To the donors of the certificate of one thousand shares in stock of Acme Smelting and Refining Co., Phœnix, Arizona, accompanied by a kind letter, I beg to say: Accept this public, as well as my private acknowledgment of your liberal gift, the certificate whereof, I returned with my thanks on April 24, 1900.
On June 20, 1900, I received two certificates from Ada M. Surbaugh; one representing 306, and the other 732, shares in stock of the Argus Mining and Milling Co., of Bingham Canyon, Utah. These I have also returned, in like manner, to the dear donor, with my grateful thanks for her gift and excellent letter which accompanied it.
I publish these facts to inform said givers of my action relative to these certificates of mining stock, because I have not yet heard from them in reply to my letters, and the certificates which I have returned. I am not at present, never have been, and never shall be, in any way, directly or indirectly, connected with mining stock. I am looking for my treasures above, and not beneath. Besides I am not inclined to stock-holding.
