| Show A distributing AGENCY As a means of distributing wealth among the masses the mining industry is second to none it is this feature that prevents any mining venture where work is actually done from being an absolute failure no matter whether this or that venture is a success the money expended is invariably distributed in a graat many directions the amount of money disbursed in mining for wa wages es alone is something enormous the large mines mills and smelters shelters sm elters of the country employ a host of workmen while the smaller concerns contribute thousands in themselves figure the amount of a daily payroll for several million workmen receiving from up to 8 and 10 each and then consider that this vast distribution is but a small portion of the wealth that is circulated through the fhe mining industry as an agency the machinery houses the manufacturers and the railroads all come in for a big share of the money that 1 is necessary to carry on this great industry millions are spent every year in supplies and equipment and these millions are scattered to the four corners of the globe the railroads the most essential link in the success of most every mining community get a big slice of the distribution and finally when these and various smaller items have been met and the mine is on a paying basis the stockholder gets his turn and is given his little bunch of velvet money and the dividend end of the distribution is by no means the small end the mines pay more in dividends than do the railroads or the banks one mine in the unit united ed states has paid over in dividends and there are others whose records are almost as great and so the cycle goes on nothing is lost and gom something om ething is always gained the wealth taken from the ground is indestructible the gold silver lead copper and other materials that are recovered from the earth will be used in some form or other for centuries their value may fluctuate but their usefulness will ever continue to increase and so there is really no such thing as sinking money in the ground as is a common expression in the mining dictionary it may have failed to bring the spender any material returns but it has not returned to its original source in mother earth it has gone where it will do somo some good at least and so is not really lost it still exists and in some avenue is lubricating the wheels of trade and commerce |
