Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-02
NEVADANS PUT
ON WAR PAINT
Movement lnaUgursted at Reno
10 Hunt Down Wildcat
Mining Concerns.
A PUBLICITY COMMITTEE.
One Has Been Formed With sam A.
Davis ~ Chairmau--What
He says.

Reno. Sept. 2-NllGrJt mining COM
panies must be done away WITH. This
edict has been sent forth by the Nevada
publicity committee and that commit
tee intends to- Immediately begin vig-
orous campaign FOR the purpose of drlv-
Ing an fake mining companies from the
state as soon as possible This SIS TO be-
done 50 that legitimate mining compa-
Ries may prosper and that mining and
business enterprises or merit may not
be blacl1cucd by tho evil doings and
The robbiug schemes of mining compa-
mics which exist only ON paper. aud
which are promoted by men who would
do nearly uythiug Tor money
sam 4. Davis chairman OF the Ne
vada publicity committee which inc
tends 10 lead this fight against the
wildcat mining companies, and all Wild
caters. Is at present iu the city attend
ing Co affairs connected with the pub
licity committee, and in speaking of
the attack 90 be- made ON the wildcat
mining companies, and dishonest pro-
meters backing them, said.
The people ~ Nevada are against
fake mining schemes as they not only
and make capitalists hesitate to iu-
vest ln Ncvadas legitimate mines.
but also cast shadow Of doubt on
every business enterprise that may eN-
Isl IN The growing commonwealth.
"Au mining schemes which are not
honest and which are managed by
men who would not stop at highway
robbery lo accomplish their ono pur-
pose OF gaining riches. must be a thing
OF the past in this state and it Is for
the purpose of driving out such mining
companies ana prosecuting the men
promoting them that the Nevada pub
licity committee has taken the matter
up.
"The publicity committee win act In
conjunction with the Mining O. Scienti-
&c society. which is composed entirely
Of expert mining engineers and with the
Ncyadn Commercial league and other
bodiose of a similar nature.
we have been promised the support
OF the Dunn Commercial Agency and
the Bradstreet agency I'M this good
work. and the San Francisco stock ex-
change has offered 20 furnish part Of
the money In the night Capt. Mcnardi
OF Reno rs also with as in the work
and states that DEE win furnish an the
money needed for printing expenses.
with the aid mentioned ! do not
see why we should not succeed In
clearing the state o. Nevada OF these
thieving companies.
Now the plan upon which We win
make this crusade iH as follows. We
will, with the aid OF the Nevada Mining
4 Scientific society. Dunn's ana Brad
streets. publish "a list of all legitimate
companies in the state of Nevada. to-
gether with the number OF Gains owned
by each company. tho names of the
claims and their location. We VIII also
publish the names of the officers and
directors and the amount Of the capi-
talization.
Mines thus listed can be regarded as
legitimate mining enterprises. AS 10 the
mines not ON this list the public can
draw its own conclusions. We win
endeavor 90 make the list a miners
BradstrCct.
II have talked with many mining
men in Nevada and California In Zee
gard 60 this and ] believe that in this
way we viii De able to rid the state
OF these wildcat companies and thus
Interest capital 20 a greater extent
than ever before.
People are now afraid 10 invest.
thinking that they may get into some
bubble scheme which win later burst
and leave them stranded and ponni-
less in "a field OF wildcItters.'