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tain a wide and thorough educa­
tion on minerals than in Colorado.
SHUT UP!
Probably every known mineral can
be found in the Rocky mountains.
Visitors from the west called
Kocks that at first glance appear,
to be valueless often contain the. upon President Lincoln one day.
standard minerals in paying quail-, They were filled with worry and
titles. In that state gold often is excitement about the commis­
found in sandstone Arsenical iron, sions and omissions of the ad­
at first scarcely noticed by pros­
ministration
After
hearing
pectors, often contains a high gold
(Continued from page one)
their complaints, the president
of prospectors both expert ami content. Manganese, for years said :
otherwise, and consisted in the i thrown away as of no value, often
"Gentlemen, suppose all the
main of deposits of mineral they carries as high as $200 in gold, per
had overlooked. Game was plenti­ ton. Rare minerals like vanadium, property you were worth was
ful then and a prospector could j rubidium, tungsten and pitch­ in gold, and you had put it in
easily obtain all the fresh meat he blende (from which radium is pro­ the hands of Blondin (a noted
needed. In those days the country duced) are found in many sections,
rope walker of those days) to
was not all cluttered up with game . and any prospector who does not carry across the Niagara river
__
I
know
his
stuff
is
very
liable
to
laws as at present. These laws, I
primarily ""established for a g^d !?*“
*,nJ® valuable deposit on a rope. Would you shake the 1
purpose, have so degenerated that that might make a fortune for cable, or keep shouting out to
him Blondin, stand up a little
they are mostly used these days him.
Petzite, a telluride of gold and straighter Blondin, stoop a lit­
by unscrupulous persons to work
injury to some neighbor, against silver, is a most ordinary appear­ tle more go a little faster
whom they have a real or fancied ing rock Hardly any one would lean a little more to the north
grievance, and not from any de­ bother to pick it up for examina­ lean a little more to the south* ?
sire to uphold the law. One needs tion. Not a speck of gold can be No, you would hold your breath
only to read the daily news intelli­ seen with a strong magnifying
gently to realize the truth of this glass in its tiny cavities. But there as well as your tongue, and
is plenty of petzite that will assay
keep your hands off until he
statement.
I presume there is no better lo­ $40.000 per ton. 1 was in Colorado was well over.
cality in the world in which to ob- when telluride was discovered. As-
"The government is carrying
sayors couldn’t make anything out
of it. yet the old-timers were heat­ an immense weight. Untold
treasures are in their hands.
ing it white hot in their forges,
dropping it into strong salty water They are doing the very best
and watching the gold bubble out they can. Don't badger them.
of it. It was a year afterward be­ Keep silence and we’ll get you
fore assayers got onto a method safe across." Nolan County
whereby they could assay it cor­ (Texas) News.
rectly. A prospector in those
y
mountains must know how to as­
say and test his findings with the whole outfit tested by supper
blow-pipe. p«x,ket smelters, ar io­ time. One wants to be sure the
iodine is pure, though. It probably
dine and filter paper.
If he depends on assayers. it will be these days, but we had to
will cost him at least $1.50 for be careful in the times I speak of,
each gold and silver sample and because many small druggists, not
from that to $10 for tin ore, van­ satisfied with making 500 per cent
adium and other rare minerals, to on everything they sold, had a
say nothing of all the time lost habit of adulterating their mar-
traveling back and forth to post chandise as well.
When I prospected for compan­
offices and the trouble of wrap­
ping and mailing his samples in ies that paid all the bills, which I
accord with postoffice regulations. did for luarty years. I did a lot of
Also he knows that many assay­ assaying at their expense. Of
ers are not correct in their work, course, as stated. I made my own
others take no interest in it, and tests on various rocks in various
there are still others who are ways, but when I had found some­
thing worth while, some mineral­
known to be crooked.
Around the new mining camps bearing vein we will say. that
used to be a great place for showed up good, I would take
crooked assayers. there were so samples here and there clear
many opportunities in a new camp across the vein lor ledge), mortar
for them to make dishonest money. them.up as fine as flour, stir them
And many were the tricks of their thoroughly, then quarter the mix­
trade. Sometimes a prospector ture. Out of one quarter I would
would bring in a sample of rock take three samples that I would
and they would give him a big send to three different assayers.
assay on it. no matter whether it and check up on the returns. That
was good or barren, thinking if way I got a very close estimate on
they encouraged him he might what the ore would run per ton, by
bring in more samples which subtracting a certain percent, be­
would mean more money for them, cause no ore will hold out to its
and would probably spend a lot of assay in the smelter.
There are many tricks in the
money in other ways which would
help the new camp, or at least mining game and if I don't know
might do a lot of digging, during them all, it is because some new
which he perhaps would find some­ ones may have been invented quite
thing good which would benefit recently that I have not heard of.
everybody indirectly as well as Guess everyone has heard the defi­
nition of a mine, very terse and to
himself.
the point: A mine is a hole in the
There were assayers who would, ground with a liar on top. And
instead of giving a man the real that holds true in more cases than
figures on a sample of rich rock, you would suppose.
write him a low percentage of val­
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ue, then try to discourage him still • Miss Josephine Clute of Big
further by advising him that he Applegate spent some time in
could make nothing by mining Jacksonville Wednesday, J. Clute
such worthless Btuff. Then when and father of Applegate made a
they thought they had him prop­ business trip to Grants Paas on
erly disgusted with his layout, Tuesday.
would offer to buy it from him for • A surprise birthday party given
little or nothing, posing' as good in honor of Miss Lois Matheny
Samaritans who were sorry for his was a Sunday evening occasion at
bad luck, etc. If they succeeded in her home. Many young people
buying his interest, they had a
both the Ruch and Medford
good thing for themselves or for from
vicinity were present to enjoy an
their friends to handle. And many evening
a poor prospector was skinned at ments. of games and refresh-
that game. That is the reason why • Mias Mary Jean Barnes, from
any prospector ought to be able to Phoenix, is spending the week at
do his own testing at his camp, the home of Miss Marjorie Peebler.
roughly at least. It will save him • Glen Smith was Sunday guest
a lot of grief. There are many of Mr. and Mrs. A. Throckmorton.
SEE THESE
ways of testing rocks, but for a • Mrs. C. G. Peebler entertained
gold test I know of nothing that several friends at her home Thurs­
AMAZING
will beat iodine and filter paper. day, when the afternoon was spent
All
the old-timers in the Rocky
piecing a quilt
VALUES
mountains use it. And where an in
• Mrs. Ivan McDonough and
assay for gold alone costs from daughters spent a few days at
No longer any need
$1 to $1.25, a prospector can test Persist recently, visiting her par­
his own rocks for two cents and ents.
to shop around for
a half each, right at his own camp. ' • Ruch Sunday school, being held
money-saving tire
and save all the chasing around at the Ruch school house each
and delay of waiting for returns to ' Sunday morning from 10 to 11
prices. Now we can
reach him by mail. All rocks are '
extended a special invi­
give you genuine
divided into two classes. They are a.m.,
' tation has
to
people
the vicinity to
either oxidized or not oxidized. If attend its services of each
Goodrich Quality
week.
they are not oxidized, they can be
Tires for the same
oxidized by heating them, which
puts them all in one class, and
price as cheap
the iodine can then handle them.
“bargain-built”
A man can then test any rock
tires! That’s why
that gets into his hands, roughly,
of course, but accurately and with
we urge you to
a little experience can estimate its
come in tomorrow.
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value very closely as to what It
may run per ton. Then, if he finds
he has something good and wishes
to know the exact amount of gold
in it, he will be justified In losing
time and going to the expense of
having it thoroughly assayed.
Many a time I have returned to
camp with 14 or 15 different sam­
z//1 e
ples of various rocks and have had
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