Show biography of leading mining men NUMBER ONE it is now a conceded fact that the mountains at pioche nevada were there before anthony H and ernest if godbe put in an appearance in this field of great mineral possibilities and it is true also that a few scattered millions were taken from the mines of that region before the brothers ar anthony H godbe rived at an age when they could distinguish the difference between a hole in the ground and a real genuine mine taking these facts into consideration no reasonable doubt exists but that ore was deposited in the hills around pioche before the godbe brothers began to sit up and take notice no one knows how long before it might have been a million years and it may have been but fifty and yet the memory of the oldest inhabitant not back to the time when there was not a godbe in the mie camp still at an early age these bonanza mining kings in embryo absorbed the geology and formation of that region until they really know knew more about it than the man who witnessed the original ore depositions they traveled over the hills in short pants in long pants and when they began most assiduously to cultivate the first silken hairs of their maiden mustache they know knew all of the dips spurs and angles strike latitude and longitude of every ore body in the camp and the unknown deposits were pretty well located in their minds they were familiar with the yuba dyke the black ledge and had deep and evar everlasting impressions of the immensity and almost value of the prince consolidated soli dated ore zone from boyhood up they were engaged in mining and milling pursuits As soon as they could handle a tommy knocker they went into the mines lacking the strength of full grown men they first saw service as powder monkeys then they developed into muckers duckers muc kers later they polished the head of a drill in tunnel shaft and and in due time were placed in positions of trust and responsibility for several years they were identified with smelting smelling sm elting and milling operations some considerable time was spent in the mill at bullionville Bulli onville near panaca and in the smelter in the suburbs of pioche mining operations at jackrabbit Jack rabbit bristol highland and groom districts engaged their attention at different times As a matter of fact they grew up in the mining business and as they grew in stature they also grew in mining lore and experience they were mining students as well as mining men and by the time they were able to engage in business for themselves they had attained to such proficiency in all matters pertaining to the mining industry and its kindred branches that they were 4 tf iv aw io col james L hackett able to command heavy capital in their mining enterprises and the aid and assistance of men high up in the financial and commercial world thus it was when hen they attempted the flotation of the ohio kentucky and the th prince consolidated properties at pioche that the wise men of the east headed hv by col james L hackett joined hands with them in these two gigantic enterprises success however has not spoiled these two successful young mining men their aim has always been high hut but they have never climbed so high but that they are always able to recognize and to give the glad hand to old friends and associates and no man in order to gain an audience with ernest L godbe them needs to don a dress suit or send in his card |