Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30
HOW TO GET RICH.
Every Great Fortune Made by some Short
Road 10 Wealth.

Every Great Fortune Made by some Short
Road 10 Wealth.
The desire to see something of the famous
mining region of the Rocky Mountains led
me- several years ago, to pass n portion of
my summer vacation in the vicinity of the
world renowned Comstock Mines. While
idling about and absorbing, as it were. in
formation thrOu III the pores OF my skin,
similarity of tastes brought me into daily
contact with one of the Flood, Mackey "
UBrien syndicate of Bonanza Kings, and
the inelegant but forceful philosophy of
his great accumulator of wealth made
lasting impression upon my mind.
Sitting one evening in hsroom and enjoy
ing at once his quaint humor and his
fragrant Havana, | remarked, Captain,
one of the old proverbs recites that there
is no short road to wealth., but you have
found one. You are still young man, com
paratively, and are quoted multi-milllon-
aire" "Yes," he said, ''and of all the un-
true savings some of the proverbs, pop
ularly supposed to embody the wisdom OF
the ages, are the most false and misleading.
Look, 1or a moment over the list or
wealthy men whose fortunes amount to sou
600 and upwari, and point out to me, IL you
can, one single individual who has not ac-
:" is money by some short road to
wealth."
'.Ine days of man are few, and time is not
given in this age of the world for men to ac-
special openings and by taking advantage of
the nigh CUTS ''Y on may be right" | said,
.'but where one man succeeds i'll reaching his
goal by cross country road, do not the
many fail?" NO" said he Didn't see
you starting out yesterday by the main road
to the camp on the other side of the noun
tainW "Yes,"I said. well" he replied,
you could have taken the trail over the
hills, saved PROBABLY two hours walking,
and reached the camp in absolute safety and
g,,lv 4 yF hn
trail. 1t is just so in business, the man that
wants to travel with an OK team and ride in
the wagon, must 60 by the big road, while
the fellow who goes by the trail will get
there first, and if there is only one supper to
be hal at the station the cross country
traveller is the one who will eat it. Take
my own experience which is simply an il
lustration Cf the way every fortune has been
made. was keeping Il little store here and
barely making Tongue and buckle meet
when had an opportunity to get hold of a
block of stock in the then infant Comestock
Mines. Il Chcwcd it over for three days
and decided to take it in, and that
move lead naturally to al that l have done
since, and proved the foundation of my for
tune. | bought more stock, as l had
money; bought stock in other good mines,
and before | knew it / was well fixed"
But" ! said prices here are so high that
there is little chance for man of small
means" That's true he replied, but
there are plenty of good properties about
here, and their success is only a question of
means and good management. Then, too,
If you want to do something in mines, will
tell you Of n field where you can do better
than here, and one that in my opinion is u,'e
best on the American continent. | should
have gone myself TO 1t if | had not been SO
heavily interested here that could not get
away. | refer to the gold region of North
Georgia. There is the first, an !, as l said
before, | think the best mining region in this
country" "Why," | SAID, lis not mere
heard about it?" because" he replied
planting was the great absorbing industry
OF the South before the war. That region
during the war was the battle ground, and
miners were forced into the West, where, in
the meantime, the centre of the industry
has become established. In Georgia you
can get hold of mines on the basis of $780,
GOO that in the West would be worth
a million, and to make them success
full you only neel money to operate
and efficient management. There you can
work out doors every day in the year; la bor
which is high here is cheap there; fuel and
water are abundant, and the ores generally
in larger bodies, equally as rich or richer
than ours, and the cost OF mining, owing to
the softer walls about the veins an lower
wages, is less than one-quarter of the cost
for the same wCrH here
Naturally was interested to look up the
history of the ComstocE, and l found that
stock quoted at;S.u0 per share in the early
DAYS o. operations sold soon after as high as
SlSS) per share. and that upwards of $780,
600, 900 were paid out i'll dividends to share
holders.
70 knowledge OF these facts, and a suit
sequent thorough acquaintance with the
Georgia gold region which my friend, the
Captain, has not overestmRtei, may bs di-
rectly attributed the formation of the At
lanta Gold Mining Company.
The company has carefully selected its
property, has placed in management of the
same men OF ex perience triei in the bust
ness, and now places before you the oppor-
tunity to secure some of its shares at fifty
per cent. of their par value or $500 per
share. The money you pay for these shares
viii he used in erecting complete and suit
able reduction mills and the officers of the
company feel sure that at the same
time thar you are furnishing the
funds to put the property upon paying
basis; you will be planting your own feet
upon one of these short roads to wealth"
which have enabled every rich man in this
country to reach his present position.
lhe stock is iully Iali up and non-ass ess-
able; the total amount of stock is 500, ,0J0,
and $50 600 of this amount is devoted to the
uses OF the treasury of the company.
The company has reserved the right to
advance the price of its shares without for
NAL notice and the demand for stock is such
that an advance is now in contemplation
but is not as yet ordered.
The Southern Banking and Trust Co., of
Atlanta, Ga, one of the strongest financial
institutions i'll The South, acts as transfer
agents Tor the com pany, ami to it all orders
for stock should be addressed, accompanied
either with New York exchange or post
office money order for the number OF shares
ordered at IS each.