_THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, i915

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VoL, V. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1915. No. 10

At various times The Miner has taken occasion to eriticize the
newspupers of the larger coast cities for failure to recognize that
mining must be one of the greatest factors in the development of
British Columbia, and we have complained, with good reason, of
their seeming indifference to the industry. Having “roasted” our
big contemporaries for their apathy, we are all the more willing to
give them credit when they show a proper sense of their duty to

mining, and we take pleasure in reproducing, in part, an article in;

, arecent number of the Colonist. That veteran journal, commenting
in a recent issue on various ideas put forward for the encourage-
ment of the mining industry, says:

One of them is that a few business men ought to get together
and form prospecting syndicates with small eapital and with the
liability of the individuals strictly limited to the amount of their
subscriptions, Such a syndicate could outfit parties of prospectors,
’ paying their expenses and a small daily wage, and allowing them a
share in what they might find, He also suggests that svndicates
of this nature might undertake the development of known prospects,
The latter idea has already been advanced by us. We like the first
one very much, even better than the second, but both are good,
Our correspondent says they proved very successful in the. early
days of North Australia,

In respect to mining development, the people of this community
are the same asin many other matters. They do not appreciate
the efficacy of co-operation and what ean be accomplished by a
combination of effort, We love to talk in millions, Our eyes are
steadily directed to the eastward in the hope of catching a glimpse
of some ‘capitalist’ who will -invest his hundreds of thousands
when ve are afraid to risk twenty -dollars. Let us endeavor to
develop a little of the faith in our country that we try to inspire in
the breasts of people in London or New York,

From the dollars and cents point of view, the syndicate proposi-
tion is the best for those who take partinit. A group of men who
.bave a prospect that has been sufficiently developed to show it
likely to be valuable have something to sell, but the day has passed
when money in any large amount can be got for a mere showing of
ore, no matter what its value is.

The buying of mining shares in a company not yet aware of
what it owns is a gamble pure and simple; but taking shares in a
prospecting or developing syndicate is legitimate business. There
is always a chance of loss, but so there is in any tine of business,
There is also a chance of great Bein, gt

There is a great deal of common sense in what the Colonist
says, and we hope it will continue its work along the same line, The
people of the const cities have had their fill of real estate specu-
lation and we trust they will turn their attention to-the older and
more productive business of discovering and developing mines.

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