Show THE HARD ROW OF THE INVENTOR almost without an exception the inventor has a hard row to hoe it is equally true that the average inventor is limited in means and often without influence or financial backing he has his ideas his conceptions and his inventive genius is great but he is almost always helpless because he cannot give tangible shape to the creatures of his brains it is often the case that he cannot furnish the means for the building of even a crude model he has made a discovery possibly of vast import which he persistently but unsuccessfully parades before the business world he is turned down by men of means who demand a practical demonstration of the value of his invention before extending the helping hand the invention may be an ore dress ing machine a tunnel driving apparatus or a suction pump the building of which for regular work may mean the expenditure of a considerable sum of money of an outlay beyond the means of the inventor A small working model may be constructed by the inventor but this may be faulty in construction and may not carry out his ideas to their fullest extent he rebuilds builds re strengthening a part here and there eliminating superfluous mechanism at certain points his ideas meet with the approbation of those interested in mechanics in mine and mill equipment but he cannot get the fifi financial ancial assistance necessary to make a success of his invention because of the fact that his model does not come fully up to requirements no doubt exists as to the value of his invention but lie he lacks the material means to absolutely prove its ine merits inherits rits the large majority of inventors go down to defeat practically unknown and and their inventions are lost to the world some few however struggling on with a persistency that is wonderful to behold finally succeed in perfecting their inventions to such a point that they are seized upon by manufacturers and investors and to an astonished world an improvement pro is noted in the methods of ore treatment in tunnel work in smelting smelling sm elting operations in the handling of low grade ores and in mine and mill operation generally these successes lead to the thought why was this thing so simple never thought of before but perhaps it was possibly years ago but could not gain recognition because of the inability of the inventor to gain an audience with the right people because of financial embarrassment and the lack of the helping hand at the critical time when the pivotal point had been reached between success and failure |