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Show MINING AND OIL I SOUND BUSINESS The mining industry as a whole has 1 always suffered as the result of the questionable methods, (of promotion in a very small percentage of mining operations. After every great boom that picks off most of the sucker money, mining settles back to a steady gait that is a boom to mankind. man-kind. Then another boom comes up with its horde of get-rich-quick promoters pro-moters who prey upon the public, and drastic laws are passed to fit such cases, but they often hurt the whole inining industry. The legimate oil business suffers greatly from misleading promotion schemes. Mining and oil production are two great western industries which deserve deser-ve encouragement and confidence of the public. If the investor would use the same judgement in buying securities secur-ities of these properties, that he would use in any other transaction, there would be few tales of great losses such as we now read of in connection with fraudlent mining and oil promotion deals. Don't blame these industries, blame yourselves for your own carelessness and credulity. |