Show A HAPPY NEW YEAR one once e ag again ain old father time has gathered his harvest and bowing to the inevitable 1 the year 1911 has quietly submissively and possibly cheer cheerfully jully foregathered fore gathered with the untold millions of other years which at one time prided themselves that they were the latest thing out the new year however flushed with anticipation and undaunted by the fate of its predecessor is about t to take possession of the destinies of this old old world for the next twelve months and is so filled with self importance and the belief that this will be the banner cycle of the world s history that we are all fain to enter into the same spirit and forgetting our past worries and perplexities begin ah all over again with hearts filled with courage hope and cheer in reviewing the old year now so nearly to a close we find much to be thankful for along the lines of the mining industry it is true irue that new enterprises looking towards the acquirement and development of practically virgin mining propositions have not been as numerous as in previous years to offset this however there has been much greater activity in the operation and equipment of old time producers and these have responded wonderfully in the way of iacre increased ased earnings in the matter of more liberal dividend payments while it looks as if soon after the beginning of the th new year a stronger allegiance to the min mining ing industry will be given by the public in general a public that is easily swayed and which flutters from flower to flower one line lindof of industry to another now believing that one certain line of investment ia i the best and anon flocking to another and eventually returning to mining as the prince of them all the safest and the best and the greatest profit maker it takes years of times to educate the public to convince it that a certain industry a certain invest investment meni will wili yield the greatest profit and the biggest per cent of gain many have tried railroad and industrial securities farming stock raising and mercantile lines but when they look over the list of dividends paid by the mines of the country they must acknowledge that mining leads all kindred industries in stability legitimacy and big bi profits that mining is the backbone upon which the fabric of commercial life rests the new year begins its reign with bright promise of renewed interest in the mining industry in the first place the steady advance in copper quotations leads to the belief that this phase of the industry will soon be more firmly entrenched than ever eve r before and this means that mining in all its branches will be greatly benefit ted the advance in lead also gives still further encouragement while the fact that investors look more kindly upon mining is an assurance that within the next few months eastern money will enter more freely into the purchase and acquisition of mines and prospects we believe that conditions will improve very materially during the next twelve months and feel that it is up to us to send greeting to our readers and patrons and to wish them a happy new year |