Show NATURE FAKING prospectuses PROSPECT USES denver mining record to a man who understands the technical side of mining a report is more interesting if it goes into a careful description of the lU geological formations and technical descriptive 4 11 matter is often desirable there are instances however where the object of the 4 technical story seems seem s to be entirely to deceive to talk to the ordinary man or woman who is interested in mining investments and employ terms that are of value only to practical people is questionable too frequently are these terms garbled to deceive long words and almost unpronounceable words do not make profit they might indicate the possibility of success but how many investors know this the old time prospectus was a long story of what geology indicated in a mining enterprise it was not descriptive but very fre brer was the report of a man who had merely caught a glimpse of the real technical side for a time it deceived that was before publicity had become as potent a factor as it is at this time it was prior to the system of thorough investigation there was a prospectus one time maybe many like it that dwelt entirely on a beautiful little stream the marvels of the scenery and the beautiful timbering found in a twenty foot shaft either it was a clumsy attempt to deceive or else it was the work of a tenderfoot to whom the mountains were feasts of wonder whichever the truth might have been the harm remained the same there is also a tendency to play upon the philanthropic or public spiritedness of a promoter MO ter hiding the real investment issue under a wash of slush that neither proves nor disproves but simply alms aims to make a typical grandstand play and thereby deceive it is this leaning toward unreasonable technicality or toward the cheap romantic that lays ma many ny really honest deals open to the attacks of eastern writers the veneer does not go with them and they are always glad of an opportunity to show up the hippodrome spirit of the prospectus this kind of nature faking is not to be co commended amended mm ended |