Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-09-23
HOW TO GET RICH.
Every Great Fortune Made by Some Sh0ns
Road TO Wealth.


mining region OF the Rocky Mountains led
me, several years ago, to pass portion OF
my summer vacation in tho vicinity OF tho
world renowned CoRstock Mines While
ding about and absorbing. as It were, In
formation throu gh the pores OF my skin.
similarity of tastes brought me lnto daily
contact with one OF the Flood, Mackey &
UBren syndicate OF Bonanza Kings, ana
the inelegant but forceful philosophy OF
his great accumulatcr OF wealth made q
astiDg impression upon my mind.
Sitting one evening in his room and en- JOY
ing at once his quaint humor and his
fragrant Havana, | remarked, "Cantain,
one of the old proverbs recites that here
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, land of all the I'M
true savings some OF the proverbs, pop
uarly supposed to embOdy the wisdom OF
the ages are the most false and misleading.
Look, for a moment, over the list of
wealthy men whose fortunes amount to $50
0C0 and upward, and point out to me, il you
can, one single individual who has not &C
quired his money by some short road to
wealth"
The 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 advant age OF
the nigh cuts" You may be right" said,
''tut where one man succeeds IN reaching his
ROdl Dy cross country TodI, UO nOL INC
many faiI?' No" said he, Didn't see
you starting out yesterday by the main road
to the camp on the other side of the noun
tain? ''Ge-," said. We'll" he replied,
you coulI have taken the trail over the
hills, savel probably two hours walking,
and reached the camp in ahSo ute 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, 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 of the way every fortune has been
made. l was keeping 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. i 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 for
tune. l bought more stock, as l had
money; bought stock in other good mines,
and before | knew it l was well fixed"
But, [ said, prices here are so high that
there is little chance tor man OF small
means" "That's true" he replied, but
there are plenty of good properties about
here and their success is only question or
means and good management. Then, too,
if you want TO do something in mines, | will
J
than here, and one that In my opinion is the
best on the American continent. | should
have gone myself to it 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, and, as l said
befCr | think the best mining region in this
count y" why" | SAID, lis not mere
heard about it?' Because" he replied,
''pIanting was the great absorbing industry
of the South before the war. That region
he q and
miners wert 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,
900 that in the West would be worth
a 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 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 Ct the CUmstOck, and found that
stock quoted at:S.tO per share in the early
DAYS o. opera tions, sold soon after as high as
81: 81 per share, and that upwards of $780,
COO 900 were paid out in dividends to share
holders.
To a knowledge Of these facts, and a sub
sequent thorough acquaintance with the
Georgia gold region, which my friend, the
Captain, has not Overestimated, may be dl-
rectly attributed the formation of the At
lanta Gold Mining Company.
The company has carefully selected its
property, has placed i'll management or the
same men or experience, tried 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
Will lie used in erecting complete and suit
able reduction mills, and the officers Of the
company feel sure that at the same
time thaG you are furnishing the
funds to put the property upon paying
basis: you will be planting your own feet
VI on one of these short roads to wealth"
which have enabled every rich man in this
country to reach his present position
The stock is Iuily ai1 up and non assess
able: the total amount of stock is $l0O 900,
and $50, OOJ OF this amount is devoted to the
use OF the treasury Of the company.
Tie company has reserved the right to
advance the / rice OF its shares without for
mai notice and the de 4 nd for stock is such
that an ADVANCE is n, b III contemplation,
but is not as yet orierei.
The Southern Banking and Trust Co.. of
Atlanta, Ga. one Of the strongest financial
institutions in the South, acts as transfer
agents or the company, and to it all orders
f, stick should be addressed, accompanied
eli her with New York exchange or post
office money OF der for the number Of shares