The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-25

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the z-L1teALigE1G@g % - 70 advance
Esax 81 Ire greatest god All TIA ~
o1zs@szs c< lie great sESts q = zS1-1s-os-
az SURPRISED 20 see = cG-zs OK aszz-
lz0y.2l3y. ~4thcz. srraarea. reason Or de-
uzz6. % urge SIS ezs417 >. ASSESSMENT
worE 0E mineral Gains z ire EziseS
States s8-tng TIE year Iszs- " HE ! A1rz
- see r7s Poer-Ia1-ailxeace- za Ezs-Tg-
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congress oa ali osas- subjects. I zGr2EE
t1as 1y desire - far It's sacA - ia19-
eg-c@ CO tEis QGssE1o1- Surely tEs Ss1SI9E
took ira position O. qzsss:sz S-l1ozs
thoroughly chanting laso 81 O. a@ EE-gws
4-craz % the ez3n14-s31 81 mining u t1s
state q Washington.
Several years spSEt - mining districts
Il this ssste have convinced NE tAzE oGr
mineral ATs regarding develop =-s-- are
Already TOO lsx. and Z .EH Is true *
would Dc csrEaI1 fey % sas1e19 s-sz
entirely
There are two Classes principally soa.zs,a
among the mining districts Ore II TIE
element nat dsTosss ttSe4f 20 prospecting
scssly, nsTe- develops but csps11s "a
holding score o. UEssste. Claims Until
they car lie sod % =ozse ss-sS2Iz toE. TIE
9taer = & class that ow1z ere CT EcEs
Claims II whAea fasy have fzssh and ags
honestly ezdsayer.ng 20 Ascertain ay &C.
Sel3p-DeEt the actual value O. thsl- o-s
bodies TIE former is always urging TIE
suspension CO the laxs requiring the sx-
psnsssgre os Ssos each year On dsvs@op-
EnsE-s TIE latter would 60 lis 1sys.0p-
IZznr zCFk whether CURED 10 Or E6t-
TIE former El@Etsrs q section al over
with mineral locations and sasn aIsaws
the dIstrSct 20 lie dormant ard die. o. ce
condemned from failure 10 find any pay
g. =
desvorlpg 70 prove 10 tns world that ire
Gis;rsc. bag n,e.it ard :hAt ca pisai Is just
fed IN experimenting further there, In
short. the former tears Gosrz, while t1e
latter b&il3E up. Bear 81 mind. I 10 ros
mean that the former Is mercy = sy1l;
he i a necessary evil "a ther-vaiuAh.e IL
some ways. but no. the one % gsve ADVICE
as 20 q law On developing mineral claims
A5other thing: ] gse references - the
fact that mining corpora tons would De
benefited by TIE enactment CO q law sus-
pending development work. This e 10.
true. T1sre are hundreds c. corpora
ttcus" IN This state without dollar il
Tire treasury ard without ne urcspec. OF
ever having one. These ''<0rporatIors g
have bought undeveioped Gains have -
sued cheap stock eold Z portion CT IL
81 the mine" The results were
III when the funds became ex-
hausfea and no more stock could -
disposed %. Suspend the DEVELOPMENT
work Iaw ard al OF these Mining rr5p@r-
ties w2l be allowed 10 lie idle -or two
years. refuse ID suspend !t. ard f5s COM
pany must 30 It's work or allow = ne one
else ID acquire the property. Which -
best for The state2 Persons who irvesf
n mining properties should know the laws
and be compelled 70 I've I'd - t1eEn tust
as do the persons who take I'd land un-
der the homestead Laws. II man has a
claim that NJ has confidence IN. he can
readily manage 20 Do his Development
work: bgt Il he has bottled up' thirty 20
fifty claims and desires 70 hold tnsu to the
exclusion CT those VINO would 90 deyei-
opnlent work and benefit the mining Sec
ton and the state. h should not be En-
co0raged. aided or abetted by a great
newspaper. OEANOGAS.