Show THE STABILITY OF once a mine always a mine this is an old saying among experienced mining men and there is no denying the fact that it is correct people who are unacquainted quain ted with the mining industry who have but a faint glimmering of the true source of actual and imperishable wealth who imagine that gold is to be found in certain localities of the west hanging like fruit on trees may scoff at the idea that the possession of a good producing mine is more preferable than the ownership of a highly cultivated farm or of some good manufacturing business in this they err the finest stand of grain may be blighted in a day but a producing mine is is not affected by the changes of season the absence of rain or a period of drought panicky conditions and strikes may have a depressing effect on the manufacturer but a crash in wall street or a tightening of the money market will not detract in the least from the metallic contents of an ore body or from its size the snow may come the winds may blow the east may tremble at a panics woe but the mine will not be troubled its output will be as regular its ore reserves just as large and its value undiminished whether there is a general failure of crops a fluctuation in the money market or a failure in manufacturing circles the owner of a producing and paying mine is practically independent he knows full well that he gives to the world the money of ultimate redemption that his gold silver lead and copper represent actual values that it is as good as f money in the bank in summer and in winter his income is steady and regular in fact he has his own bank burglar proof and always get at able upon which he can draw on sight at any time and the draft will be honored mining is as legitimate as i it ft is successful and stable it is a business that can be successfully and profitably followed winter or summer and in the production of the precious metals of enduring wealth no one is robbed or injured |