Show once A cicat pasture v xv w V MU g M A 4 0 A 2 vez 0 fa ILI 4 i n si A T all great mines were once mere prospects no more fitting example of tills this axiom can be had than the tintic gintic standard Stin dard mine at eureka prior to 1917 the rhyolite covered area to to the east of the tintic mining district was slightingly referred to as the goat ranch the surface indication di cation of mineral was limit poland and the ground was valueless from at an agricultural standpoint in 1907 1007 captain 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 was stoically determined to prove his theory luck played no part with captain he backed his judgment arid and it required ten tell years of heartbreaking heart breaking struggle to prove that he was right during this period more than was poured into the prospect before a pound ot of ore was wa discovered the ore was encountered in 1917 and from this once mere prospect has tome come nearly in wealth a large portion of 0 which has been ted fed into the business and industrial channels ot of the state ot of the total value ot of the ore nearly has been paid to the railroads smelters shelters sm elters and refineries over has been paid to labor and approximately 6 has been paid in taxes As was always the aim ot of the pioneers to create industries that will endure the sta standard n dard has used a large part ot of its p profits to expand the companas comp anys operations so as to perpetuate the life ot of the enterprise |