Show THE CON in commenting on the depressed condition of the local share market the mercur miner says take con mercur stock for instance the man who bought at 3 naturally feels disgusted when he sees his stock drop to but he missed any dividends at that figure he is making 16 per cent which is s pretty good interest if he bought for a rise rise he took a chance for not many in investors vesters would care to put money into mining stock that paid less than 15 per cent no one who knows the mine would sell at the ridiculous price now offered and only small holders are selling only small blocks or shares are changing hands and no one knows how bow many of these are wash sales the recent showing in lulu alone makes the mine as valuable as it was a year ago notwithstanding the amount of ore that has been taken out since then there is not the slightest falling off inthe in the amount of bullion being turned out of the big mill each month the surplus is being added to all the time and the dividends come reau regu larley every quarter with no present indication that they will not continue for an indefinite number of years the further fact that other stocks of equal merit have also fallen should convince the observant invester that the fall in con mercur is not caused by any depreciation in the value of mine or mill |