Show this la the inspiration same report we have had tn the inspired papers for several car the dicta are that the E bipire netar had any con ald crable quant ltv of and there it now less probability than there wa four years ago that it ever will find a ore body vie have advised the public many during the past four years of this fact engineering and mining journal alie comments as they appear above are on the item we published the week the empire closed down we spoke them hopeful of the property as our readers will remember and oar faith even now is not weakening but rather getting stronger since we read the above has for ila cottor lal staff a C E M E a phd and an M E either of whom can tell a man more about without seeing them thin an old miner who baa worked in one his life time the editors do not believe in inspirations and dub us an in organ when we speak encourage odthe empire property we did aay then and do say now that there i good rich orin some of the levels and we stand ready to prove made of a like character taking only the word of those who something about the property in the first place it has been oui aim to avoid puffing up wild cat mints dug outs etith no indications or anything looking favorable to a good TO ne and when we do speak favorably of a property we know whereof our foundation lies and feel prepared to verify our statements and can do it without the aid of inspiration what has been said in graisa 0 the empire by this paper haar been based upon facca substantiated by actual observation that the empire has not had pay ora in y sufficient quantity to ship is no secret with anybody and the join nal knows it aa well as anyone but that does not prove the emane to bo worthless whatever may have been said or done by the management of this property not condemn it in the minds of the public and especially in the estimation ti of a paper that claims to be authority upon mining matters if the empire has been misrepresented that is the fault of those who maliciously intended to swindle a public what puzzles us most is to understand why the boumal hai taken such great pains to warn the public about the empire and had such little warning to give en the little pittsburg Pitts Lurg swindle at colliado Coloia do in 1880 this was one of the most gigantic mining swindles ever launched upon an unsuspecting public hundreds of poor people upon the recommendation of a so called mining expert who by the way is none other than rossiter W raymond ph D one of the editors of the jow nal invested all their surplus cach in little pittsburg stock and in less than penniless mr raymond reported of ore in sight in the little pit asburg and upon his say so the people were swindled out ot their cash A fit man to give warning to the public to steer clear of a property which he his never seen and knows nothing about only from nev reports we have said nothing in defense of the empire that will cause us regret place the property in the hands ot proper management and our woid for it the editors of the boumal will dodge around the back alleys in wah street and try to purchase empire stock to make it a producer the management must po to the deep and not gopher around under the surface this is our faith in the emane TOT pistols continue to play havoc among the small boys of this country we cannot understand why local authorities ties do not prohibit the sale of these destructive playthings the manufacture of them ought to ba suppressed as they ai e the means of robbing the newspapers of highway robber accounts and bandit excursions |