Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-09-16
HOW TO GET RICH.
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 portion or
my suamer vacation in The vicinity Of the
W rid renowned Con stock Mines. While
illing about and absoroing. as it were. ir-
formation throu IN the pores Of my skin, a
similarity OF tastes brought me into daily
cintact wi h one OF the Flood, Mackey ~
UBrien syndicate Of Bonanza Kings, AMI
the ineegant but forceful philosophy oil
this great accumulation OF wealth made
lasting impression upon my mind.
Sitting 1ne evening in his room and enjoy
ing at once his quaint humoT and MS
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 Ean, COM
paraiively, and are quoted multi-million-
aire." Yes" he SAID, land OF all the IN
true savings some Of the proverbs, pop
ularIy supposed to embody the wisdom Of
the ages, are the most false and misleading.
Look. Tor a moment, over ths list OF
wealthy men whose fortunes amount to soO-
90 and upward and point out 10 me, you
can, one single individual who has not ac-
qairsd his money by some short road TO
wealth"
'rhe days OF man are few, and time is not
given in this age OF the world for men TO ac-
cumulate muca wealth except by means OF
special openings and by taking advaniageof
the nigh cuts" you may be right" said,
Tut where one man succeeds IN reaching his
goal by a cross country read, do not the
many failY' mo" said be, Didn't zee
YOU Starting out Yesterday by the main road
10 this camp on the other side Of the noun
taiuYi Yea said. well" he replied,
you could have taken the trail over the
hills, saved PROBABLY two hours walking,
and reached the camp in abso ute safety and
certainty, only you did not know OF the
trail. Ii is Just so in business, the man that
wants 10 travel with an OK team and ride in
the wagon, must go by the big road, while
The fellow who goes by the trail will get
there first. end il there Is only one supper TO
be hal at the station the cross country
traveller is the one who will eat ii. Take
my own experience, which is simply an IL
lustration Of the way every fortune has been
made. was keeping little store here ami
barely making tongue AMI buckle meet
when had an opportunity to get hol OF u
block Of stock in the then infant Comestocx
Mines. i chswed il over for three days
AMI decided to take it in, and that
move lead naturally TO all that have done
since ami proved the foundation OF my for
tune. | bought more STOCK, as l had
money; fought stock in other good mines,
and btfOre l knew il | was well fixed"
Out, sIld, prices here are 20 high that
there is little chance Tor a man OF small
means" That's true,' he replied, but
there are p.enty of good properties about
here, and their 81 ccess is only a question or
means on gooi management. Then, too,
II you want t. do so meth ng in mites, VIII
tell you OF a field where you can do letter
than here, and one that IN my opinion is the
best on the American continent | should
have gone myself 10 1t il had not been 50
heavily interested here that could not get
away. refer to the gold region OF North
Georgia. There is the first, an J. as said
before, think the best mining region in this
country" Why" | SAID, us not mere
heard bout ig" Because he replied,
planting MAS the great absorbing industry
o. the SOutl before the war. That region
du ing the war was the battle ground. and
miners We're force into the West, where, in
the meantime, the centre OF the industry
his become eSia1li hei. In Georgia you
can get hold OF m mes on the basis OF $780,
go that in the West wouli he worth
a million, and to make them success
full you only nesl money to operate
and efficient management There you can
work out doors every day in the year; labor
watch is high here IS cheap there; fuel and
va Ct al uAAdlAtf anu AiAD WIS 5~ANAoAAJ
in larger DO lies, equally as rich or richer
han 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
fer the same w,r6 here
Naturally was interested 10 look up the
history ( the COmsiock, ami | found that
stock quoted at SO PER share in the early
days o @, erGtions, sol | 20 ma II as high as
81 per share and that upwards OF S3J0,-
OJ1t0O were paid cut m dividends TO share
holders.
To a knowledge Of these facts, and sub
sequent Thorough Acquaintance win the
Georgia gold T. eio winch my friend the
Captain, has moi over, stlmatei, may be Ill
rectly attributed the formation Of the At
lanta Gold 81 nmg Om2any.
The company has cIrefu y selected its
Irc>crty. las paced in management OF the
same men or x Del isncc, lrle IN the bcs'-
ness, and now places before you the oppof-
tunity to secure some OF its shares at -nIly
Ter cent. OF IN ir par y2,Ur or 1900 per
share. The money YOU pay TOR these SHARES
VIII e usel in erecting complete ana SUIT
able reduction ml S aud the officers Oh the
company iee sure that at the same
time ihac YOU are furnishing the
funds TO put the property upon paying
basis: you will be planting your own iees
uron one OF these "sbort roads to wealth.
which have enabled every RIGA man IN THIS
country TO reach his pr, sent position.
The SiocS i, III ~ ali up and non-a.ssss-
able: the total am, unit OF stock is slOIOjO,
and 500 90 OF this amour, Is eYoted 10 tue
uses OF the treasury OF the company
The company has reserved the r'ght 70
advance the price OF lis shares wltnou0 lot
ma notice. an the demand Tor stock is such
that an aov.ucs is now in contemplation, |
Lut is not rs set Orlere J.
The Southern Blnkirg and Trust Co.. Of
Atlanta, Ga, one OF the strongest nnanc.ai
institutions in the South, acts as transfer
agent for the company, AMI TO it all orders
for stock should he addressed, accompanied
either with New YORK exchange or post
Office money order for the number Of shares
or ierel at s each
The mole can swim excellently and 1t often
inks wells for the purpose Of obtaining