Show THE PROVEN ZONE 19 the term the proven zone sounds mighty well in mining literature and in the flaring prospectuses prospect uses issued by mining companies having treasury stock for sale but the presson expression ex is misleading and for the fact that an undeveloped property in a proven zone is often possessed of no more real merit than can be attributed to a newly discovered prospect in a region where there th ere are no developed and paying mines virgin ground in a proven zone may be absolutely barren and the fact that it adjoins a producing mine is not an absolute assurance that it is possessed of any mineral value As a matter of fact many properties in proven zones prove to be absolutely worthless after small fortunes have been expended in their development this being the case men of experience will not hesitate when it comes to the exploitation and development of a fine surface showing in a new district far removed from mining camps where millions have been made in mining operations and the chances are that they will develop dividend payers in these new fields where they might meet with possible failure in proven zones the many successes chronicled in many new districts often far removed from transportation facilities prove the assertion we have made and in a number of cases these new districts have caused the mining world to sit up and take notice it is an old saying that gold is where you find it this is true and it is also true that money will flow into new sect sections lons where mineral wealth has been found in abundance almost as quickly as it will into the old and established mining camps of the west where the proven zone has long been demonstrated |