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JANUARY 29, 1903. THENEBRASKIA NDEPENDENT. 15 eral, simple, plain; can be readily understood by any person. The new Gold Bond Policy is espe cially attractive and popular, com bines investment and protection. It Is safe as a national bank note or government bond. Ali policies are se cured by deposit of approved securi ties with the state of Nebraska. The securities are held by the state in the manner in which deposits pro tecting national bank notes are held by the treasurer of the United States. The security being absolute makes policies of the Bankers Reserve Life and national bank notes good any where in the world. THE LOYAL FIELD STAFF The field staff of the Bankers Re serve Life is able, loyal, faithful, is not excelled by any equal number of men in the life insurance field of thr west. The management extends to the field staff its sincere thanks for their loyal, efficient service. POLICY HOLDERS AND PRESS No institution or company ever had more loyal, enthusiastic, friendly pol icy holders or more courteous treat ment from the press. The attacks of competitors have served to solidif and strengthen confidence and stimu late support of policy holders, press and citizens generally in the stabil ity of the company. The petty attacks have advertised the superior policies and given recog nition to the prominent position at tained by the association in the in surance field, have turned public sen timent in our favor, have caused tens of thousands of loyal citizens of the west to espouse the cause of patron age of western institutions for west ern people, to keep at home in our own banks for investment in our own securities the savings of our people under the beneficent laws of Nebras ka. A $10,000,000 CO. IN 1903 The policy holders, field staff, ad visory boards, the press and patron age and support of western peoplf- combined can readily assist the man agement in reaching the $10,000,u00 mark set for 1903. The income can be safely doubled during the year, Every dollar will be deposited in western banks or invested in western securities or expended in tne west. Cf F;CLRS, FIELD F, PCL CY HOLDERS The success already attained repre sents the combined energy, contribu tion, influence and work of officers, field staff, employes and policy hold ers who have loyally, faithfully worked together to further the inter ests of the institution. We invite your active, loyal future support and invite the especial co-operation of the ad visory board members, press and peo ple. With this combined support there is no limit to the results to be attained, the advantages to be de rived, the position to be realized in the dominion of the future great western empire of America. Respect fully submitted, B. II. ROBISON, President. The large socialist vote in Massa chusetts is still being discussed by the Boston papers. The Herald says: "We are acquainted with several prominent republicans in this city who last November voted the socialist ticket because they believed, as they said, that the time had come to make a protest against the growing ascen dency of corporate wealth. Of course, if corporate ascendency is to continue to increase, the same causes that led the men to whom we refer to vote as they did might tend to make them continue thus voting, and doubtless cause others to follow their example, unless, indeed, the American democ racy can formulate a policy for state and national action which would in duce these dissatisfied republicans to believe that their hope was to be found in a democratic success." That is a Ptrange kind of talk to "come from the chief supporter of the gang tint repudiated the Kansas City platform and insisted on nominating as the democratic standard-bearer the great est corporation magnate iq, the whole state. Does the Herald begin to sur mise that the advocacy of plutocracy is not likely to lead to democratic success? HOW TO FIND A GOLD MINE Interesting Story Told Independent Read ers 1 7 the Mines Exchange, Limited, Chicago Most readers of The Independent will take keen interest in a graphic description of "How a prospector pro ceeds to find a gold mine." Prospecting is an occupation fitted only for those accustomed, to hard work, for there are times when an enormous amount of physical strength and endurance is required to face un known privations and do every kind of hard work in the roughest of places, and yet be able to maintain a sound body. Thus it is that the husky lads of the great corn and wheat belts, who lead the healthiest lives in the world, and to whom hard work comes as second nature, make the most sue cessful prospectors. Every great pros pector is endowed with an everlasting hope which characteristic he carries with him dearer than life, and without which he, and every man, in any de partment in life must be an utter fail ure. Some great mines have been dis covered by the merest accident, just as in men's fortunes there are some who have suddenly like lightning be come possessed of the wealth of a Croesus, yet withal, they are few in deed. The same principle holds good in prospecting as in farming or any other branch of business to be sue cessful means, quoting Proverbs, "What thy right hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." With a small cooKing outfit, a stock of provisions, a pair of blankets, prospecting pick, mineral glass and compass, the prospector with an iron nerve and a dauntless heart sets out to face dangers known and unknown for the purpose of wresting from the unyielding earth the yellow treasure of the gods. Of course increased transportation facilities have rendered easy of access many hitherto inhos pitable districts of the great west To attach a charm of romance and lifa realism, our narrative therefore should lie in and around regions where still the savage grizzly reigns monarch of all he surveys, and where nothing but the prolonged howl ot the wolves and cayotes disturb the stillness of night. "Drawing higher Glaring at one who nods afed winks behind a slowly dying fire." Thus the poet Tennyson illustrates a man worn out with fatigue, sleeping unconscious of a, fierce animal. We will choose British Columbia as a likely ground for our friend, the prospector. Once in the mountains, a camp is established. When he is ready to be gin work the prospector starts out searching for "float" quartz (pieces of quartz rock which have broken away from the vein and rolled down the mountain). If float is discovered the search for the vein commences; some times he may be fortunate enough to find it without difficulty, but invaria bly it means tracing the float up the mountain side, for obviously the source lies above him. Perhaps after many weary and anxious days the vein is discovered, but of such low value as not to justify him in making a lo cation. Ore is tested by a very simple pro cess taking a couple of smooth bould ers (mortar rocks) and pulverizing the quartz as finely as possible. Should the prospector be without a gold pan or horn spoon, a tin plate will an swer the purpose and he then pro ceeds to "pan" for colors. If the ore is free milling and carries any values there will be no difficulty finding col ors of gold in the pan after washing away the pulverized quartz. If our prospector stakes a claim, it is evidence that paying values ex ist He must needs be cautious to properly locate his claims and avoid possible conflicts with other claim ants. At the point where the discov ery was made is erected a discovery post or monument, and at each corner of the claim is placed a post or stone monument Our friend's next move is in the direction of the nearest mining recorder's office where the claim shall be recorded. Possessing the claim is one thing, but to carry on development work is mother. He may, himself, go on for an indefinite time pounding out a few dollars of gold, but if the veins on the surface after having been opened up by him bear undoubted indication of enormous wealth, what is absolute ly required is capital, and this is al ways to the prospector a quantite neg ligeantc. Thus it happens that thou sands of very valuable claims have re mained for years in the hands of the prospector unworked, and apparently a valueless asset A recent example of happy success has come before our notice and ia bright reading. In the spring of 1899 two farmer boys hailing . from New Brunswick procured employment as woodmen in a lumber camp on Hsh creek in British Columbia.' While at work ' that instinc'iva "something" which possesses some wandering , spirits . animated them stronger than ever as the shadow of solemn, awe-inspiring Lexington mountain seemed to fill Fish creek. What untold riches lay there and be yond? The attraction proved too strong and, though knowing nothing of prospecting, the young men event ually decided to join the band of ga lena hunters for which that part of the Lardeau country is famous. The story of their hardships, which unfortunately is too long to detail here, however, proves that true grit and all those elements of sturdy man liness for which the sons of the soil have no equal. They started out with the avowed intention of finding a mine? not a prospect but a mine. Of course they were searching for galena. Having established a camp, one day found them staring at great, prominent croppings of free gold quartz, being 10 to 50 feet wide, and straighway they commenced to work thereon, hop ing for galena. After breaking many pieces of quartz they succeeded in finding a few small "bunches" of ga lena. They remembered having heard someone say, "What nature does on a small scale she can do on a large scale." Reasoning thus they finally decided to locate the claims, confident that by blasting the quartz, their hopes of galena would be realized. The first claim was called the "Eva," but the several claims located came un der the heading of the "Eva Group." Securing all necessary implements drills, hammers, mining tools and so forth, a tunnel was started on one of the veins. Anxiously and nervously after each blast, the broken quarts was carefully scrutinized, but no ga lena could be found. Day followed day with increasing feelings of disap pointment. But what was that pe culiar yellow metal that was everlast ingly encountered? It was not ga lena. Was it gold? No, there was no gold in that camp. It looked like brass. Could it be copper? Probably; yes, copper it must be. Hammering the yellow metal flat on their anvil it was found unbreakable. Still .uncer tain, finally it was agreed to take a sack of the quartz to Comaplix, where they came in contact with an old pros pector who knew gold when he saw it Gold! Yes, the glittering gold,- and the ore was rich. They had blasted tons and tons of this rich ore down the mountain side. Today you can see boulders weighing from 500 to 1, 000 pounds which they had blasted; . they are literally covered with free Needless to state the discovery of gold on Lexington mountain caused a veritable stampede. Prospectors came from all parts. Claims were lo cated in every direction. The lads who had discovered the Eva did a lit tle more work,' sampling and assaying the surface croppings gold gold ev erywhere. Everything, even the coun try rock carried low values. The very large vein croppings, while not so rich as the first discovery, carried good values in gold, $15 to several hundred dollars, while the ore first discovered, gave values of $50 to even $1,000 per ton in .'elected samples. They demonstrated that there were thousands of tons of ore on the sur face and that the showing was suf ficient to bond the property to par ties who had the means to develop at depth the magnificent surface show ings. With this end in view the own ers listed their property with The Mines Exchange, Limited, which re sulted in the property being bonded to local parties with means to explore and develop the veins at depth. The great truths of Political econ omy are simple, clear and axiomatic. When those principles have been di vested of scientific verbiage and made understandable to the common man who cannot devote years to the ac quirement of the scientific vocabulary, egislation affecting the creation and distribution of wealth will become sane, the masses of the people will take a long step forward. The science presents many perplexities: it has many abstruse problems yet to solve, but the "principles" upon which the science is based, are like universal truths very simply in themselves. In a country where all laws concerning the creation and distribution of wealth rests upon the votes of the people, no man can do a greater or more pa triotic work than to bring the science of political economy before the people in such a way I hat the common man can understand it It has always been the purpose of The Independent to do something toward that end. AFTER MANY YEARS How Good Fortune Came at Last to a Woman in Southern Missouri Good fortune sometimes comes after hopeless years of waiting. So it was with Mrs. T. M. Taylor, of No. 737 West Walnut street, Springfield.-jVfo, For years she had suffered with severe stomach trouble, but Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People cured her, as the following interview will show;: "I was afflicted with stomach trou ble for about ten years," she said to '' a reporter. "About a year ago it be came acute. Just before confinement I was taken suddenly sick and had fif teen convulsions. 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