The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
FINANCIAL.
E r STOCK
AS AN INVESTMENT
once OF the George A. Treadweil Mining
Company, 81 MILAN Street.
New York.

! stocks In conservativeiy managed
copper companies as a good nvestrnent-pcrhaps
the best open to the Investor 10 day for the fol.
lowing reasons:
|. The worlds demand for copper u steadily
and rapidly Increasing.
Electricity Is coming into use for power more
All more every year and almost evey day. The
waterfalls Of the world are being rapidly narneSset
to the worlds Industries and the discovery OF fuel
oil In such quantities In rexas and California makes
possible the cheap generation OF power by steam
on a large scale In central and fsvoTably situated
localities, and its distribution In the form OF cleo.
trclty over a wide area.
All this requires the use OF copper In immense
quantities. for no rival OF copper a, Q conductor
Of electricity has been discovered. Aluminium has
been tried and does not give satisfactory results.
Copper s,iIl holds the Geld.
Besides copper IL coming to be used more and
more for purposes other than electrical couduction.
In the building trades. 10 shipbuIldins and ip the
arts. 1t Is the only metal that is q universal
alloy.
many and England during the last two years
may have I'm effect upon the demand, but II 10 only
temporary. and when the depression disappears the
demand for copper will Increase all the more.
The stream that Is damned up only accumulates
It's force. and the ttolleys that had to walt still
remain to be- built.
The nineteenth century opened 90 IN age OF steam
and iron. The twentieth century opens az an ago
Of electricity and copper. The u~ Of copper In
the twentieth century Is likely TO increase - much
as the use OF iron did In the ninrteenth century.
2. The present known sources Of copper produo-
tion are insufficient to supply the inevitable de-
mand.
More than eighty per cent. Of the copper Of
the world comes from four great copper. producing
disiricts-the Mo Unto In spsin. the Lake Dis.
trlct, and tho Montana District 10 the United
States, and the Southwestern District In Arizona
and Mexico.
Competent observers believe that the Rio Tinte.
the Like region, and the Montana region have all
seen their best days.
The Rio Tinto properties slresdy depend quite
ss much on their sulphur ss on their copper product
for their dividends. some OF the mines In the
Lake region are raising their ores from the depth
Of a mile undergruund-the equivalent, q more than
a thousand miles above grouDd-snd the stock OF
the Amalgamated Copper Company declined not %
much because u the increase In the production and
the decrease 10 the demand FOR copper az because
the company's properties are for the most part
Montana mines, whose future 10 uncertain.
The product ef the Southwestern District Of
Arirons and Mexico 10. II 10 true. steadily incress-
Ing, aud IL likely to increase very much beyond
is present limits. but. Increase as much a. Il will.
II can hardly supply the worlds increased demand
which will follow Increasing prosperity.
recommend the stock OF tn. GeOrr A Tread.
well Mining COMPANY as, all things considered. the
best copper stock on the market TO bug al Its
present price. $3.50 per share, for the following
reasons;
l. Its properties are situsted In the two famous
districts Of AriIona-the Verde Belt and the Big
Bug District.
The United Verde Copper Company. the property
Of which | was the nrs, to bring to public notice.
is an example OF what these districts can do.
2, The properties Of the George A Trsadweii
Company are Immense In their extent Their az
~gregation into one Organization has been the work
81. Nc 4 -. -Au I.W-ls AAa,..N. 49,
the last twenty years, and during the las, Owe
years ! have had the invaluable assistance OF my
friend aud counsel, Mr.. Walter :. Logan. Tbs
property consists OF Eighty three carefully selected
claims. covering about fourteen hundred servs. !
believe II Is the latfs Of asgr CATION OF copper prop
erty In one corporuiion In the tuited States. out.
side Of the Amslsnnlsted Copper COMPANY.
3. The surface developments on the property are
the finest | have ever seen. The cap u sosssn on
the Clid-one Of the @. A. 7. prOpcrties-is larger
than that on the United Verde. Larger. In fact,
! believe, than any other 10 the world. The indt
cations on the Brookshire. Green Monster, SPIKE.
and sIonewall. and Iron Queen are scarcely less
encouraging.
There 10 not O foot OF the property that ! would
be willing to part with.
4 The underground showing made BY the develop
ment work couhrms all the evidence OF the eur
face indications. Already more than three hundred
thousand dollars in cold cash has been spent on
this development work. and It Is well within bounds
20 say that the expenditure Of every dollsr hiss de-
veloptd ten dollars worth OF values. Copper water
even stronger than that which COWS fDm the Unit.
Cd Verde Is now running 10 a steady stream from
the lower Brookshire tunnel. Ton Inches OF native
copper is found on the fOot-wtl Of the Iron Queen,
beneath a large body Of fourteen per cent. copper
ore. Tho copper deposits already found In the
Brookshlre indicate the existence OF q body OF ore
scarcely. II at all, Inferior 10 volume ADD value
to that u the United Verde, and the Clln. Badger,
and FAst.ne workings are equally encoursging.
o. We have gold and silver a. well as copper.
All the copper mice, Of the Verde Bel, are rich In
gold and silver. The United Verde pays half It's
expenses with It's gold product. Our Brookshirs
4, even richer 10 gold than the United Verde. IL