Show THE legitimacy OF MINING 0 the mining industry of today enjoys an entirely different status from what it did twenty years ago in the early history of mining in this western country when the industry was in its infancy when methods were crude when but little was known concerning mining operations and less known about processes for the reduction of ores many failures were chronicled the result being that the eastern investor tiie the capitalists and the business man began t to look upon mining as a mere venture and every mining proposition as a w wildcat wild ild cat and they had good reason to look upon mining inthis light as it was easy then to impose upon those who were prevailed upon to become interested in any mining enterprise and the bilk and the confidence man were 66 abroad in the land of late years however a different phase has been given to the mining industry and mining is now reduced to an exact science and is looked upon at home and in foreign countries as a strictly legitimate proposition a safe and profitable investment or speculation many are not aware of the conditions which have transformed the industry from a disreputable and risky speculation into a business venture that is now perfectly safe legitimate and exceedingly profitable one of the contributing factors is ascribed to the fact that in these days a mining proposition is submitted to an examination by a mining expert before passing into the hands of the investor new inventions and modern machinery have enabled the miner to operate his properties to better advantage and at 6 a less ess cost than was formerly the case while the discovery of many new processes for the treatment of ores has enabled the operator to handle ores at a profit which years ago were practically valueless ripe experience in mining matters also has something to do 40 with the present gratifying condition of mining affairs the sum total of all these advantages ages being that mining is now looked upon as perfectly legitimate and safe so that the rawest tenderfoot can safely engage in the business profitably |