“In legitimate mining a twenty-five per cent dividend is not considered startling, and the mining interests of the West are willing to pay that interest for the use of money, for, by the aid of capital they open up tremendous ore bodies that lead to still greater fortunes. The employment of $10,000 in mining is the equivalent of $40,000 in most any other branch of industry. “For years the wondrous profits of the metal industries have been whispered among investors, who apparently were afraid to let their neighbors know they were identified with mining, but the recent efforts of the financial czars of the world in forming combinations to control first the markets of the miners through the ‘smelting trust’ and then the mines through the ‘Amalgamated Copper trust’ have opened the eyes of the conservative and modern investors, and they are making efforts to obtain their share of the metallic wealth which nature has spread so lavishly. “Nature has laid her treasures in the mountain recesses of the West. The American miner searches them out. Eastern money makes possible their conversion into bullion and the joint results of the miner and the capitalists make possible tremendous profits that signalize successful mining.” America possesses 253 mines that have paid in dividends over $625,000,000. Do you know that the American Consolidated Mines Company owns properties in one of the richest mineral districts in the United States? The “American” is a mining enterprise of merit. Its shares are advancing in price rapidly. Do you know you are losing money by not investing in a reliable mining enterprise? If you are interested in mining, the mineral wealth of New Mexico is something you should investigate. Buy “American” shares for a safe investment. Large amounts of money are not necessary to make one successful in meritorious mining enterprises. The “American” has an energetic, progressive management. An honest investment for honest investors. [Illustration: Back cover] The American Consolidated Mines Co., C. D. WEIMER, Secy. and Treas. Minerva, Ohio. The American Consolidated Mines Co., TAOS, NEW MEXICO. Transcriber’s Notes —Silently corrected a few typos. —Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication. —In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_. —Collected all the page-header advertising slogans into one section at the end of the prospectus. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Consolidated Mines Company (1903), by Anonymous