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Show PROSPECTING AS II PROSPECTOR SEES IT Thero has boen considerable dlscus-sion dlscus-sion recently through tho press o the prospecting question, chiefly by mon who novor did any prospecting themselves. them-selves. Somo now phases of tfio question ques-tion aro touohod upon in tho following letter written to the Salt Lako Mining Min-ing Review from Soven Troughs, Nov., by a man who is described as a successful suc-cessful prospector, no says: Havo all groat oro zones boon found? Certainly notl .Many oro zones will no doubt bo found m tho future, that aro at present covored up by lava, glacial and other flows and drifts; out all, or noarly all, ore bodies that show their presence by outcrops on tho surfaco must bo known by this timej of course meauing largo copper or iron resources. re-sources. An old-time prospoctor stanas procty gooa auancea yet w stumble on to something in tho way of gold, silver, etc., but it takes more diligenco to exploit tho find. The voin must be oponod up to somo extent boforo the owiior oan oxpeot any help in a financial way, and then ho must show that tho prospoct will almost bo saro to mako it3 own expenses, as work progresses; people are not froo witu their money nowadays, and thero have to be very substantial reasons why a man should part with his money to help dovelop any prospect. pros-pect. Tho roason for tho writer of, this to be interested in tho first question ques-tion is that ho is developing a cop-por-silvor zone, which shows a largo amount of low-grado oro, not on tho surface, but in tho tunnels and shafts; tho surfaco is perfectly bor-ron, bor-ron, till you get about; ten feot in the solid formationj thon tho color comes, the top of the formations having boon leached. The country nppears to havo been under water for ages, but is now up 5000 to G000 feet abovo sea level, and I loel satisfied that many such zones will bo found, but not by science alone; it will bo found by tho well-posted modem prospector, who possesses an abundanco of porsover-ance, porsover-ance, patience, some little financial pull, and good common sonso. ono who is not afraid to stay with tho proposition till ho is satisfied beyond be-yond any doubt, that thero is not any chanco for tho prospect to bo-come bo-come a paying mino, and people who possess money that they feol they could Bparo for such development, develop-ment, should, aftor carotid investigation, investi-gation, bo glad to join with the men that possoss a very promising prospoct and holp them to make a success of the proposition. When a man asks financial holp to opon a prospect, he should not be answered thuB: ''Money for mining? min-ing? Well, I should say notl I havo boen burnt once.'' But he should investigato this proposition and, if satisfied, should give his support in every way possible. Thero is plenty "of evidence that sensible mining generall' pays. |