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Show Mineral Wealth Means Prosperity There has never been a great country that did not have mineral wealth. It i is a perquisite of progress, and financial finan-cial and industrial greatness. We are unusually fortunate in the United States. We have always had tremendous mineral resources, but their story, up to the last few years, has been one of picturesque waste and generally irresponsible production and management. Recent years have seen a definate change. Such metals as copper and zinc, for example, are now produced with an accurate eye to supply and demand, de-mand, by scientific production methods and at a stable price. Mining, in brief, Is now on a firm industrial basis. This new mining epoch has meant a greater prosperity to many western states, and indirect prosperity to every state. It Is as well, Insurance for the future. We could not progress without our mines. |