The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-28
HOW TO GET RICH.
Every Great Fortune Made by Some Shor'
Road TO Wealth.

Road TO 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 summer vacation in the vicinity OF the
world renowned ComstOck Mines. W NILE
idling about and absorbing, as 1t were. IN
formation through the pores Of my SKID.
similarity of tastes brought me into daily
contact with one Of the Flood, Mackey q
UBrien syndicate of Bonanza Kings, and
the inelegant but forcetul philosophy OF
his great accumulator OF wealth mace
lasting impression upon my mind.
Sitting one evening in his and ENJOY
ing at once his quaint humor and ms
fragrant Havana, I 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
para:ively, and are quoted multl,mllaon-
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, for a moment over the list or
wealthy men whose fortunes amount 10 Soo.-
900 and upward, and point out to me, II you
can, one single individual who has NOS &C
o. lis money by some short ROAD 10
wealth"
.lue days of man are few, and time is not
given in this age of the world for men to &C.
cumulate much wealth except by means OF
special openings, and by taking advantageot
the nigh cuts" "You may be right" sald,
.'but where one man succeeds in reaching MS
goal by q cross country road, 90 not tne
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
tainY' "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
certainty, only you did not know OF the
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, wnlie
the fellow who goes by the trail will get
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 Of the way every fortune las been
made. ! was keeping a little store here and
barely making tongue end buckle meet,
when had All opportuntity to get hold OF
block of stock in the then infant ComestocS
Mines 4 chewed it over for three days
and decided to take it in, and that
move lead naturally to all that have done
since, and proved the foundation OF my Tor.
tune. | bought more stock, as l had
money; bought stock in other good mines.
and before knew it 1 was we'll liked"
But" said, prices here are so high that
there is little chance for man OF small
means" "Thai's true" he replied, but
there are plenty of good properties aeoutt
here, and their success is only question OF
means and good management. Then, TOO,
If you want to do something in mines, Will
tell you Of field where you can DO better
than here, and one that III my opinion is the
best on the American continent. should
have gone myself TO it il had not been 30
heavily interested here that could not get
away. refer to the gold region OF North
Georgia. There is the first, an5, as said
before, / think the best mining region IN tins
heard about ity' 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,.
0c0 that in the West would be worth
million, and to make them success
full you only need money to operate
and efficient management. There you can
work out doors every day in the year; labor
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 and lower
wages, is less than one-quarter OF the cost
for the same work here"
Naturally was interested to look up the
history of the ComstocS, and found that
stock quoted at IS 90 per share in the early
DAYS O. operations sold soon after as high as
$1sS) per share, and that upwards OF S3OO,-
000, ZOO were paid out in dividends to share
holders.
To knowledge OF these facts, and sub
sequent thorough acquaintance with the
Georgia gold region, which my friend, the
Captain, has not overestimated, may be di-
rectly attributed the formation OF the At
lanta Gold Mining Company.
The company has carefully selected It's
property, has placed in management OF the
same men OF experience, tried in the busi-
ness, and now places before you the oppor-
tunity to secure some OF its shares at fifty
per cent. Of their par value, or S5.0O per
thare. The money you pay Tor these SHARES
Will be used in erecting complete and suit
able reduction mills, and the officers Of the
company feel sure that at the same
time THAI you are furnishing the
funds to put the property upon paying
basis; you will be planting your own feet
upon one Of these 'sbort roads to wealth"
which have enabled every rich man in this
country to reach his present position.
The stock is fully Iaio up and pon-asssss.
aDle, the tOCal 8WOupt OIL btoCA it otoV,oSo,
and Sc, 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 in the South, acts as transfer
agents for the company, and 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.