure the margin of difference is often very small I 1 the man who predicted that the great copper bearing porphyry mountains of bingham carrying not over two per cent copper could be made to yield a profit was ridiculed but today the fact hak has been demonstrated and the greater part of ding bing hams future production will probably come from these porphyry ores the same conditions are duplicated at ely nevada and it is a revelation to witness what is being accomplished there the gr great eat homestake Home stake mine in south dakota has produced in dividends from ore whose metallic value only amounted to a few dollars per ton there are many other examples where low grade propositions have been developed into great mines and there are still hundreds that will be recognized by men of enterprise |