The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-10
Mining Industry Demands Care
full Operation.
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tuss nos receiving fair share OF asteu-
stop from the people of the state. and the
prospects are favorable fer Washington IN
become widely famous a. mining state. /,
seems filing that We. the people Of me
STATE. ard especially the people of the city
OF Seattle. should begin 10 don our thinking
ears snd educate and prepare ourselves In
the art OF conducting this new industry.
% the end that We be enabled TO success
fully handle the great volume Of business
which seems sure 20 accrue In the near
future. unless all signs shall fail
In pursuance of this thought a grea. deal
mignt be written. and much more space
would be required than you could AFFORD
to give n. so will not undertake to do the
suhjecs Justice. but IL you viii kindly per-
mt me, would like 10 touch lightly upon
few things which seem 10 me TO be very
essential at this time. in order TO insure
true progress and degree OF prosperity
which seems 10 be assured to Us IL we are
careful TO operate Ia the mining business
with the sarne degree OF business science
~ our merchants and manufacturers are
applying 10 their industries
There seems to he a peculiar fascination
about the mining OF precious metals. which
tends 10 carry sensible men beyond the
bounds OF reason more than any other line
Of business which IL has ever been my for
tune 10 observe I wifi venture the asser-
ton that Ii all the gold that was reported
70 be stored In the frozen bowels OF the
wIids OF Alaska and the Northwest terri
tory In the spring Of 1857 had been re-
ported a. having been coined and SCAT
tered on the surface OF the earth In a
country where man could work the year
round in his shirt sleeves. there would not
have besn the Wild rush 10 get Ii that there
IL ~ n
tain'ies attending the trip into that terri
BE .ce-bound country. Think az the wild.
harum-scarum schemes and the unwar-
ranted propositions that prevailed all over
the United States and other countries dur
ing tho needless. headiong. scrambIlng
rush, and suggest. II you can. anything
that would have caused II except the fever
produced by q desIre for mining precious
metals
THIS state Ahead Of Alaska.
never d.d enthuse very much upon the
Aiaska placer mining proposition. because
II never appealed 10 me In the light OF n
reasonable business enterprise. hu, when
] look upon the opportunities which arc 80
plainly evident right here az home. where
the precious metals are equally as album
dant and where the climatic conditions
compared with those OF Alaska, are as the
sublime 10 the ridiculous. I can see the
mining industry In quite a different light.
Hence ! am free to say tina, believe the
mining Industries In the state of Wash
ing,on viii make II In the near future the
nrhest state IN tire Union. and the people
Of Washington win eventually become az
well qualified 10 pass upon mines and
minerals az are the people Of Kentucky 10
pass upon whisky and horses. But al this
time No need 70 study the subject very
csresuiiy and taking into account the In
sane actions OF a great number Of other
wise sensible men and women which met
such dire disaster during the two years
Just past. ask ourselves whether we ar.
following the coed example or the bad.
want 20 say 10 the people who gave mp
their last dollar and all they could Borrow
from their friends te go TO Alaska and
we're forced 10 come home poorer but
wiser than when they went away: 'iDo
not allow your misfortune In thai terrible
country 10 csus. you to overlook the OPP
porsaniiIes which await you in the grand
state Of Washington. even IL YOU did swear
OF from mining and declare that you never
again would allow yourself to get the gold
fryer. TIE fact that you and thousands OF
others failed IN your efforts In that case
has 80 bearing whatever upon your pres
ent opportunities right here at home. for
Aaska Is no tnore like Washington than
chalk II like cheese and while !, might
have heen the height Of folly 20 have gone
20 Alaska I, may prove the best of Wisdom
FOR yen 10 apply yourself 10 mining in this
Gate"
To the people who put zip money ~ grub
stake friends ard aoth.rs 30 So so Alaska
and have neves since seen money or
friends either. | want To sag that while
Il may have proven 4 very foolish ven
tese In that case It may prove tand Is
very likely 90 do sol a very WISE thing to
erub-sfake a man az two or purchase
Few shares OF stock IN sosae reliable com
rany operating m this state. and III this
way have .ho satisfaction Of knowing tina,
you had assisted IN the Development If in
dms'rY and the production of wealth in
yosr own state and benefited your fellow
man. even II y0u d. not get a milton
daslar mine fer yourself There - 81 great
satisfaction 90 al good citizens when they
are assured that their efferts hava aS-
eosnplIshes' good for sorne ere 4 they Can-
ROT get Il themselves. and ana sure that
no citizen ~ Washington can eiasu 81 he
= loser In the long run by placing a few
seliars year ~ 2 few hundred dollars.
II he Tan AFFORD IT, where /, viii assist In
oese'ofis's ihs mineral wealth 90 ths state.
Trath II Hig Enough.
The purchss" agd sale II mining stock
WI seeE AssooWe matter ~ great inn
fes'stee in Seattle. aat many people who
asfe heretofore PAID very little. ii any.
attention - Ths line - business VIII be
te"nd e0ytoE ard selling and on this A.
want y sssnfs to E8e hat we should s,G
tsA ali the knowledge that We can. nof
cfay assas't the 3sferVnt properties whsch
sse placed sDd are "a b. placed 8pen the
SAfsv& ~ tbis fasn hat Ne should Eix1
see ~ Il that bps1a~Ss Acsis be applied
se tbs i.aa ~ essie NImsag exchanges
rave already sHrHnE suto rrsninenc. "a
c@t1le AZ u tfsa stock varying su value
'sass - - x - i.t@l shares 20 81 per
ssisFe "sa'i alsstc age sod ard IS I deem
= property conducted m.ulmS exchange In
sS@tFas b ~ ~ ae .aoSt vital Importance
~ the Pest interests ~ the state want
ee<SEss p, ~eceSstts tHr she moss care
~ sVfsidefat-sn ~ fhss subject by the
.3ssHsss s0cn snA an others aho are sr-
sfsstea 81 thc development and prosper
SO OF TIE usigirE Industries
very apt &<.sSFtasNt $ 0sfsa used ~
.NTFssfe - tNe gr~a, resources 81 the
ssAfe ~ Washington. tha1 the truth is
80 Enough and she nsags who ties about
sassa = fs,'l sVl h<}'eSe tli~ fact =
spi'@fsi't tn iA& raise rai fysas9rass as much
IS aHy other. s0,i as = wssn uw exchange