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Show MINING, BACKBONE OF PROGRESS Cecil Rhodes, famous English statesman and cionize'', ; built the empire of Fotrth Africa on 'the foundation of mir,- ing. Hers is what ho says of rr.mh.g aad i'.r, i:if.U'.i.;? e.i j mankind : ! "Mining has been the foundation of the world's wealth from the l.c.-rir.r ir-g of time. The governments rich in mineral;; min-eral;; h;v.v : ways been the richest and. strongest gevern- 1 ments on t' c- earth. ' j "Mining is the only business on. this earth that increases in-creases the wealth, of the world without infringing on the I rights of others. The man who produces gold, silver and ) copper is creating the raw material of money; every strike ' of his pick adds to the wealth of every man's business in the world." |