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Show HOW NEVADA IS lEIKt JHI Unique Methods With Which to Attract the Attention of the World. NOVELTY SHOWS THE PRESENCE OF BRAINS Peculiar Stunts Rigged Up to Bring Confidence and Money In. Goldfield and other dosorfc camps of Nevada and California have furnished many mining sensations during tho past three years. . They have also produced remarkably rich ore in quantities far beyond the expectations of not only tho skeptical, but of oven tho most sanguine. san-guine. Goldfield in particular has mado a production record of hiR-h-grado gold ore for a two-years period second to no camp in the countr In emphasis of this statement we need recall only tlie Jumbo, Florenco and Mohawk leases, says the Mining Reporter. As was to bo expected, the enthusiastic enthusias-tic press agonts frequently made careless care-less use of figures in rocording oro valuqs and shipments. In many instances in-stances these exaggerated reports were. welcomed and even encouraged by many of the large mine owners and successful suc-cessful leasers, who regarded them as ' 'advertisements of tho camp's richness." rich-ness." In all case3 the true figures, ns shown b3' later smelter settlements were, or should have been, high enough to satisfy even those most zealous in the upbuilding of the camp and today Goldfield is maintaining an output of orb rich onough to placo it in the limelight of publicity the world over. This statement state-ment also applies to the newer camps, such as Fairview, Wonder, Manhattan, Rosebud nnd others from which cxag- fjornted "so-called advertising or pub-icity" pub-icity" rcportB aro constantly emanating. emanat-ing. This class of advertising is unhealthy un-healthy for any camp just as much so as are the unfortunate labor disturbances disturb-ances such as tho opo Goldfield recently experienced. Furthermore, it is unnecessary. unnec-essary. Its maintenance can only reflect re-flect discredit on any camp and its operators. In the case of Goldfield, particularly, tho truth about the rich ore will give the camp the same and far more benefioial publicity sought. This briugs us to the presentation of other desert-camp advertising "novelties" "novel-ties" which havo recently come to our notice. We apologetically term them "novelties" for want of a better designation. desig-nation. One so-termed clever advertising advertis-ing schemo of "keeping alive tho interest in-terest of mining" among Eastern investors in-vestors (and perhaps for exciting their avarice) is assuredly unique. It consists con-sists of the casting of a $100,000 statue representing a "typical prospector" and made entirely of gold aud silver taken from tho new mines of Eastern California nnd Western Nevada; this statue to be exhibited in largo department depart-ment stores, hotels, etc., of large Eastern East-ern cities, by a competent and well- Kosted mining man who would distri-utc distri-utc to the interested crowd booklets containing the names of tho contributing contribut-ing individuals and mines, etc.; tho statue to bo carried from cit.y to city and finally donated to Homo museum with the compliments of tho precious metal contributors. Tho gentleman in submitting this advertising plan, states that ho is operating some fcwenty-fivo prospects in the Death Valley region .and is associated with one of the largest mining and banking houses in the East. Here 16 anothor: On May '20 soveral mining property owners wero to have departed from "Grccnwater, Cal.. on an endurance automobile trip to "Boston, Mass.. the car to be laden with ore for distribution in various cities and towns (arrangements for ore replenishment being made, presumably, by expressing ahead sufficient quantities to the im- Eortant cities en routo). We havo not oen authentically informod as to whether this "Scotty" trip was actually ac-tually begun. A, Grcenwater paper of the 14th ult. furnished the above facts. A third proposition is this: Members of the L. M. Sullivan Trust company aro reported to have organized a 83u-dieato 83u-dieato for bolstering up of and inspiring inspir-ing confidence in depreciating Nevada stock securities. Jt Is planned to mako 6 per cent, loans on listod Nevada stocks to the extent of 66 2-3 per cent, of the market value of tho issues loans to bo made in amounts of not. less than $250 and for periods of four months or more. The syndicate was reported to havn available $250,000 for immodinto loans and confidence onough to be willing will-ing to raise as high ns $1,000,000 for satisfying all loan needs. This plan was it is said, conceived for the rendering of assistance to stock buyers who had purchased Nevada stocks since depreciated depre-ciated through allogcd machinations of Eastern manipulators. Theso are but a fow of the publicity methods followed or suggested. They are peculiar to the desert camps. Their novelty and originality show the presence pres-ence of bright minds, such as are always to bo found in the world's great gold camps. They arc, too, so much on tho boom order 'that the akeptioal or uninformed unin-formed might tvoII be expected to hesitate hesi-tate in the acceptance of Block offerings. |