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Show MINING AND OIL The mining industry as a whold has always suffered as the result or 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 steady progress that is a boon to mankind. Then another boom comes along, with its horde of get-rich-quick promoters pro-moters who prey upon the public-and public-and drastic laws are passed to tu such cases, but they often hurt the whole mining industry. . The legitimate oil business suffers greatly from misleading promotion schemes. 1 Mining and oil production are two great western industries which deserve de-serve the encouragement and confidence confi-dence of the public. If the investor would use the same judgment in buy ing the securities o thee properties, that he would use in any other busi- ness transaction, there would be few-! few-! tales of great losses such as we not., j read of in connection with fraudu- lent mining and oil promotion deals. Don't blame these industries, blauio I yourselves for your own carelessness |