Show THE MINING PROMOTER what would the mining industry do without the mining promoter he of the glad hand the genial smile the gall of a mine rat and the tenacity of a bull dog a fine judge of character and utterly oblivious to the cold mit or the back talk of the pessimist what would we do without him viewed from the usual standpoint stand point we revile him he is classed with the professional deadbeat who lives by his wits his friends even wink and nod to each other when he passes by he is a great fisherman but it is the general impression that he is always out after suckers but when we have a mining proposition needing capital for its development we make a hotfoot hot foot for the promoter we think we have a proposition of merit that requires but little money to transform it into a regular dividend payer and this must as a usual thing seek the assistance of the promoter being in need of finances we find that the merits of our enterprise must be presented to the capitalistic class and we discover that with all of our large array of boasted ability aba ity we do not know how to get into touch with the right people and be able to separate them from their money althou although ih our intentions are good and honorable in the emergency we call in the promoter we forget f all alf of his many ii failings lings of the slander which has been circulated concerning him hihi in bour our eyes he is now a perfect god and we hug him to our bosom as it were then we send him out to the man and the masses in their own fortresses we expect him to scale the walls where we even get a lookin look in he must dress like a millionaire and spend money like a millionaire if he expects to interest the millionaire in our enterprise he must talk corn and hogs to the farmer and have hayseed hay seed in his hair if he expects to get after harvest money for our mining venture he must be thoroughly familiar with the scriptures and be able to make a flowery talk from the pulpit if he succeeds in interesting the goody good and ultra religious and he must be able to play a good hand at poker and be able to pick the winner in a dog fight if he is able to interest the sporting element in our mining enterprise and he is always equal to the occasion he may be thrown down hard a dozen times but he always comes up smi ing and ready for another attack he is always resourceful and has the smile with him which will not come off in the end he returns with the money and his acquaintances want to know how many widows he has robbed how many orphans have been the victim of his wiles but the money as a general thing goes into mine development into mine equipment and if the venture is a successful one the investors the guys who have been wheedled into the purchase of stock by the promoter get their investment back with big interest quite often they make a fortune on a small investment if often happens that the enterprise is a losing one for nothing is certain but death and taxes and even then the money brought into a district through the efforts of the promoter has had a beneficial effect in that certain conditions have been demonstrated ninety nine out of a hundred mining ventures have required the aid of outside capital and ninety nine out of a hundred of the big paying mines of today at one period in their existence needed money and therefore the servi services cbs of a promoter whether in the shape of a personal solicitor or in the form of a financial agency but whether in the person of the affable smiling 1 convincing promoter or in the form of an incorporated financing company the services of either is always in demand and without this factor in mining operations mining in all of its branches would soon come to a standstill we are talking of honest promoters we know no others and although he is often reviled backbitten back bitten and unjustly a accused the mining public should take off their hats to him |