Show FORCE we trust that our readers in giving EL passing glance to the title of this article will not jump at the conclusion that weare going to give them a talk on happy jim cracked wheat shredded whole wheat or rye grits on the contrary we desire to make some comments on force as applied to mining operations when we review the past history of the mining industry in this intermountain region it strikes the close observer and reasoner that the success which has crowned the individual efforts of hundreds who have made fortunes out of mining is not entirely due to favorable conditions the finding of rich mines or the assistance that has been rendered by capitalists to the financially embarrassed prospector and mine owner the existence of ore is of course necessary in order that a mining enterprise should ultimately prove successful and conditions should be favorable in the development ot of a virgin field another essential element is force this applies to the man the individual and is not one of the physical characteristic act of a mining proposition for instance take half a dozen men give them the same opportunity let them have as many mines or prospects of equal promise and value governed by the samer same conditions and it is safe to say that but one of them will meet with unqualified success in his mining operations what this man possesses in a marked degree is lacking in all the others and this is force the strong personality the unfaltering persever ence the bulldog bull dog tenacity the courage of his convictions and the ever supporting confidence that will overcome every obstacle and that will push onward and upward to success while those not possessed of this attribute will fall by the wayside we see the forceful mining man in all of our camps it is he who resurrects old and abandoned mines and places them in the ranks of heavy producers where others have failed mills smelters shelters sm elters and great and successful enterprises stand as monuments to the one desirable quality qua lity he possesses while others enjoying the same opportunities the same advantages deplore their ill III luck and wonder why this man lias has made a success while they still struggle along in the same old ruts As a usual thing it is the educated man who is endowed with force to the highest degree but education is note all that is necessary in order to make a success in mining or in any other calling and wealth and inherited riches are not governing elements in the career of any man engaged in mining as a business or pursuit for without the self reliance that force gives the inherent feeling that no discouragement can interfere with ultimate success one might as well become resigned to the fact that he is not fitted to pose as a shining light in important and coll osal mining oper at alons ions in any of the camps of this western tou auntry even lf if possessed Posses seti of chances in this line that an eighteen year old boy ought to be able to push to a su successful issue salt gait lake has many men who have beforce force in their makeup make up sad to relate it has more bunglers than it has successful operators these are a drag to the mining industry a hindrance to the business and should be herding sheep raising beets or pitching alfalfa for they will never amount to anything in mining as they lack force |