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Mining.

(From Farm and Fireside.)

The ancient Roman who said men were like sheep, and that if the bell- wether took one direction all the rest would follow, might well have forcseen the end of the 19th century and the gold fever which is spreading through- out Canada, and bids fair to he as deadly in its results as any plague that ever devastated the world. As yet scarcely a single note of warning has been sounded by the clear headed pub- lic men of the Lominion, to the people, the struggling young and old men and women who imagine they are suddenly going to acquire fabulous wealth by in- vesting largely in gold mining stock, but so many of whom are fated to lose practically their all, as so many English people did in Scuth Africa. No. The cry has been “come along! Put up yourmoney! Surething!’ The rush has been headlong. Few see that it is to the edge of a precipice they are hastening, nor will they relize it until they pitch headlong over. <A few men of wealth have gone to the British Columbia and Seine River and Ontario districts, and after careful enquiry, and test, and personal observation, have acquired properties from which, no doubt, they will add largely to their fortunes. ‘The great majority of people however, are nothing but investing lambs who are being sheared by the promoting wolves. It is the former who need the word of warning, and who would do well to stop in their mad race towards an el Dorado which they will never reach, and take these few rude hints thrown out as guides; hints which were obtained through a close study of mining matters and not a few conversations with prominent mining men. More especiaily are these obser- vations recommended to the reading of women, who, of late, seem, to have become even more infatuated in the chase for gold than men. In these matters women are extremists.

What Is now going on is this, in most instances:—

A prospector locates a claim to a property where there are some traces of gold. He goes to a mining broker who either buys it out-and-out for some small sum, or more usually agrees to float it for a large share of the money obtained from the public and the stock. The next step is to obtain a list of pro- minent men as directors. Men pro- minent in public, professional, or mer- cantile life,;whose names will attract the people and act as a guarantee of good faith both in the value ot the property, and the proper and faithful carrying-on of the enterprise. The step from this again to obtain reports from experts in which it is assumed that every ton of ore will contain a certain amount of gold, and that this gold-bearing rock may be extracted in unlimited quan- tities. On thisa glowing estimate of prospective profits is worked out, and on this estimate the amount of stock 1s based for which the public are asked to subscribe, the promoters first selling to the company for this amount of stock issued as paid-up and _ non- assessable, which is the familiar loop- hole to work legal fraud which pre- supposes that for a dollar’s worth of stock a dollar in value is given. On this ludicrous estimate the public buy at a few cents on the dollar as if any- thing were gained by marking a fic- titious value up, than coming down. All that has gone forward so far is estimat- ed profit, and it would be supposed that the proverd of counting chickens before they are hatched would act as a warning, but on the coutrary the public buy as if all the chickens were fuil grown and ready for market. In these days there are no addled or broken eggs.

Now thedifficultiesbegin. Assays are of little or no value except as showing the presence of gold. All deysends on the selection of the speci- men tested, and how far the specimen will turn out to be the general run of the rock. Before anyone buys a dollar share in one of these companies, he should ask and receive information on the following points :—

Ist. ls tie stock really non-assess- able or has it only been given such an appearance by a fraudulent and _il- lusory attempt to make it paid-up ?

2nd. Who located mine, and what was paid tor it ?

3rd. Are the promoters receiving any of the cash the public are paying in, and if so, how does it compare with the amount they paid for the proper- ty ?

4th. What examination of property was made, and by whom ?

5th What assays? Who made the selections ?

6th. Is ore free milling or refrac- tory ?

7th Is water and fuel neeessary, and what guarantee is there of a supply of these ?

8th has there been any test of the average rock by a number of tons be-

ing put through a mill or a smelter, and who made the selection ? What was the net result per ton of this test, which is the only practicable working test ? What proportion did the ore body, or vein matter, from which sam- ples were selected, bear to the rock necessary to be removed in sinking or drifting ?

9‘h, What machinery is necessary to properly work the mine ? What is its cost ? How accessible is property for getting in machinery and supplies (many valuable properties are so situ- ated that it is next to impossible to work them without loss or to get ma- chinery Or supplies in or the ore out). Again, machinery should be the very last item of expense incurrd. Not on the dump ready for the * crusher,” if tree milling or for shipment to smelt- er if refractory, should the question of machinery be entertained,and then onl, atter atapie assurance from a practical “mechanical mining engineer” of known repute, that a stated ‘“‘process” will effectually exract the free gold, and treat, if required, the remaiiog sulphtrets.

‘The cost of mining shipping tosmelter is often very high,at times amounting to $20 per ton and over, according to dis- tance and state of roads.

Free mining ores can be treated, min- ing included, according to scale. of operations from $2.50 to $5 per ton

roth. If enough money is not sub- scribed to developand buy machinery and get the property on a dividend- paying basis what is proposed to be done ?

And here note the great danger, even in bona fide properties and honest man- agement; a certain amount of money is paid in. Part is exhausted in paying the promoters the cash they paid for the property; part in advertising and other promotion expences, and obtain- ing charter; and after some develop- ment no furthur progress can be made for lack of funds, and every dollar of the public money is lost.

The foregoing are for honest mines, but I fear in many cases the person selling to the company has merely an option and that for a small amount, and the public money goes to pay it and give large blocks of stock as well to the promoters.

And now a word to the gentlemen all over the country who are figuring as directors.

Their names are obtained to influence the purchase of shares.

Any one of these men would repudiate with scorn an accusation of being in partnership with thief, or a“fence” for a burglar, a confederate ot a confidence man, but I ask them how they honest- ly differ when they know their names are obtained in order that confiding widows, laboring men, seamtresses, small store-keepers clerks, farmers, and all who go to make up the great public may be induced to purchase shares on the assumptation of the following facts:

1. A director is presumed to have satisied himself by educated inquiry that the investment is a sound one, and is likely to pay, and has bought some stock, believing the scheme will be a success.

2, That hecan_honestly“direct,” that is, he canand will safeguard the interests and money of those who en- trus: their money to his care, and that he has made such enquiry as will justify their investing their money,

NOW WHAT ARE THE FACTS?

In ninety—nine cases out of one hun- dred, these directors are qualified by promoters’ shares. They have not paid ina dollar. Ifthe mine is a success they sell their stock or draw the divid- ends in what they have never given a dollar’s value for. ‘They are the nom- inees; the puppets of the promoter.

‘They affirm a sale to the comyany, the interests of which they are presum- ed to guard, which sale is made by the man who qualified them (that is, the buyer is the seller in reality), They have no knowledge ot mines or mining. of the proper or economical arrange- ments, of the price and description of machinery supplies, or anything else. Can they honestly justify a single judg- ment they pass as either intelligent or independent? If the poor people who s ibscribe on thestrength of these names. lose their money, can these “directors” say they were not confederates in a confidence game? Shame, I say, upon our public men and their greed for gold, illgotten, and under the guise of affected virtue !

In addition toall I have written, how many directors who have paid their money can honestly answer the follow- ing queries which no man should be unable to answer who can honestly qualify as a director :—

1. What reason is there to believe that the samples of ore offered for in- spection really came from the mine under consideration and are fair average samples of it ?

2. Has any independent person ex- amined and reported-on the property, and, if not, is the money going to the

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3. Where is the control of stock ? Is it to be in the promoters or the pub- lic’s hands, because after the mine is working, if the control is in the pro- moters’ hands there is nothing to hinder a management which freezes out the investing public, and then the pro- moters have a fresh chance to sell.

4. What provision has been made for money requisite to put the property on a dividend-paying basis ?

Will the public cut this out, and when a mining proposition—as it is called—-is placed before them, ask and obtain answers to these questions? Don't repeat the Winnipeg boom; the ‘Toronto real estate boom ; the South Sonth African disaters. Know where your money is going and what is being done with it. You will get no relief by- law because anything that would punish fraud would involve a list of M. P’s. sufficient to defeat any bill No | mem- ber of parliament ought to be a direc- tor of any company of a speculative not to say questionable, charactor, because if legislation is wanted to protect the public, who can believe in his sincere support for such legislation ?

I have no doubt I shall be laughed at for ail this— propably abused— but I challenge the cleverest M. P. director or promoter in the country to point to a single safeguard I have indict:d as unnecessary

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

—Pvriland Transcript: There is one thing that ought to have a livirg interest for the citizen of the United States and that is the condition of the country that lies along our northern border.

—St. Jobn Sun: In previous periods of adversity the conservatives have shown that they do not easiiy lose courage. Now is the time to show the qualities which sooner or later commanu success, de- votion, loyalty, courage, resource, en- ergy. The men who are after plan- der will now go elsewhere. ‘The wen wuo have principles and are willirg to stand by them, will be fouud in the vid camp. The Opporition camp will not fur the preteat aitract placc-hunvers and boodiers. Bat it offers high inducemente tor the services of generous and earnest mien, especially of the young, who desire to devote their strength ani their enthusiasm to a cause which ofters a better rewards than that of pereonal advantage. The best people will before long desire something more worthy of this country than the new regime offers, and it will be the duty of the liberal con- servative party to gather to itself the ele- ments which make for good government.

—The Halifax Herald's correspondent at Ottawa writes: —

“Mr. Martio bas had anether ha!f-hour exposition of the claims of Prince Edward Island. There 18 no guestion that he makes out avery strong case. The last cacilation which he presented showed thatthe people of his province had spent $28 per Lead of their own moncy towards local railruads. The other provinces heve uot spent half that much, noteven the one that hae done tke most. Mr. Martin also showed that although it had been represented thatthe conetrustion of the Canadian Pacific was a great burden on the people of Canada it really only cost them about $15 a head, or about half what the Prince Edward Island Railway had cost the Prince Edward Island people. Mr. Martin basa gentle manner but at times he can be somewhat aggressive. He was interrupted in his argument by a light observation from Sir Richard Cart- wright. Mr. Martin caught the words and remarked in a careless sort of way that his province had not found Sir Richard gener- ously disposed in the past. The Minister of trade snd commeree had protested against the payment of a small sum of $20,000 when it was given two years ago by the late government. There was also an interesting occasien when Sir Richard vronounced the maritime provinces a: the “shreds and fragments ad ragged remnants of the dominion.” Mr. Martin however observed that the greater uumber of the important positions in the cabinet were taken by representatives of the “shreds and fregmentsr’? In fact it wae generally understood that the mem- bers from the ragged remnants had almost crowded Sir Richard out altogether.”

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