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SOUTH ELEVATION OF MILL 



and barddng circles. Their connection 

 with the company gives ample assurance 

 to stockholders that its affairs will be con- 

 ducted on sound business principles, and 

 that the enormous resources of the prop- 

 erty will be developed successfully and 

 profitably. 



For information as to their character 

 and business standing inquiries may be 

 made of any bank or trust company in 

 New Castle, Pa., or of the Washington 

 National Bank, Seattle, Wash. 



Consulting Engineer, and Engineer in 

 charge. The Trustees are ablv seconded 

 in their efforts by Mr. E. H. Stretch, E. 

 M., under whose personal direction the 

 development is being carried on at the 

 mines. Mr. Stretch has been an engineer 

 of national reputation for years. He was 

 an ensrineer on the famous Comstock Lode, 

 and was the first State Mineralogist of 

 -S'evada. He prepared the large atlas of 

 the underground works of the Comstock 

 Lode for the United States Greological 

 Survey, under the late Clarence King. 

 His books on mining and mining en- 

 gineering are used as text-books by many 

 of the leading Universities. He stands 

 at the head of his profession and is re- 

 garded as a man of great ability. 



DIVIDENDS. 



It is the policy of the company to dis- 

 tribute to stockholders in dividends all 

 the profits of the mines. The funds needed 

 to carry forward the work of increasing 

 the capacity of the plant and pushing the 

 development work will be secured by the 

 sale of treasury stock. The Preferred 

 stock not only draws dividends of seven 

 per cent on its par value, but shares pro 

 rata with the Common stock in all the 

 surplus profits. 



Treasury Stoch. 500,000 shares of the 

 Company's Preferred stock has been placed 

 in the treasury. This will be sold as funds 

 are needed for the new work. Xot one 

 cent of it will be used for any other pur- 

 pose. 



50,000 SHARES AT 40 CENTS. 



The Company offers 50,000 shares of its 

 Cumulative Preferred Treasury stock at 

 forty cents per share, par value $1.00, fully 

 paid and non-assessable. The next issue 

 will be sold at sixty cents at least — possibly 

 seventy-five cents. Those buying before 

 April 5th not only participate in April 

 dividends, but make at least fifty per cent 

 in increased price of stock. 



