| Show WHO GETS THE REWARD there is an old saying to the effect that everything comes to him who waits and another about justice being impartial but there are many who play the mining game who look upon such proverbs as huge jokes or being of less cheerful disposition consider them as offensive use of the english language whichever way they look at it it is quite certain that the exceptions are majority over the rule how many worthy prospectors ever realize even a fair percentage of the value of their finds it is true that mat they endure the hardships and face all of the dangers but do they ever get their share of the reward in most cases they do not the man with the money comes along and the most of the prospector gets for his months of labor is usually another grubstake with this meagre start he begins anew his search for riches among hills his life is merely a repetition of grubstakes grub stakes and of endless wandering surely he has a goodly right to the title the trail blazer of mining but the prospector is not the only one who sees his reward slip into the hands of the more fortunate they are many anti and their history would fill volumes lately we learned of a somewhat typical case of leasers leaders lea sers who were thrown hard when fortune seemed to smile upon them solely on their nerve and with that indomitable western spirit they leased a property their assets at the beginning amounted to exactly 15 but their industry was immeasurable they opened up ore in goodly quantity and with this as a beginning they built up a credit that was surprising they built a foot tram by making their own buckets and borrowing the rollers and cable they put in worth of roads they employed miners and bought supplies on credit in hi short they worked the credit system to the th limit after overcoming many difficulties and on the eve of making a splendid showing they find their lease cut short while they have worlds world s of ore the four winter months during which the lease still runs with the snow forty feet deep is not sufficient time in which to pull out even with their original capital of 15 surely this is an example of hard luck of the hardest kind but these leasers leaders are in the cheerful disposition class and declare they will have better luck next time the man who has always made successes in mining cannot appreciate the man who has always met with failures failure does not always imply lack of ability or enterprise there is always a winner and a loser and the loser is the best man |
