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Why were old timer newspaper reports so detailed?
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<blockquote data-quote="tim" data-source="post: 515861" data-attributes="member: 15257"><p>I've been reading some old (late 19th century) newspaper articles in trove about gold mines, and can't get over how detailed they are in terms of revealing yields, depths and other information that I (in the 21st century) would have thought would be proprietary secrets.</p><p></p><p>Why did old timers, and their newspaper articles, disclose such details? Did regulations require such details be publicly available in any case, or were the articles intended to attract investors, the journos/readers better educated in the subject, or some other reasons?</p><p></p><p>Very different from today's click bait.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tim, post: 515861, member: 15257"] I've been reading some old (late 19th century) newspaper articles in trove about gold mines, and can't get over how detailed they are in terms of revealing yields, depths and other information that I (in the 21st century) would have thought would be proprietary secrets. Why did old timers, and their newspaper articles, disclose such details? Did regulations require such details be publicly available in any case, or were the articles intended to attract investors, the journos/readers better educated in the subject, or some other reasons? Very different from today's click bait. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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