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Show Mining Speculation. Tho boom in mining specula-lions specula-lions continue lo sweep the country. Moro fortunes hnvo boon mado from mining stock in tho past year than ii ton yoars preceding. Novada, especially, is tho coutro of oxcitomout for this section of country but I'tah proportios aro nttrncting much attention. at-tention. In tho wako of bona fido strikes numerous vonluroa havo sprung up in which millions of dollars havo beon invested. Many of tliow vonturos hnvo boon widely advertised in tho liewtpflpOrl, I but yet lack merit. Thin ie fraud of .the worst kiydr Thoieis nospffCifllitioii about ifc It isn mere gamble. Of cotttWc there is legitimate mining and good mines, but craze for "get rich quick" stock has produced many shams. Mr. Daniel Citiggciiheim, of tho American Smelting and Refining Re-fining Company, says thatchiiuccH of success in a mining proposition aro about 1 to .'100. IIo adds that "the two hundred and ni icly nine failures aro forgotten in tho one success, and that one is mado the bait with which the public is tempted to three hundred moro ventures." A word of caution seems necessary to ihosa who would blindly risk their hard earnings in a venture containing so many chances to loio. |