Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-18

The Importance of the mining in-
dustry will be speedily recognized
when it is remembered that we are
absolutely dependent upon the pro-
duction Of our mines for the continu-
ance OF our present state If civiliza-
ton. Is $5.E
The gold and silver mines give us
our currency, which has made pos
sible all our improvements and all
our Injuries, to say nothing OF our
actual necessities.
Copper has no substitute for the
vast electrical and other industries
totally dependent upon it; and were
it not for the iron mines our marvel
31ous sky-scraping steel structures, our
great transportation lines and TWEEN
tieth century achievements would not
even exist in the Imagination.
The very pen with which one writes
letter, and the type from which q
newspaper is printed, are both pro-
ducts Of the mines; in fact there is 10
single channel of life known to the.
people Of the world but what is de-,
pendent upon the great mining indus
try. gy%
If mining did not pay it would not
continue; and if it were to cease,
world progress would come to an end.
1t is the one industry that stimulates
all others. There. would be, no banks
or bankers without 1t. There would be
no heating stoves for winter, and no
cooking stoves for summer without
iron, and nothing but a most expen-
sive and unsatisfactory fuel without
coal. tSsz 2s1fI2 g s.s I.
% Gold mining occupies an unrivaled
position In the Industrial world. It is
the only one that is not affected by
trusts, trade combinations, business
rivalry, the law OF supply and de-
mand, limited markets, hard times,
financial panics, bad crops, high wat
pox. It is the one form of produc-
ton in which the customer seeks the
producer. and not the contrary, as is
the case with every other form OF
production known to man.
Gold mining Is the most certain ana
profitable of all pursuits when CON
Quoted under proper conditions It
involves no risk whatever when OPP
erations are carried on in a proven
mine, and on the other hand, the ex-
cessive returns on the capital invest
ed and the unparalleled opportunities
for enormous gains, make it one Of
the most fascinating occupations I'D
which men Of enterprise can engage.
We have proven mine, with over
$6,000,000 worth of ore blocked out
on two or more sides, and the Lord
knows how much more in the bowels
of the earth below the present work
ings It may be s50,ooO,0 900, or it may
be ten times that much, but one thing
is certain, and that is, If there is
absolutely nothing beyond the in
sight values, We still have splen
did property.
That the values in our property dis
appear at the bottom Of our present
workings is too absured, too grotesque
~ preposterous to even receive sec
ond thought We might as well sa,
that OF two peas out OF the same
pod, the one of which happens to be
cooked and eaten, ana the other not
the latter Is bad because 1t escaped
the intentions of the cook.
We have declared repeatedly, ant
we declare It again today that w
have one Of the greatest properties ii
the country. We have advised re
peated1y, and we advise again today
that II you want to make money yos
can do it by buying our stock. 1t Ii
not only certain to advance In price
but 1t is certain to become one o
the great dividend earners Of th,
west.
Cecil Rhodes. one Of the most suc
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