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THE SUMPTER MINER
Wednesday. February 4, 190$
NEW ARGUMENT
FAVORS MINING.
TENNESSEE MAN GIVES HIS OPIN
ION OF MINING INDUSTRY.
ins Ih about the mont legitimate of in
iliifitrics. In thooitHt wo raise grain nml liventnck
nml inaniifarturt! cvcrytliiutr for tliu
ncrc-HllicH mid convenience of ninn but
the object, after all, Ih to got money for
what wo do nr produce; why, then, in it
not better to go for the money direct?
Iliero ih no iineHtionini; the fact that
1 men in every clime are HtrnlinK for
Larer Profits Hv Been Mad in WrMting '' no nuittur what iho oeciimtion
lh MIikmIi From the Erth Than by ' "'"' ,M' tlm "''J1'"1 iH u' ll,Ht to l,"v!rt
. . 1 1 j .. 'Hoinetliiiij' Into tho Mnmlnnl of valneH
Ml the money that the world ihwhohm'f
k " "in " uaft-iimc irniu tint uiIUoh. mere Ih no
Invuttnrnt way to products it from any other
xoiiree.
S. W. KtefTnei, of (Miattanniica, Ten- ' '" have la-en taken lantyear from
hchhcc, lerently u'iivh hix opinion of
miuiiiK an tmiijiarcd with uiiliixtrial and
the Klondike, it may have been duu by
the I ticiiH in I'crn, It may have been
other iiivcHtuifutH. 'I he followiui; are a ken out of any mint) in the world ; hut
few of Inm aruuuieiitH in favor of the in. ' nutter, it Ih the h.iiiio inik'Htructiblo
tluntry which ciuii'crim the people of ' nieiiHiire ol valued, and not iiinru truly
thin Hocliou : following an irruniHtillo law do tho tided
Tim nrlifnt men in the world are mill-1'"'' '""' "ow, than iIoch civilization
iiiK kinuM, many of whom have reached "'I'"11'" ""! recede, nccordliiK to tho
volume of a country h lenitiinate money,
hence no work id more honorable, nor
It'uitimute.
The dollar that the minor wreuchcri
from the HtuhlKirn earth Ih a now crea
tion, it In no othor inan'n; it It-muMM tho
value of no property any man pohhohhi' h ;
it will command recognition everywhere
und ImtlmroiiM iiH well iih eivilied man
known Iih value.
It Hleop in it h matrix in darkucvd un
til mhiiii miner IiIiihIm down thodoor that
leiidn into it h chamlMr and when uw.-ik-
elied, it at once heejux to take on itn pro
portion of iiiihi'm burden and nirrii'H it
their Ih'hIi litiaiii'ial poi-illon through the
proper application of what wan. original
ly an uIiiionI iiihiguilicant capital, und it
Iiiih proven that while millioiiN of dob
lam havti been lost in railroad, foreign
uiortgiigcH, imluNtrial enterprineH and
building aNHoeiatioiiH, the American
mining iuiliiHtry Hteadily uilvauccH and
reluriiH I'liormoiiH prolllH to thiw who
go into it properlv.
It Im apprecialed tiMlay by nil reading
and thinking people that legitimate
mine operation art productive of
euormoiiN prolitH, and the fortuncH that
have been amaxHcd thiough wcll-ailvihcd
iuveHliueuta in mining are mo etartliug I "' forever. Not only, therefore, are we
in their magnitudn iih In ho alinot in
credible. Tho "New York Tribune" recently
milil: "The mining iudiiHtry ban paid
more dividenilH, compared with other
dependent upon mining for our cur
reucy, but we are dependent upon tho
Hiimo Hoiirce fur all the varioui iiietaln
that art lined.
We marvel at the wonderful electrical
iudtiNtricH, than any other biiHincHH iuventioiiH that are lieing brought to our
known. Compute the prolltn in mining j notice every tlay ; yet, if it were not for
with the prolllH of the lod.tHMI odd iiiiIcm mining thcMo HiveutioiiH would Imi im
of railroad, with their aggregated liahili-? poHi-ible, for copper in the backbone of
tied of neatly ten billion dullard, then , electricity, and copper can only be
you will Hen which payn the belter." J obtained from miiicH.
ItdocHtiol Keen 1 necei-Hiirv to enter There in another attractive feature,
into an atguuieiit for the purxi!e of that, an compared with othor forniH of
biiHincHH, a much Hiualler capital iH
ncceHMiry to produce Hatit-factnry rcdiiltH.
It in tho ideal iuvei-tuient for the man of
eHialiliHliihg'the fact that money can be
iiionI advautageiiiiHly invented in mine.
That nidi ih tlieciihe, Iiiih been admitted
by all who have given any thought in, hiiihII or moderate meaiiH. If ho ban,
llni riibjcct. 1 nay only a couple hundred dollars to
I hem are nuineroiiH piopertieH invent, what can lie do with It? lie
throughout nui wcMcru Mulc thai nw , niay nut il in a Having bank, mid it will
tvx Iheipi.ililies and ant Hiirroiiuded by bring him hi or eight dollar xlr year
loudilioiih which go to make the hui- ( intcicM, and MiMiign baukH are not
ii'Hhlul dividend pajing mine. Lack of alwavn abeolulely hccure.
apil.il todevcloi tlie ptopetticH enfoice A man making a iiiodeht invcxtnicut
idliiii'HN, and keep" lliein in I be back in a piod mining company accepln tho
giouud. , beet opporluuily for making money that
I'folit.ible miiieh ate made co only by can be found today. TIiiiiihiiiiiIh of men
the proper appllcallou of ekill and who by cloi-occoiuuuy had daved a tonall
capital, (ileal mineral dincovericH uie amount fiom their earniiigH and
vvurt Ideas nnlcNH developed and their judiciouhly invented it have received
raw uialeiial turned into bullion piolllH ho euorinouily in advance of any
thiough the application of modern other form of invcHtmont an lo place
method. them ill cany circunitance,
It 1 (be combined inveMiuent of the (hie gain in a mine covei a multitude
many that build citicn that hiiMuiii of Io-cch hi an.vlhing olxe, and il in tin
goveiiitiieutH, Imild public building, feature that iiiIiIh m much lo tho fame
create our ureal trauxcoiitiucutal linen :nd fancination of mining. A gain may
and out municipal improve uicutH, and iT,,!LliV,l,,,r"'s UW. "'"V1,"MH" "mko
, , .. ' ' , , ' flO.tKltl; a lonn cannot lie large. Ihere
11 11. oniy uy im. iiKKrcgaiion 01 money W,U bo more nmm men maue rich dur-
und interest that wealth Ih produced. jug the next live yearn through Iho
The lunlorv of the greatenl mine in purchane of mining Mockn than ban boon
the world in invariably the hintory of h"'lrn.g the twenty yearn pant, and
. ,, . , the reanons for thin nlaleuienl aregtMid
original owuemhip by nouio few men ,,m,H.
who beleivtsl 111 their richne, but bad All theeuiineut mining eugineern anil
not niillicient capital to develop them , geologmtH in the employ of collegen, tor
and their great wealth wa only ilv- Htrlionii am the government agr.ti
. , . , ', thnt the metallic wealth of our UcMern
mountratisl and evidenced when statca ,H mrdly botui ttiuche.1. All
iuterenU in the properly were mihdivid- the great ntriken that have iHcureil in
ed thiough it capital Mock among a tho pant in not a drop in tho bucket to
large , of iuventorn, w I money ' j ZiT ilil
wan the one thing uecenmiry to develop wmt mN iHH, dono will bo done again,
mid make them eiiormounly rich. and many time over.
Many iteoplo are unjiiHtly prejudictsl Tho preneni in tho inout favorable
againnt m.ining invont.nentH, but if they j jj &???
Will ntoo and look at tho matter ill tho ..,,u.r tlmt mlvie.1 In datn to come.
pioKir light, they will rcalUo that mill-' and dream of "what might 'have been."
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Victor Mining Co.
THE FIRST BLOCK
OP TREASURY STOCK IS NOW ON f
THE MARKET
LOCATED
IN THE RED BOY
DISTRICT
THE PROPERTY
HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR THE
PAST TWO YEARS
VALUES RUN
FROM $50 TO $300 PER TON IN
GOLD AND SILVER
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS
G. M. Rockwell 5c Co.
701-702 Herman BIdg.
Milwaukee, Wis.
WM. II. TIMUIJ, rrnMcnt.
SKYMOITK II, IIKLL, Manner.
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Granite St. Sumpter, Ore.
IF YOU WISH TO
INVEST IN MINING-:
Either to buy Gilt Edge Stocks, a Prospect
that is "the Making of a Mine," or one that
is already made, write me what you want
and permit me to submit a proposition.
ADDRESS
rETsAERSONSMnH
SUMPTER,
MINES AND MINING STOCKS
OREGON
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