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Show It of gratitude owed to prospector The prospector is ttio pioneer who blazes the trail; he is the one who explores ex-plores and searches for valuable minerals or ores in hitherto unworkdl and untrodden untrod-den round, and tf his work is not encouraged en-couraged the production of the precious metals will continue to decline, says the j Tonopah Daily Times. True, many of the world's greatest ' mineral districts were found by pure j accidents, but the work of the prospector developed those discoveries. When Marshall discovered that Ro'd niiKet in the millrace of Gutter's saw-mil! saw-mil! at Coioma, in Ki Dorado county, (,'ali fortita, he started the greatest pros-ijC'-tiriL,' campaign the world has ever witnessed. wit-nessed. Tonopah was discovered by the sirayinc: away of Jim Butler's burro. Divide and its wonderfully rb-li po.s.-sibilities were uncovered un-covered accidentally by a crosscut bein run for the (Juld mountain vein. Yospcoi ins can now be carried on in localities that, prior to the advent of the 1 automobile, it was impossible to work, owintr to the lack of water. The world is short of both silver and sold. The production of both metals is declining. At the rinse of the ch il war gold went to a premium and silver rose far above parity. Silver saved the situation situa-tion then, and it will do the same tiling now. It remained about ?1 per ounce for many years. War Is the gre-il debt maker, and following every modern war silver has advanced in price and gold gone to a premium in recular proportion to the indebtedness created and the number num-ber and importance of the nations involved, in-volved, and the t wo coin metals have come back to norma!, or near par, with paper money, exactly as debts were reduced, re-duced, keeping step with liquidation. Our government does not interest itself in the production of the money metals; it does not encourage prospecting or the work of the prospector. England (tli rough her colonies), on the contrary, docs help the prospector and does Interest Inter-est herself in the production of the money metals, and that Is why she can and does control the finances of the world. We are glad to note that an organization organ-ization has been formed under the laws of the state of Nevada to encourage' prospecting pros-pecting and assist the prospector. " In this way we will. In a short time, build up our mining industry and place it upon the plane where it properly belongs. |