Show will ivill mining pay I 1 tho VIr virginia gulia enterprise ol of Dc cember lah iu ill commenting upon a compilation of 0 levied and dan bends wends de 0 o blared by tho several mining companies la in california nevada and idaho dealt in ly tho the san toot board wherein cin it iii u to provo that diug is u not a paying institution has the following loving fol pertinent argument on the subject ct winch TO a deem colof of a importance imparlance in to republish in extensor cx ex lonso tenso ita it win s doubt doubtless les the iho purpose of the iho call to show that with an outlay of 0 the minus have yielded a profit 0 of but bat lu in fifteen years that is all the iho ts were paid back duang that time with over 1 in addi addition tiou thu tho call would wonlu wish it I 1 from roia the abes ures that mining does not hot pay this is IB financial th fogging let us andr LE abo act a farmer preempt pre empt and settles upon IGO set acres ol of wild land aur 11 ano a years ho he joei doce little moro more than thail clear and fouce one the land end ami plant fruit trees and tines at the iho end of that timo time tho ilia band luis las become fruitful broo breo and aitio are arc beginning to yield abil the hard bail toil of preparation js is over yet tho the farmer las batal ablo able to lay by no DO money during ill all there years ile has managed to pay his mixes anti toed anil and clothe his family looking at the th light bauk bank account of this thin barmor farin nr it would bo consistent in tho the cull call to any that faiming dots docs not pay tho the and chich cost tho the occupant 1 23 25 su AH aero acre IB A low cow woith SO 50 yet as it hiu has paid aid no dividends divi denda tit iu cash in ia for tho the as tim ments bald out iti in ltv improvement in ici libor labor its ila cultivation lla L la been a fail urn are this is tho the argument of the iho gill call As with tho the far farriter river so 60 with tho the mine owner the coot their original origin fil locators lo catoni nothing their las cost WOW what hiu has been the profit on this ibis invest investment mont iu in mellas of bourbo wo we are not dot to con shor ailor tho ilia frequent charren iu in ownership w while lule ilia iho work of development was in progress nor areco rr wo to tho the probable pro bablo cost of the mancs to those who own them today to day stock anti and kru ggles for control do not enter into ilia th calculation for the iho purpose of ct leoung into tho the matter mar fairly w must assume that tho the locators locator of t tb 0 mines mine have continued in uninterrupted owner ibia and that the in went have been bald by them illen what hat las has beant tho the return for this klue invest ment ill ia the of property properly which originally cot cost nothing 7 total alno total dividends total return i from this deduct af nud and average interest on the some tit at ton per cent pir per annual 2225 KOO had tho ilia clear on tho the to tal iti vestment foot up tit thu to in exactly what tho the locator locator oi of the tha would lao hao iu in fifteen years had hud the money for their don alop went ixta paid haul by tilam tho anines of the Comb comstock tock would make a much hobill liow ho will lug wor 0 they to too bo considered comi dered s separately but wo we toko take tho the satire list hat furnished by the iho call and confound it with iu its own figured |