Show THE MINES AND THEIR STOCKS The mines of Utah are showing up In excellent form The drop In silver doe not discourage the mining men The lead the copper and the gold form a reinforcement of valuo which help out New strikes aro reported almost daily I and many of these arc rich and Im Dortanl There Is a slronc and gooc feeling generally in mining circles The product of the mines this year will equal IC not surpass that of the best year Jn the history of mining In the State Many of the old producers nr producing more lavishly than ever and new ones are being constantly added The smelting capacity in this valley Is now far beyond what it has ever been with the new smellers of th year and the additions to lie old ones Not long ago we noted a new smelting record for their product That new record will be old with the close oC the present month and the new year may confidently be reckoned UDOU to largely und constantly Increase the metal product from the mines and smellers A step In advance was proposed sometime some-time since by the Salt Lake Stock Exchange Ex-change in tho protection of Investors In mining stocks to wit the publication publica-tion of the financial condition of the companies whose stocks are dealt in and the condition of the mines The Daly West the other day took the Initiative In making a candid and open statement to the public of the ore reserves re-serves the surplus and the dividend situation t It was a satisfactory statement state-ment and it at once slopped the downward down-ward course of the stock It was a esson that should not be lost on the mining companies or on the public It shows in a splendid specific Instance the value of publicity which has been so strenuously urged as a cure for the evils of corporation secrecy It Is something that having worked so well In this cote ought to be an encouragement encourage-ment to the Stock Exchange to keep up Its demand for regular statements from the mining companies whoso stocks are represented In Its calls The mines of Utah generally are on a solid basis It should be the endeavor of alto al-to keep them so In order thai the investor In-vestor may be reasonably safe In putting put-ting In his money and tho companies high in regard by reason of the good showing they make No State In the mining region stands so high In the estimation ot capitalists seeking to Invest In mincE It Is the universal testimony that Utah mines are regarded everywhere In the investment Invest-ment world with favor A fair pub llcity In reports will keep them at the head of the procession and that is the desire oC all concerned |