Show Once A cc Goat Pasture r a qt t v Sr x i K J A 1 4 z m. All great mines were once mere meie prospects No more fitting example of this axiom can be had than the Tintic Standard mine at Eureka Prior to 1917 the rhyolite covered area to the east of ot the TIntic mining district district dis dis- was slightingly referred to as the goat ranch Tho The surface indication indication indication in in- of oC mineral minerai was limited and the ground was valueless from an agricultural standpoint In 1907 Captain E E. E J J. J advanced the theory that under the rhyolite capping was a great body of or ore Few Pew people would believe the young prospector but he was ivas stoically determined to prove his theory Luck played no part with wilh Captain he backed his judgment and it required ten years of heart breaking struggle to prove pro that he was right During this period more than was I poured Into the prospect prospect pro pro- before a pound of or ore was discovered The ore was encountered encountered in 1917 and from Crom this once mere prospect has come nearly In wealth a large portion portion por par tion of or which has bas been fed red Into the business and industrial channels of oC the state Of or the total value of ot the oie me near nearly has been paid to the tho railroads smelters and refineries refiner refiner- ies over o has been paid to labor and approximately has been paid in taxes As was always the aim of tho the pioneers to create industries that will endure the Tintic Standard has used a large part of ot Its profits profit to expand the company's operations so as to perpetuate the life of or the en enterprise |