Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-04-04

No man ever succeeded in any line of
business without definite knowledge Of the
rules Of success Of that business.
Occasionally q boob" win put a pile
Of chips on q roulette wheel with no knowl.
edge Of how much any number pays and win
big stake.
Occasionally boob goes into the stock
market and makes a big winning.
But in good. sound, legitimate business
under which the world goes ahead the boob"
has no chance at all.
The men who have made an outstanding
success are those who know INTIMATELY
about the vehicle Of their investment before
they make an Investment. These men are
the ones who do NOT dump their money
onto roulette table and wait for the cr0upier
to haul il in.
The men who makes q success in this life
invariably does so on his OWN Judgment IL
he is INDECENT in his work, he gets nowhere
If he is hard worker in his own line but
is indolent about his investments, then his
investments cannot win.
Occasionally a man blindly buys one roy
atty, without knowing whether il is on a
structure, whether his title Is good or whether
there is a possibility Of q winning-and makes
a big profit We have seen people pay three
times too much for a royalty and then make
a snug profit where there should have been
a loss, under the rule Of averages. But that
Is so exceptional that we have set down pos
tive rule that to succeed an investor MUST
know something about the elements Of sue
cess In royalty business
First Of all be must know something about
geology.
The woman who knows good silks and
who knows q good bargain in silks by no
means could run q silk mill. Yet she sue
CERDS in the purchase Of good silks at bar
gain prices.
Likewise the royalty investor MUST know
something about the principles Of geology A
geologist Il q man who is well armed TO make
a fortune. We know one geolOgst, as an ex-
ample who applied his knowledge % the pur-
chase Of royalties on structures which locked
most favorable for the accumulation Of oil.
Today he has an income Of around $500 per
month, we are told, and be il able 70 get along
nicely without working at his profession, as
he wishes.
Not every royalty investor can Be = geol-
ogist yet some knowledge Of geology Is es-
sential to make an intelligent Investment.
II is on that theory that this organisation
has worked since its organization. We assume
that the person who joins our organisation
knows NOTHING about the oil business We
start out to EDUCATE such member, Just as
IL that person were to become a buyer for the
organisation. So educated, that person can
read one Of our plats intelligently and make
an intelligent decision. The intelligent royalty
investor positively CAN make money.
With this in mind, we recently issued q
rather pretentiOus booklet called 2 A Romance
in Rocks - We provided every active mem
Der with a copy. II contains college
course in the oil business Of Montana, from
the "A b. c." Of geology up to learned
treatise on IS0STACY Oddly enough, Il Is
as readable as a novel;
The "thumbnail'' geology herewith is re-
printed from that publication for the inf0r-
nation Of others who may not be members.
II Is an example Of the service which this or
ganixation affords The man who succeeds
must know something about geology, but that
requirement is not burden. he win find that
it is a subject 50 aIlurng that he win enjoy
every moment spent in reading. Once familiar
with geology he can intelligently put bis
money to work in royalties.
We invite any who are interested 10 join
with US. A few copies Of the publication A
Romance in Rocks" are available and win be
sent to those who send in the membership fee
Of 81, which entities the holder to receive all
publications Of this organization