Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-26
INPOR

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 il civiliza-
ton.
& 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
1t not for the iron mines our marvel
lous 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
q 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.
4If mining did not pay it would not
continue; and il it were to cease,
world progress would come to an end.
It is the one industry that stimulates
all others. There would be no banks
or bankers without it. There would be
no heating stoves for winter, and no
cooking stoves for summer. without
iron, and nothing but most expen-
sive and unsatisfactory fuel without
coal. Il.
Cold mining occupies an unrivaled
position in the Industrial world. It is
the only one that is not affected by
trust, trade combinations, business
rivalry, the law Of supply and de
mand, limited markets, hard times.
financial panics, bad crops, high wat.
er, measles, Group, cholera or small.
pox. It 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. Il
involves no risk whatever when op
erations are carried on in 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 ID
which men Of enterprise can engage.
We have a proven mine, with over
$6,000,00O 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 $4,000, 900, or it may
be ten times that much, but one thing
is certain, and that is, il 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
working is too absurd, too grotesque
" preposterous to even receive a sec
ond though We might as well 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 II
the country. We have advised re
peatedly, and we advise again today
that IL you want to make money yos
can do It by buying our stock. It i
not only certain to advance in price
but it is certain to become one O
the great dividend earners Of tbs
west.
Cecil Rhodes. one OF the most sue