Show mining and prosperity THESE are busy times everywhere in europe men are strenuously engaged in destroying the accumulated assets of 0 centuries while in the united states the mines and mills and factories are being worked overtime over time to replace the destruction NI wrought rought by war yes these are busy times not only in the realm of commerce but on the stock exchanges 0 ot f the country as well on the new york exchange and on the curb brokers are being flooded with orders to buy stocks ot of every description the public investment appetite appears to be insatiable and as a result the broadest speculative movement that has been experienced since the second DI mckinley c K in boom is now under way but there Is excellent reason tor for the bullish sentiment that appears to have become epidemic the wealth ot of the united states has reached absolutely unprecedented proportions millions are being pyramided pyra upon millions the per capita circulation of the country in gold now amounts to 2480 as compared with per capita in 1906 and at the same time our exports and trade balances have been shattering all records domestic conditions were never so universally satisfactory many factors enter into the fabrication of prosperity but it is a noteworthy tact fact that the present era of good times is based largely upon a single industry with its various ramifications and that single industry is metal mining the products of the mines are used in practically all manufacturing enterprises either in a main or secondary way directly or indirectly and it is to the metals that we may give thanks tor for the count rys splendid situation never in the history of the nation has the great constructive power of mining been so forcibly brought to the public attention as it has been during the past eighteen months and more and never before have the dividend possibilities of mining shares been so clearly emphasized oil too has played a conspicuous part in making millionaires in the united states and many of the oil companies are disbursing profits that are remarkable besides declaring an occasional stock dividend to make matters more interesting both oil and raining mining stocks are arc thereto ro steadily growing in popularity moro more cripple creek shares with their long and consistent record ot of productive ity back of tham havo have changed hands recently than f for 0 r many months and heavy buying of jerome coppers has been in order A strong market tor for the antman stocks too gives evidence of the favorable regard in which that new gold camp Is held by the public and the shares of miscellaneous companies operating in various sections of the west are readily absorbed sharing in tile the upward movement the newer oil stocks and parti particularly cula r those of the wyoming companies have become marked favori ties with both large and small investors I 1 1 the wyoming issues being selected selected above others because of the known merit of the oil fields of that state it is well tile the public is learning that the mining and oil industries afford better and more stable opportunities tuni ties for acquiring immense profits on a moderate iu investment vestment of capital than can be found elsewhere tile world over As long as the mines continue their present high rate 0 of production and the oil wells spout pout s their rivers 0 of wealth no abated abatement t of the prevailing great prosperity need be apprehended mining and finance record denver |