Show oace A goat pasture pa I 1 I 1 4 evl Q 4 M aag q M all great mines were once mere prospects no more fitting example of tills this axiom can be had th than anthe the standard mine at eureka prior to 1917 the rhyolite covered area to the east of the tintic minin mining district was slightingly referred io to as I 1 the he goat ranch the surface indication di of 0 mineral was limited and thel ground was valueless from an ail agricultural standpoint in 1907 captain B E J advanced the theory that under the rhyolite capping was a great body of ore few people would believe the young prospector but he ha was stoically determined to prove his theory luck played no part with captain Pad datz lie backed his judgment and it required ten tell years of heartbreaking heart breaking struggle to prove that lie was right during this period more than was poured into tile the pro pio before a pound of nf ore was waa discovered the ors ore was ft as in 1917 and from tills this once of 1 11 mere prospect has conle comp e 1 I 1 ay in wealth a large laige por tion of lias has been fed into the business and industrial channels of the state of the total value alue of the ore nearly 30 has been pa paid d to tile the railroads ralli oads sm shelters smelters smelt elters eis find and refiner les over 13 has been paid to labor and approximately has been paid in taxes As was always the alm aim of tho the pioneers to create industries Indu stiles that will endure the standard Stan daid has used a large part ot of its profits to expand the companas comp anys opera operations so its as to perpetuate tile the life or 0 the enterprise |