Show 0 WANT GOOD SURFACE SHOWINGS while good mines may be found in localities cali ties where the values at the grassroots are practically insignificant and where great depth must be acquired before shipping or even milling ores are found still it is uni sally the case that experienced mining men will have nothing to do with a mining r proposition unless there is an exceptionally good showing at the surface as they argue that if a mine exists at the droppings crop pings it will continue to produce at depth and prove to be as rich if not richer the further the workings are extended into the bowels of the earth in other words the mining operator prefers to begin ore extraction and shipments from the surface down rather than to sink a deep shaft with the hope that at depth an ore body wil be found in the history of nearly every mining camp in the west the first paying mine was the result of the discovery of fine surface showings the finding of ore bordering on the sensational or the existence of a large body of low grade mineral that would pay to work on the ground the development ol oi other mines in the near vicinity of the original discovery is often due to disclosures made in the operation of such property as in its workings the strike and trend of the veins are clearly demonstrated so that by sinking a shaft on adjoining ground it is reasonably certain that the same ore zone will be encountered even then the mine owner is taking a chance and he may spend a large amount of money in the endeavor to find the extension of the vein from a neighboring property the same expenditure however on a grass root proposition generally results favorably and this is one reason why there is such an active demand for fine surface showings and why it is often the case that the discovery where shipping values are found at the droppings crop pings develops into a producing and paying mine with but trifling expense compared to the amount required in deep sinking and subsequent exploration the late W S stratton former owner of the independence mine at cripple creek spent only a few hundred dollars before he made a paying mine out of this magnificent property and it was not long after before he was worth several millions to say nothing of the ten millions for which he afterwards sold the mine to an english company it cost practically nothing to develop the mizpah i at tonopah To nevada the philadelphia syn syndicate dacate which purchased the mine oi of jim butler for paying aown do made final payment from royalties recel from leasers leaders before the bond and option vei aired and now liow the property is valued er at those who bought the sana storm mine at goldfield ex experienced perien ed difficulty in meeting the first payment ent of but before the time arrived to meet mee the second installment it was made out ot the mine and nearly at the grassroots enumeration of similar happenings lightb carried on almost indefinitely each and every instance going to show how really im it is in the success of a mining ven ture to get into something where nature at the surface gives some sign or indication of I 1 what is in reserve for those who take h her er it at her word and engage in mining unde undertakings the man with a prospect on which there are good surface showings feels greatly en cou raged if he can make the property pay in part for its development from ore extracted as exploratory work progresses then too it is much easier easie f to make d disposal is po sal of a prospective bonanza where there is ore in sight near the surface than it is when it is known that a big expenditure must be incurred before it is demonstrated whether theror or not the property in question is possessed ot any real and intrinsic value |