Show THROWING AWAY GOOD ORE where really many cases are on record good prospects have been neglected and passed up as being no good merely because they failed to come up to the preconceived idea of the discoverer as to just how ore should occur or who believed that certain formations only were mine makers others have become in many instances however interested in claims so rejected and have succeeded in developing them into producing and paying mines which shows that one cannot depend altogether on the opinion or judgment of those who have narrow ideas and who are so set in their opinions that they cannot learn anything new or accept of conditions contrary to what they always have considered as being unalterably established the same rule holds good when it comes to accepting the value of ores if the mine product is a galena or runs high in copper if it shows horn silver or native gold the average miner is onto his job and makes good headway but if there is an occurrence of rock that looks different from what he is used to it goes over the dump as being valueless although it may be in reality high grade ore it so often happens that the best product of the mine is thrown away because the owner or manager believes it is worthless because it does not look good to him only a short time ago in a certain mine in this intermountain region where a goodly tonnage of only fair shipping ore was being mined it was found that a hungry looking rock being piled over the dump was really tellurium going out to the ton in another instance 40 per cent zinc ore had been long regarded as valueless while rare metals have often exist without the knowledge of the mine owner as was the case in the boss mine at good springs nevada where high grade platinum has been found in abundance the moral is to assay everything and assay often |