Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-02

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 eontinu-t
ance of our present state If civiliza-
ton. @
The gold and silver mines give us
our currency, which has made pos
sible all our improvements and all
our luxuries, to- say nothing of our
actual necessities
Copper has no substitute for the
vast electrical and other industries
totally dependent upon it; and were
1t not for the iron mines our marvel
lous sky-scraping steei structures, our
great transportation lines and TWEEN
tieth century achievements would not
even exist in the imagination
t 81 . 2 - BE. 81 q
The very pen with which one writes
letter, and the type from which a
newspaper is printed, are both pro-
ducts Of the mines; In fact there is 10
single channel Of like known to the
people Of the world but what is de-
pendent upon the great mining indus
try. hi d
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. ts.-s.s
Gold mining occupies an unriyaled
position in the Industrial world. 1t is
the only one that is not affected by
trust, trade combinations, business
rivalry, the law of supply and 3 de
mand, limited markets, hard times,
financial panics, bad crops, high wat
er, measles, Group, cholera or small
pox. 1t is the one form Of produc-
tion in which the customer seeks the
producer and not the contrary, as is
the case with every other for moi
production known to man.
Gold mining is the most certain and
profitable of, all pursuits when con.
Quoted under proper conditions. 1t
4 involves no risk whatever when op
erations are carried on in a proven
mine, and, on the other hand, the ex
cessiye returns on the capital invest
ed and the unparalleled opportunities
for enormous gains, make it one Of
the most fascinating occupations In
which men of enterprise can engage
We have a proven mine, with ovel
$6,000,000 worth OF ore Blocked Out
on two or more sides, and the Lore
knows how much more in the bowels
of the earth below the present work
ings. It may be $50 1000, 900, or 1t may
be ten times that much, but one thing
is certain, and that is, If there il
absolutely nothing beyond the i II
sight values, We still have a splen
did property.
That the values In our property dis
appear at the bottom OF our present
working is too absurd, too grotesque
" preposterous to even receive a sec
ond though. We might as we'll say
that of two peas out Of the same
pod. the one Of which happens to be
cooked and eaten, and the other not
the latter is bad because it escaped
the attentions Of the cook.
We have declared repeatedly, and
We declare It again today that we
have one OF the greatest properties in
the country. We have advised re
peatedly, and we advise again today
that II you want to make money you
can do It by buying our stock. IT is
not only certain to advance in price
but It IS certain to become one Of
the great dividend earners Of the
west.
Cecil Rhodes. one Of the most sue
B TER w