The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-01

Nasf r,es are now seeking invest
1meufs In ether than those lines
heretofore termed legitimate" Tor
aur,sn<st be denied that there II no longer
Ito -tlnae profit I'm selling dry goods.
- and clothing. II people invested
r1fnea with the same care and con-
'@s~rffxu, that they Use in buying q brick
= or q horse and buggy. thers wnuid
E - wildcats I'm the markets and more
<nasx In mines. The merchant with
f71oyDe stock Of goods, for which an
,xEs6fer OF fact he owes over sffa. e1H, will
s5<Sav md scheme asd walk the nooF with
~. konest intent and hope that there win
eou.n way, though he has not been able
nxure Il out. hy whsch he can meet
ebiEgafiens, but will hesitate and
S6rn1 and make Light OF a legitimate
5ntnx proposition when called 10 his at
nffon. He has the nerve 70 carry this
E71 AZ tsa1e9 year In and year out. with
hope Of ever seeing daylight. when .
- and slnexpiored mining region lays
- d his door which will produce many
fsfdend paying mines, II only accorded
80 Reasonable hslp Of a few thousand
rass In the wsy Of development % which
= penderfui surface showing II reason
- emitted. A man Viii put 330.0D In
Sork Of goods ard be perfectly satisfied.
- more than xafissiea. IL he can obtain
80 70 per cent. annually on the invest
mt; yet II he puts only 500 into min
peepositien he is not at MI satisfied
fS]ess he receives IS. 600 In sixty or ninety
1wA And the fact Is. that In order to en-
- Ms attention. if Ia almost necessary
~ the promoter 20 approach him with a
r. on his lips. In order 10 secure even
-. and when you ask why he demands
7 - immense returns in the one case and
pef cent In the other he says, why,
h vy4{x ff.x Asaf aftA in
3 e4pfessed the honest view OF nine out
p ten investors. Strange as II may seem,
1Aooc wonderful returns are not unusual
II mining deals. IL has only been within
- last few yearn that business men
3&ugld allow their names 10 be used even
lAen promoting . mining proposition. for
zhey WEIR Of the opinion. whether justly
q not makes no difference, that their
nsaiss would be Immediately Injured in
- banks and In business circles II they
ysst known to be gambling In mines"
IA rrqn.red the active and daring opera
one 81 the Rothschilts and tha Stand
III Oil Company. and such people who
~ 20 much money that they could AT
56ed 10 defy the Conservative" opinion.
lhjch had heretofore prevented such I'm
1kments.
Attention to Buffalo Hump.
Row. however. mining is looked upon
~ Just az legitimate as any other line
r. business, and the returns as reason
tt1y certain and a hundred times larger
Han anything else. The immense for
ncs within few years made
Cripple Creek, Col. RussIAnd.
i G.. the Republic district of WASH
Agton anc others Of lesser note. have
Rtatiy encouraged Investors. and very
1enperIy so. When cha Buffalo HUMP
district. In Central Idaho. was discovered
1T fall. the eye of the proapeefor. as
ten a. the investor, Immediately turned
J that direction. and every bit of news
ypm this came has been eagerly read
evsr since: and tiis n not remarkable
AAen the tmnensc surface showing is
wandered and compared with other dis
ktcts which have heretofore been deveI-
ID ut the cost OF eonnparativeiy q few
Aonxand doilara. with millions of dollars
u return. As an Illustration of this We
night mention the Portland fndepend-
ence and other mines of Cripple Creek.
col, which have produced. and now have
l}ceked out. millions upon millions OF
&ollars at n cost OF not To exceed 10 per
eent. and all this within a YER" few
|sarx. The War Eagle anG the lie Roi
mes and ether propositions in British
Columbia have man. millions I'm sight at
II nominal cost, The Republic and
4lpAtstAtH Lion, III hrpnpite utStrict,
Nash. can be placed among the large
Nlnes. and have been made so b. the In
yestmeni of "A very few thousand dollars
Il comparison with the present value.
me Utica. Gwin. Rawhide, Jumper.
Kennedy and Argonaut Of California
eland out prominently. and the great
anaconda. Boston q Montana and other
aihes In the vicinity OF Butte are ehdur-
~ monuments OF energy. good Judgment
md judeious inveatment. Arizona can
DOW quite number OF big mines but
1eohsbly the beat known Is the United
ytrde So far as Idaho II concerned the
Wood river I'm Southern idaho and the
nmense yield OF gold aud silver from
Nc Occur drAiene district In Northern
Haho stands pre-emlnently In the front
nlk But even long before the discov
ct quartz IN ieahe. Immense placer
lids we're opened up ana proffsabiy ex-
lesied. and yfeIae millions upon millions
dollars at the cost Of nominal out
Right here In Idaho county. and
@nealaseiy around the isunsio Hump.
Aoyth. east, seath and west, immense
kArer deposits have been worked con-
unuesisiy since issn. and In most Instances
rnther crude way. because Of the