Show A REMEDY SUGGESTED the other day an experienced mining man suggested a remedy for the high cost of living he did not advise eco economy noray or that mutton should take the place of porterhouse steaks neither did he allude to the fact that it was cheaper to stay in bed to keep warm than it was to buy coal As a matter of fact his idea of a specific for all the ills attendant upon the high cost of living was somewhat unique as his prescription was nothing more or less than to get a producing gold mine we can imagine how such a tion would strike the average bread win f ner get a producing gold mine why the majority of mankind in might as well try to get the garden of eden with a fence around it he would most likely say I 1 and yet the idea is within the realm of possibility and also of probability and no good reason exists why thousands of men J cannot own a producing gold mine and gold is ali always ays at par no matter whether war and pestilence prevail whether the lead market slumps or whether copper is contraband in timbuctoo the great majority of men believe that only people of great wealth can own and possess a gold mine but this is not the case and this impression has been fastened upon the public mind because so much is being said about tile the great sums being constantly expended expend ed in gold mining by men of big capital and of great means of surse purse 5 these big fellows would w not look at a small gold mine and this is why the individual of limited means flys the track when invited to become interested in a gold mining I 1 investment but here is where the vital mistake is made for it is just as easy to acquire a small gold mine as it is to secure title to a small lead silver or copper producer and the man of scanty means would have no difficulty in acquiring a small gold anille na 0 or a an undeveloped prospect that could aas j ily be aeve developed loped into a producer the are small gold inin milles there re are thousands of throughout the mining camps of the west wes t that lih t could be placed on a productive and an lid I 1 and an profitable stage with but little work with but a moderate outlay of capital the output might be small at first hardly more than paying expenses but as development work progressed the tonnage would naturally increase until eventually there would be a most satisfactory showing on the right side of the ledger and from month to month the bank account would grow and multiply until the scare of the high cost of living would no longer ibe a bugbear to the possessor of such a mine and no matter what the financial condition of the country the world might be the gold he produces would always be at par and sometimes at a premium we think the remedy suggested by this man was a good one and by accepting it hundreds could solve a vexed question that is now puzzling economists |