Show clade PARSER PLAINS TO AID prospectors A square deal for the mining prospector Is cited la the formation of the prospectors selling association which has opened headquarters in san francisco at buss it la the sole purpose of the new association to bridge the many pitfalls that face the mining atter be has made his strike it Is a nonprofit non profit non promoting permanent organization organisation a convenient means of direct contact between the discoverer and the de velo peri edward hart and clyde ale themselves fresh from the rich nevada camps atre the instigators of the new movement both have tried the prospectors game and hold a broad knowledge know lege of the hardships en dured in the search for the precious metal and the discouragement that comes after the strike in finding honest capita to finance the project membership in the prospectors selling association is placed at the nominal price of 12 per year with the assurance of no dues or assess ments and anyone owning developed prospects or new and undeveloped mining property is eligible although offices were not opened until this week the association already has a charter membership of sixty prospectors some of whom are located in el ko and humbolt counties too many times the prospector la forced by his inability to get in touch with legitimate capital to accept the short end terms of the promoter to finance his discovery of the purpose of the prospectors selling association mr hart its founder has tho following to bayt the future and expansion of the mining industry rests entirely upon the efforts of the prospector and he profits less than anyone experience seems to indicate the reason to be lack of systematic means of reaching directly the bona fide mining opera tor the result has been steady all ing off in the numbers devoting their energies and their entire life to the discovery of new wealth hardly one man Is in the ellla today as against ten a few years agotha old time prospector Is about extinct those at present engaged must be encouraged cou raged and stimulated and the future for the new crop must hold more promises it the search tor precious metal Is to go on As soon as the prospector makes his discovery he can communicate with the association for suitable capital for development A sample of the discovered ore will be exhibited at the associations headquarters together with photographs maps reports and other data relative to the proposition all data to be sent in by the prospector it should be most emphatically understood by both the legitimate promoters and the prospectors that the association does not tie up the ground of the discoverer in any way except to exercise all of its unlimited power to realize a square deal tor the prospector said mr hart san francisco bulletin |