Show PAR VALUE AND assessments A large majority of eastern investors whenever mining stocks are presented for consideration promptly ask for the par value or and whether the stock is assessable or not if the par value is ten cents and the price asked is fifty cents the offer is at once turned down if the par is five lars and the stock is offered at one doll doll the investment is much mo more re likely to tol made because the investor thinks he is ting four dollars for nothing not realia realize that the other offer may be the better in e ment the par value has little to do with mining investment there are three i things to be considered to det mine the value of a mining stock the fai is the location of the property if the clad are well located in a proven mining A brict the chances are good second if management is capable the prose should be good for develop developing ng a mine thi if the management is honest the e confided con fidei of the investor is gained if the claims a i well located and the management is bo bi capable and honest risks are re reduced dued to t minimum and the investor may confides confide expect good results he must however patient for it takes time and money to c vert a prospect into a mine if a mining stock is assessable it I 1 turned down often on this account altho it may be a most promising invest mi me such a stock is often offered at a very I 1 price at first hoping that the from the sale of treasury stock may ma m a mine of the prospects if sufficient fun fu are not thus raised more money may secured by levying assessments in this 1 a property that becomes worth millions often saved for the stockholders wt wh otherwise might have been lost for v wa of a few thousand dollars it is true that the right of asses is sometimes abused but in general plan is to be commended many of great copper mines of upper michigan v we developed by means secured through sess ments utah can furnish many go g illustrations of the value of assessments developing a prospect into a paying mini mine |