Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-30
SOME HINTS ABOUT INVESTMENTS

Some wise man who had practical ideas in his head once said mature has given to man an honest leal-!Ct man give to nature of a similar char. acter, and doing this he not only ben efts himself but nature and mankind as well" How much truth here $ .. these words cannot be overestimated How particularly true they are of mining camp will never be oyeresti- mated by the nan who by diligence and promotion has earned the title to being an honest mining man. No matter how good or bad a property may be. a dishonest company is ab- solutely of no need in either of these cases bad property has been l made to become a good producer, | and to produce good results to the ia- yestor by an honest company many | a time and a good property has been ' ruined by bad company as many times. Humboldt said that the treasure vault of the world was A izo- ] na. and his opinion and statement l
 
 al and geographical formation which came under his personal observation That his assertion has proved true where active mining and development work has been pursued in a practical and methodieal manner stands today as a glowing fact beyond contradic- ton. The immense copper mines of the territory rival in richness and ex- tent any known mines of like metal | Tn the world today Take the great mines of the territory and a review of I, their history shows that they were mines at the grass roots and had to be owing to the fact that the crude meth ods in vogue at the time of their dis covery ard lack of transportation fs- cilities and high cost of living made the mining of the territory look doubtful. Nearly every dividend paying mine Tow in operation had a time in the history of their operation when the ore body was entirely Io-t sight of or the value decreased Q tho ey- tent that is was not valuable. Prac- ticsl methods prevailed and the lost metal was recovered stronger thal ever. The TOW famous Copper Queen was considered worked ont mi-a hv the president of the company. Today speaks for itself ard tho ~o-ee-~----~ of a man who never knew what it was to lay down. To the casual read CT these facts may not suggest any thing in particular, but, to the exps7 rieneed miner they haya very i'm portant meaning. Thete. -are many propositions in Cochise County which await simply the advent of capita! to be used in a business-IiFe and Ieei.- mate manner. and there is not country anywhere that offers broad CT field for investment along the lines of mining tffa1 Arizona t-SZess
 This brings ts to the question of mining sinvestments.@T Thecwhole se- cret of mining is contained in these words Sis the company honest?" If the company is honest in the1 frT.s place they will not accept property. unless it has favorable conditions and indications and they will not ask the invester for his money H9til th'S has been demonstrated Then again they will be economical in all their expenditures for the affairs of the company and will rigidly apply bus mess methods to everything they un- dertske just the same ss they would do with a mercan ile business or pri- vate business. Men have been known 10. say. q bought some mining stosk and don't even know in what sta the mines are located" and this. or these are the kind of men who should lose their money, for it is that k&nd of an investor that gives mining a black eye People buy stock without ever Investigating, or knowing what they are going into. For such