The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-03
NO WORD In the whole lexicon Of our
N American English Is so little understood In
It's laryer meaning as the word Mining"

IN AmericanEn glsh Is so little understood In
It's larger meaning the word Mining"
No industry with such far.reachlng effect on the
lives OF Mankind. is yet poorly appreciated, IN
proportion to It's unlimited capacity for Good
To cause the lives OF Millions TO become better
via Mining. and to lift them into positions Of ease
power and Luxury
Through making possible in advance. by his
VIII and skill that they shall have Revenue or
an Income they previously Contemplated
Is the mission. privilege and power OF the Mod
ern Mining Man who lives up to his Opportunities.
70 scatter Dollars-everywhere
Great indeed is he who Change the Estate
OF Multitude Of People.
ANOTHER word well understood. the Of which
is automatic but few can readily define Il off
hand is--- Money"
II Is defined as a Medium Of exchange. More
properly. It fulfls the function OF Measure for
the exchange Of Values, as well as becoming q
Standard for Deferred payments.
Salt. rice cocoa olive oil tobacco. tea and dates,
a. well corn and cattle were thus Employed BY
ancient peoples.
With the Progress OF civilization, the place Of
the Miscellaneous commodities has been generally
taken by the Precious Metals.
The large part played by money In Effecfing the
exchange and measuring the value Of Goods has
led TO Exaggeration OF It's importance as Ele
ment OF national wealth instead of wealth-for
the Individual.
II first led to an Attemp, to keep the precious
metals in country BY Main Force, which was fol-
Balance of Trade. and Now
Though successfully Controverted. the latter
idea may Sti be traced In the ordinary language
Of the Money Markets in the Of such terms
~ Protection" and bullion TO Settle Balances"
BUT MONEY cannot be kept nor boarded.
All through India. gold has been boarded for
Centuries.
London bankers assert that No gold bullion ever
Financiers estimate that $500. 100000 in gold
bars and coin Is There concealed
Nor does Il circulate.
As a result, India has low Wage scale. Its
standard Of Life is pitiful Its people Lack ma
tional spirit, and Are supine race-rued by
Aliens the Moral OF which is
Mover hide money.
KEEP 1T BUSY.
Benjamin Franklin said:
MONEY MAKES MONEY.
THE MONEY THAT MONEY MAKES
MAKES MORE MONEY.
Remember also
Yesterday. a prospector Discovered gold-bear-
ing ledge; Today-the bullion is going to the
Mint. while the Income that should have been
Yours belongs to some One else.
ISABELLA pawned her Jewels for money to build
ships that Columbus might find Shorter passage
to India--where there was much gold.
Note that no progress has ever been made Ex-
cept where gold was plentifuliy used as a Medium
of Exchange
without which, we would stI be living In a
Dark Age. dwelling In Caves and wrapped In
Skins
The while shivered from cold and fear.
Had II not been for the Enormous sums spent
on mines and for mining supplies, together with
the return and broadcast Distribution OF tons Of
Gold
Where would Denver. Salt Lake City San
Francisco. Butte City, Los Angeles, Portland and
Seattle have been7
Were not. in fact the very centers OF clvilIza,
tion Upheaved and changed, railroads Built and
empires opened Up 10 mankind and put on the
Map through
California Gulch the Comstock and the Moth
err Lodes; the Black Hills the silver and the cop
per mines at Butte and In Idaho together with
the wealth OF the Cascades and shipioads OF Gold
from Alaska and the Yukon, the while
Mining In the West is yet but In its In
fancy?
WHY, THEN, did the Milwaukee spend Just a few
patry hundred millions to reach the Pacific
Northwest?
Not Of course, merely TO rival Jim HILL nor yet
TO put The Olympan" and THE Columbian" on
wheels
But, most Certainly, to back up and prove it's
Faith In that territory tributary to Puget
Sound where the Chief industry 10 MINING.
What this railroad did in Its own way you can
DO In yours What It expects by way OF returns
and Will get, You may expect and Can get, " ysu
HAVE SIMILAR FAITH