Show A MOUNTAIN OF GOLD A reader of the mining review according to the tone of his letter will soon be a fit subject for a lunatic asylum unless he ceases the reading of the general run of nevada newspapers this is a california miner and in the development of his property has uncovered a nice body of 20 ore which in any mining section should make its owner independent for life with this property our friend was thoroughly satisfied until he saw mention in a nevada paper of the discovery of a mountain of ore that assayed in gold to the ton there was nothing startling in this statement for they are now so common as to cause but little comment the demoralizing feature of this announcement however was the fact that the company owning it was offering its treasury stock toa to a confiding public at the munificent sum of three cents a share just think of it three cents a share I 1 no wonder that our californian is somewhat shaken in his upper story anyone would be who would believe such silly trash tr or who would even consider its inen ss for a minute there never was a mountain of ore that th assays essays to the ton and if cherew there w a a company owning such a wonder such a marvel would be asking a th thousand busand or ten te thousand dollars a share for its treasury treasur stock instead of the paltry sum eum of three thre cents at times ore has possibly been found that will assay a quarter of a million in its gold contents but never in quantity S such u c h ore exists only in knife blade seams and it might be difficult to obtain an assay ton of it and the owner might be obliged to work for years in order to gather together a ton of such stuff and his time would be much better employed in mining and outputting 20 ore if any man should make mak e an offering of 20 gold pieces for five cents each he would be set down as a fool but where treasury stock in a company owning a mountain of gold going i to 0 the ton is offered at three cents a share it may safely be said that the company is a fraud and its promoters a set of sharps thieves and grafters drafters gr |