The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-08-10
THE KING OF METALS.


the ground in which he deposited the
remains of his beloved wife Sara, the
white metal had value not dcterm-
med by any ratio. When Solomon
built the temple in which the faith
full worshipped their creator, the
gold which adorned the magnificent
structure was not valued at | to 16
parts of silver. When Judas was
paid for betraying Christ in 80
pieces of silver the ratio OF 16 to
was not established. He took the
pieces for what he could get for them.
Before Cleveland emasculated the
white metal and threw 1T in the chan
nels of trade with onions and ruta-
bagas, 1t was clothed with ratio
which enabled it to keep company
with gold But since the "stuffed
prophet OF Williams street. turned
his back upon the money OF his faith
ers, and fell down to worship the
golden calf, bats have taken posses
sion of the great mills which COW
cred thousands of once laundering
stamps, and tue mines that fed them
are as silent as the tomb of the dead
CAESARS. Gold is now crowned king
of the metals
Silver is no longer an object to be
sought for its market value alone.
1t is handled as n bi.product in the
workings for gold, copper and lead.
1t is classed among the metals as a
''has been. Attention is diverted
from it and gold occupies the mind s
eye. 1t was once the consort of a
royal mate. Cleveland divorced it
from the yellow metal and it now
stands with the Maria Halpins of
the day with monied lover or a
presidential protector. Gold is en-
throned, and its erstwhle consort
groves at its feet a discarded and
degraded queen.
Never in the history of mining
has so much attention been paid to
the prospecting for and development
OF gold properties as at the present
time. And the search has not been
fruitless. From the north and the
south, from the east and the west
come reports Of discoveries of fab
ulously rich gold deposits in placers
or in quartz and still they come, 1t
is we'll. The gold is needed There
are 1,5OO, 100000 souls upon this
globe of ours and only SO, 600, 900, :
600 or 50 TO each inhabitant. More
gold is needed. About the same
amount of silver is in the world.
This means 81 to each man, woman
and child, not enough to keep the
full channels of trade without the aid
OF paper or credit money. There are
50, 900, 000,0 600 on deposit in the
national and state banks of the Uni
ted States. The estimated stock of
gold in the nation is 5000, 600, 600.
The king of metals must hump him.
self to meet the demand of deposit
tors If called upon Immediately. A
thousand Buffalo Humps would
scarcely relieve him. The rich plac-
ers OF klondike and western Alaska.
the wonderful golden wealth of Ari-
iona, the marvellous gold mines in
the recently discovered camps in
Idaho, the siftings from the golden
sands Of California, the noted gold
heius OF Colorado, the annual out
puts of the yellow metal from the
other gold producing states in the
great west and northwest, and the
tribute which our own incompatible
mining state pays to the king of
meta's may put him in better fight
ing trim, but will they, without the
aid of his divorced queen, furnish
The coin money necessary to keep the
commerce Of the world moving in
healthy channels. Western Mining
World.