Show CHANCE FOR THE prospector A capitalist never ye yet t found a mine he buys them after they are found it is the prospector who makes the first discovery he is the one who blazes the trail finds the way and guides the man of means to the mountain ranges the canyons and the hills hilla to the cropping ledge the mineral zone ire in chica nature has placed her richest treasures this is the age of mining an era of I 1 mining men of wealth have the fever they have come to a realization of the fact that mining is a legitimate pursuit that it is vastly profitable that there are more millionaire mining kings than there are railroad or manufacturing magnates and they want an inning inthis in this fascinating pursuit and occupation hundreds of investors and capitalists are of the same mind however they will not find mines but they will buy them after they are found if they can and right here is where the opportunity of the prospector comes in with his ability to trace the float to the mother lode his mining experience his knowledge of mountain life his training in judging the value of different classes of ores and with an understanding of the formations the distinction between porphyry granite lime and quartzite it only remains for him to make a valuable discovery in order to command the attention and assistance of capital in order to transform a prospect into a producing mine and dividend payer while the west is possessed of many almost matchless bonanzas the fact remains that our mountain ranges and canyons have been but barely prospected as yet in fact there are great areas of country in the west much of which are doubtless richly mineralized that have as yet never been visited by the prospector and miner what such boundless I 1 tracts hold in trust for the future no one can tell but it will be the prospector who will reveal the secret and in time to come it will be through his aid that the world will be given innumerable metallic wealth producers which will be the equal it if not the peer of the great monte cristo propositions of the west in which we all take such justifiable pride in this day and age the prospector of today has an opportunity never before enjoyed by his fellow craftsman |