Show 0 once ice A goat pasture N afi j 4 W A M wa X NA 4 4 M K M all great grant mines wore were once more prospects no more fitting example of this axiom can call bo be had than tho the standard mine nt at eureka prior to 1917 the covered arca to tho the east at 0 tile the mining district was slightingly referred to as aa tho the goat ranch the surface indication di of wits was limited anil the ground was valueless from nn all agricultural standpoint in ili 1907 captain 11 J advanced tile tho theory that under tit tho rhyolite capping was a groat body ot of oro ore few people would believe tile the young prospector but bill h lie was stoically determined to prove hl hla theory luck played no part with captain haddath Had datz lie he bucked backed hla judgment and it required ten tell years ot of hoar heartbreak tb t b liiK struggle ruggle to prove that he was tight right during tills this period more titan was poured into the pro before it of ore WOR waa discovered tito ore wits was lit in 1917 and from tills more marc prospect hai coins nearly in wealth a urge large por tion of which has haa been fed into the business alnesa bu and industrial channels of the state of tile the total value of tile the ore nearly has been paid to tho the railroads iasi smelt ors and refiner redner los loa over has haa been paid bild to labor ind and has been paid in taxes As ag was always the alm aim of tho the pioneers plo noora to create industries that will undine tho the standard has haq used a largo part of lla its pronta to expand tho the operations so as to perpetuate tho the life of the enterprise |