Logan Republican | 1908-04-08 | Page 2 | A Whack at Wildcatting

A Whack at Wildcatting. Salt Lake Mining Review: The best examples ex-amples of "frenzied mining" are today to bo found In tho new camp of Rawhide. Here wo llnd a repetition of the early Goldfleld days with the resulting wildcattlng and fleecing processes Indulged In by boomers and brokerage broker-age firms. Thousands of companies are being floated and highly colored prospectuses and advertisements ad-vertisements arc sent out as a lure to tho easy tenderfoot. To a person who has the slightest knowledge of mining, these get-rlch-qulck schemes appear In their true light simply bunco games. But there are many, and the number s simply surprising, that early snap up these baits laid for that very purposo by the ' pirates In the mining business. It Is said companies com-panies were organized In Goldfleld by parties that did not, own a foot of ground In the state. But what did that matter If the purchaser of stock got a beautifully engraved certificate with the magio name Goldfleld upon it.