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Show INSPECT KOREAN .MINES. Knowing' Ones. Think Eoom a Political Politi-cal Scheme. Yokohama, May 25, via Victoria, B. C. June 6. How far the prejent mining min-ing boom in Korea Is of a merely political po-litical nature it is difficult to say. There ha3 teen a remarkable number of demands de-mands upon the government of that country for mining concessions and privileges, leading outsiders to gather J the impression that the country must be a veritable storehouse of mineral wealth. According to the ' prevailing fashion here :n the orient, however, the knowing ones recognize in all this activity merely the first steps in the process of establishing political spheres ' of influence. At all events, the mining min-ing prospectors and adventurers of America should be cautioned not to wend their wav hither on the reports of a new eldorado having been diacov ered. V. |