Mining Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-02
issued: 1897-07-03
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note: / r1- "'"' ''/' / VOL. 1. NO. 4. _SANDON, B..C., SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS* 3-- [III Ml. Stored iway in-the Mountains, of British Columbia. - Froin the Vancouver World: 'f New York Jnm. IS.���������The meteoric 'a brilliancy of thc career cf Barney Bar- ^ ' nato and his sad and untimely end is $ the one thing talked about in New 1 York at present. "Wizard, juggler or g genius, he certainly left his mark on ������ the financial world, and for a timo at Vleast he enjoyed thc full measure of >| success. Thc career of this lowly-born & London Jew i.ot only adorns many a ������ tale, but it points the moral that the ���������������'most legitimate, if not the greatest yi fortunes, are achieAcd in mining for the precious metals. John W. Mackay .stumbled into fortue amid the desert < wilds of thc Nevada mountains. The brilliant,star of Cecil Rhodes fir6t appeared over the diamond fields of Kim "< b^tey. The young Napoleon of American journalism, XV. R."Hearst, procured the million which he is lavishly spending for newspaper fame, froin ' the mines of Montana and Utah. Marcus Daly amuses himself racing some of the.finest horses of the "world, he ���������chanced upon the Ontario and Anacon- conda. . Iu mines also J. B. Haggin, J?air, Mood, De La Mar and mulitudes of others have made vast fortunes, and the futuru will be a repetition of the past. . " foisted upon the public by clever artifices and advertisements which, while they might illicit the plaudits of'green goods' operators and others of the 'bunco' fraternity, would scarcely find commendations from those who make mining'operations con form to therules o. business and speculative fairness. It is a pity that many good mines, thc .nay honorable and competent mine- seekers and owners, and thc country in general, should suffer from the baneful effeet of such practices, but the remedy is with the investing public. If thc public invests without excrci-ung that prudence which seems to, vanish only when it spe…
note: Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sandon (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0183267
language: English
lat: 49.975556
long: -117.227222
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sandon B.C. : Cliffe and Son
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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