Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-16
MINING THE
GREATEST
INDUSTRY
II MEANS WEALTH
A FEW WORDS ABOUT AN INDUS
TRY THAT HAS BROUGHT FOR
TUNES TO THOUSANDS OF
SMALL INVESTORS.

III is a strange idea that so man,
people have that mining Is n gamble
wnen In fact It is the Industry or
, ~nicn all others are dependent. The
aimer depends on the iron miner
ana the coal miner for all of hls
implements and machines, and more
.han that on the sampe people 10,
transportation of his products 10 the
markets OF the world. This. ol
course, means coal and iron mining
ETC, an average man will saw. bu,
pack OF this the further significan n,
TACT remains that not only the iron
and coal mining. but agriculture II.
SELF is dependent on gold mining
ior that provides the medium OF ex.
changes that governs and regulates
all business. When the gold supply
Is low the prices of all products are
low. In other words. the scarcer
gold is, the greater its purchasing
power becomes. and hard times fol.
low. Hence II is to the interest of
every business man, every farmer. In
fact, all mankind to maintain and in
crease the volume OF gold. Hence,
also, the idle and foolish talk OF
mining being a gamble is an Insult
to intelligence and an injury to all
mankind.
To open and devolp a gold mine
requires considerable capital. and
the greatest fortunes the world has
ever known, have been made by
those who dared to venture their
money In a Legitimate business pro-
position, mining. which. while Il con-
tains some risks, offers and gives re-
turns that make the results OF rub
bing Alladin's lamp simply an "also
ran"
II is easily understood why the
Industry has been brought into dis.
replte. In every mining camp many
claims are located that are absolute
ly worthless and their owners know
them to be so. Being INSCRIPTIONS,
they advertise these worthless
claims. or so-called mines, and by
promises induce the pub
lie TO buy. At the same time, the
same camp has from one TO dozens
OF mines that are legitimate business
propositions. The trouble Is that
the public Is caught by glitter In.
stead OF gold: invests In a gold
brick. and then condemns all mining
People deal with
strangers, rather than with those
they know who In a business way put
before them legitimate. meritor-
lous proportion.
| have lived In Salem nearly five
years. and have many warm friends
here. also have mining stock for
sale. in a property that | have per-
sonally examined. and ] know TO be
as II ds represented | have spent
"a years In active mining In Nevada
and have been In nearly every min
ing camp In Il. vas In Virginia
CITY In 1859. when boy, and
and unhesitatingly say. that Raw
hide, Nevada's new mining camp Il
the greatest | have ever seen. and
that the "Silent Friend" mine. whose
stock / am selling. has the best sur
face showing OF any mine In that
camp or any other | have ever seen
Here 20 a LEGITIMATE mining
not Wild cat.
OF II, MIR. Carl Bray. on whose
the big Tonopah
mines that have produced thirty mil.
lions, and are now producing more
than seven million dollars a year
were bought. says: 81 feel perfectly
safe I'm saying you have the best un'
developed piece OF ground In Raw
hide" And again: II believe yor
will make OF the "Silent Friend" 9
mine whose production alone, will
soon attract widespread attention,
This "Silent Friend stock. now
selling for 80 cents. should, Judged
by other Nevada mines be selling be
tween $40 and $40 share within
fifteen months. This means that a
hundred shares bought now for $50
will be worth at the least $1,000 and
probably twice that within the time
named.
Either Mr. Ivan Martin or myself
can be found at Mr.. Liston's office,
$40 Court street. where We will be