Show the prospector dinaple IC ir the traditional prospector will soon bo be as extinct as the dodo lie ile wa was a picturesque character in fiction and in reality and he be will be missed ilia his disappearance will not be due to the absence of ground to be prospected but hub to the different conditions under which work Is 1 now done in early times the prospectors were literally gold s seekers ekers they were after surface placers it takes but A little tune time for enterprising ter hardy men to overrun a considerable sid bid erable territory in the search of this class of deposits easily discoverable by bimble planning testa tests here and there and only to be looked for in certain topographical situations aul aud the country baa has been so thoroughly rona gone over that the likelihood of finding anything of 0 importance in the tile wa way y of placers has been steadily lessened the prospectors of today give their attention mainly to veins and lodes deposits in place which are much more difficult to locate the pioneers used to cover great distances undergo almost inconceivable privations and hardships and at times face dangers from hostile In indians dialls now iti it is found that the immediate neighborhood hoodoo of ones own camp is about as likely a place to prospect la in as one farther away and many of the best lode strikes have been made in the heart of districts where mining in had been going on for years albert in williams in engineering |