The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-17
HAWKINS ADVISES
THE BRTTISHERS

(Apgio-Amerfcan Mining Guide. London)
Mr.. J. T.. Hawkins. one OF the most
experienced western states mining men,
whose many years work In Cripple
Creek Is we'll o. to some of our
readers, has been on q visit to England
this month. Besides spending some
time in visiting his native home in Not
tingham. ne has been on business In
London in connection with mining mat
tiers. His views on many mining topics
are both Instructive and important. and
his knowledge of distinguished mining
men and capitalists in America and inn
portant mines snd mining companies is
extensive. He has been for some time
past actively engaged in inspecting and
reporting on Nevada mines and mining
propositions. Whilst admitting and re-
GREETING there are many wildcats
(which he says are inevitable in all rich
mining districts, especially when they
are FIRST actively being opened up as in
the case of Goldheld. Tonopah. Bulifros.
etc.). he is Of the opinion. from his inves-
LEGATIONS, not only that Nevada Is already
a great mining state. but that rich as
are some of the properties paying good
dividends. the present Is as nothing
CuulDdItu ~ WUd DC w" ~
the extraordinary future, because of the
mineral richness of the country, partic-
ularly in gold, silver and copper As
some indirect proof of this fact, we may
say that so shrewd a mining operator as
Mr.. James +. Burns. for so long identi-
fed with that famous Cripple Creek
mine, the Portland, as its president land
by the way we should not be surprised
~ - - Aoo~roo nroutdonf rain
one of these days for II is quite a mis-
take to suppose he has gone to live per-
manently in Nevada. his Cripple Creek
interests are too extensive to allow OF
giving up his Colorado Springs resi-
dence), has taken a very active practical
financial interest by underwriting and
In other ways associating himself with
some good Nevada properties, which he
intends to thoroughly develop.
Nevada, he informs US. should not be
passed by too highly, 1t is truly a mar
velous mineral region not confined to
the coppers of Ely and Yerington, or the
gold and silver of Goldfeld and Tono-
pah. now profit-producing mineral amp
of no mean order. Fairview. with its
Nevada Hills mine. already a steady
dividend payer. producing immense
quantities Oh nigh BIduc oics III
DER near by with fully half a dozen
shippers and many prospective. The
| Gold Mountain district. for free milling
low grade gold ores to the south; and
Seven Troughs. Rosebud, and half a
dozen other camps north of the Southern
Pacific, are going to create a stir In the
mining world-the ores are there for
sure. And without doubt the celebrated
old Comstock mines. which a generation
ago were producing millions per month,
are, with the new cheap power. i'm
proved milling plants, and railroad IA
| ~cilities, quickly forging ahead and are
to be again reckoned amongst the live
camps Of the great west.
There is said Mr. Hawkins. "a great
field for legitimate Investment being
opened up, and I cannot think that the
British investors are going to let the OPP
portunity go past them. 1t needs some
care, 1 admit, to distinguish between
the good and the bad but If the in
weston will make his inquiries before in
vesting in lieu of after, he can't help
but make a good return on his money.
I strongly advise your readers to keep
an eye on these opportunities. simply
exercising the same care they would in
any other line of investment, and keep
away from alluring promises of 100 per
cent per annum, as they are fairy tales.