Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-06-05
Mining Investments.
IBoslnn Ecnnomi.t !


 We showed in our last issue "where mining pays.' No intelligent reader could very well run even the haStiest glance over that brief summary Oi mining prospects without feeling as sued that cur own country is vast treasure house, in which mineral wealth is stored for lhe service of the coming centuries. In this particular times latest disclosure tO the world is the best. The sggrega'e record oi the gold and silver taken from the territorial aea to the west of the Mississippi Is one that almost bewil-
 irrs be.ief. The famous CpmstOcA lode alone has given sixteen bonan- zas in twenty consecutive years, net- ung clear profit of S323, 6il 6)1.
 NeyaIa and Colorado have followed c,S Zupun California in the history "a mining, and now Arizona anu Mexico are at the front with theJr These a,e but the outcome, late IS il may seem, of the glowing prophecies of N0n Humboldt. Ari- zoSr1ks situated at the very fork Of Il rdilleras, whose TWO lines sep cf khere and branch St eastward a. Itward 10 the rOr,h. And just
 1: region too, Precisely as Nou dt predicted, the precious
 zA are iduoG nearer the surface
 y are either in Mexico below
 Nevada above. They almost cl in tLe full view of tIe pros pecio~
 IL Is for this reason that Arizona i5 called ''the coming country, which lt assur, dly is. The stores Of copper a'One which are to bs found there ~i.i ere many years as;Cnish the world ; while in the matter of silver, CAliiOr- nil is fast finding out that It was nothing but the desert lying between that kept Arizona so long terra In- cUrni'a, and cOnsequen ly reserved ihe disclosure of her measures Co the last. But in all this trans MlssIssIppi region there are mines tli1t are yieid- ing good dividends, and gre well worthy thg attention Of large ana small investors alike. No one can very we'll make mistake ID buying the stocks of paying mines. The very fact that they pay regular divl- dends is sufficient evidence of thelr safe and sagaclOus management. Some people say that mine Is an uncertain affair. So indeed it is un- iii il has reached that stage of devei- opment at which it's productive ca pacity can be estimated. Then Il Is just as certain as anything else can be. So much ore is brought to view, measured, assayed; the cost of min ! in,- and reducing is well known; the ouautity of ore in sight shows how much the mine is sure to yield; and wI,n proper management, working | inc mine instuld of manipulating II, 1 regular dividends at tixed figure eau be counted on for definite period. Is there anything in manufacturing or banking or TGll!Oadlng more sure ! th a thlsy
 II Is an everyday occurrence foi persons owning bank shares 10 sell ! ihem for the sake of investing in min
 ing stocks that pay dividends. The ! returns are by all odds Tn favor oi mining investments by comparison
 and the certainty of them, as We hay shoNn, is just as great as that ol banks. factories and railroads. Peo- D e are rapidly learning this valuable lea am by seeing the con -ta lt demon sI.utinn ot il. There is s diiferenc, worth considering between thirty dol lar, dividend ou little bank stocS
 and eignty dollars dividend on hall tke same amount invested m gCoJ !. iui1c stock. Yet illustrations o
 tbr. character are continually brought Io fDur attention. The transfer O
 money from one form Oi inv ;stmen
 nnd another into mining shares l.
 r9i9r oa that would bc incredible (.
 most people. That, however, IS Wha
 Is always meant by the statement, re-
 nea-ed mere and more frequently
 that Eastern capital is engak ng ii mining i=dIs;fy on compTehensly sctie. with the intent tO establish | am ,ng the prime and permanent iu
 dus;ri of the country. Boston an
 New England capital is going into [
 tretl-. it's owners being fully per sua1ei not only of the large rewards awaiting their enterprise, but oi 1hei