Gilpin observer., 1906-05-10
Nevada Mining Shares.

Whether or not to sell Nevada min
ing shares on the two Colorado eX-
changes in this city and at Colorado
Springs, is what the spellbinder would
call burning" question just at pres
ent, says the Denver News. That the
exchanges are dull is admitted, and
that dull or dormant exchange can do
very little for one set of stocks,
whether based on Cripple Creek or any
other good district, must also be ad-
mitted.
Mining interests in Denver, in any
Of their phases, are not limited to Col
Orado. Denver men operate mines,
take leases and construct mills in all
cepted-but they also invest in Alaska.
Mexico, Central America, British Co
lumbia, the Black Hills, Wyoming, Ore
gon, Washington, Utah, Idaho. Arizona,
Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico and Ne
'vada. 1t is a lonesome day at the lead
ing hotels when a Nevada millionaire
fails to ARRIVE" with an air that calls
for the bridal suite, and invariably
small amount of stocks to sell to his
friends. The friends would be pro-
tected in a measure If this modern
Monte Christie were under business OBJ
legations to go to the Denver Stock EX-
change, satisfy the listing committee
as to his title and the progress of his
development work and have his shares
pnII InI Oh, oil
in San Francisco previous to the fire.
The call may not always exhibit the
value of a property, but 1t is far better
than nothing. and the latter in the case
of Nevada snares is what the Colorado
public is up against at present.
II the absence of call at the local ex-
change and at Colorado Springs meant
also the absence of the shares, then
the opposition to listing would have
point in its favor. But the reverse Is
true. The only exclusive mining pa
pers published in the two cities are
filled with Nevada advertisements of
the most alluring nature, indicating
that it fairly rains gold in Nevada, and
that a sucker with nothing but a fork
can swell his bank account in month.
Put these stocks to the keen test that
Portland, Vindicator. Old Gold. Work,
Isabella, Ell Paso, Dante and other
Cripple Creek shares are daily sub
jected to. and the result will help Grip
pie Creek rather than injure it. Be
sides, live market will help each and
every share that appears on the list.
whereas a dormant market is emphat-
ically no good, not even for the
shares 1t aims to assist.
Boston is the home of "coppers.' A
person who wishes to keep posted on
copper shares. and upon each and all
of the factors affecting such shares,
reads the Boston reports. That city
reported the famous Anaconda strike
before the public in Butte knew any
thing about it. London tells us each
business day how Camp Bird. Tom Boy
Stratton's Independence. aid other Col
orado gold mines stand in the estimate
of capital. and the fact that such
shares are listed and called there does
not interfere in the least with London's
Australian. South African or other
mining investments which are as wide
and as varied as the mineral world.
Gold has all countries for its own. The
Saterest In its production is therefore
universal
To wide extent of mining country.
domestic and foreign. Denver supplies
mining experts, mine and mill man
ayers. mine machinery and capital. A
return wave of mining shares. whether
we list them or refuse to do so, is the
inevitable result. At the present time
there are dozens of Offices in Denver
business blocks devoted exclusively to
the promotion of outside mining
shares. The calling of such shares
might or might not help the increment.
II conducted along legitimate lines,
with proper guarantees as to title and
development, the result of the calling
would protect, in measure. the invest
ing public, which now invests in the
lurid light of taking advertisements.