Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-29
Enormous Advances in CalifOr-
mia Mining Stock.
AIaddIn's Lamp Cast I'm the Shade
Some Of the Fortunate Men-HOw
the Ladies' Get Their Points.

hANN ONOOAs
AIaddIn's Lamp Cast I'm the shade
Some Of the Fortunate Men-HOw
the Ladies' Get Their Points.
San Francisco Chronicle.
"The COmstOck's the place, after all, my
bOysls remarked veteran sagebrush opera
tor, as with spectacles on nose and melan-
chOly smile, be noted CONSOLIDATED Viz
ginia $780," on one of the bulletin boards.
The history Of this operator is the history
of great many operators on the street,
who have for sixty days past been thinking,
with the bears, "The market is too high;
must break soon." And yet the market
was never stronger than now. If operators
were crazy thirty days since, they should
now be put in strait jackets and packed off
to bedlam. IF California and Consolidated
Virginia were in the clouds thirty days
since, now they must be reaching into the
seventh heavens. Day after day the adj
vices from
THE BIG BONANZA
show increased values by more extensive
developments, proving riches before which
the treasures Of Aladdin's palace and Monte
Cristo's fabulous island pale. The opera
tors, who all along have had faith in the de-
velopments Of the COmstock, are in posi-
ton to-day to reap 2eh rewards, while
those who placed faittfh the Calls utter
ances and sold their stock securities, curse
not loud but very deep. The discovery Of
this immense body of ore has already
spread far and wide, and before many days
roll around there will be representatives Of
the whole worlds wealth knocking at the
door of. Consolidated Virginia, exporting
the bonanza for the benefit of science. The
excitement on California street increases
day by day, and the brokers, despite their
arduOus labOrs, are well satisfied with the
situation. And we'll they may be, when
the sales III their board aggregate, on an
aver age,
TEN MILLION DOLLARS PER WEEK.
The bears have very quietly taken back
seat. In the expressive and curt language
of Jack McKenty, "They can't stan tn
pressure, you know" The pressure On the
bears has been very strong-the bulls
sweeping everything before them. A raid
on few weak brethren has been made
here and there, but the entire COmstock
presents a strong front. Quite a number
Of felines naturally gather behind the i'm
pregnable ramparts Of the leading stocks,
and manage to keep warm. One dav the
current sweeps down toward the Gold Hill
end, only TO sweep back the next with re-
doubled force toward the Virginias.
LES HOMES QUI RENT.
Among the men who laugh in cOnse-
quence Of their excellent judgment" in
buying consolidated Virginia and California
the following may be mentioned: r. y.
Graves has his 6 900 shares of Consolidated
laid away, and slice Of California of I'M
known dimenSions-the profits on both Of
which would to-day net him over $1,000
600. Gen. Tom Williams, of Nevada
Sharon's Democratic opponent for the
Senate-has made over $, 100000 so that
when the next political fight comes of the
General will be about as we'll qualified" for
the Senate as anybody. The amour. of
money made by the great firm Of Flood &
O'Brien during the last six months must
be unparalleled. 1t is understood that
there are four partners in the firm, j. c.
Flood and w. s. O'Brien, in this city, and
John Mackay and James G.. Fair, in Vir-
ginia City. They own a controlling inter
est in each of the mines mentioned-say
$4,000 shares of each. Consolidated Vir-
ginia sold yesterday after the board at 500
per share, and California at $3.50. If the |
number of shares credited to the firm is |
correct, they are worth, in these two mines |
alone, 81, 100000, or a trifle over eleven
million dollars apiece.
In the midst Of their vast sshOOd" of |
wealth these gentlemen have not been |
unmindful Of their poor friends, and there !
are scores of men and women, too, in San |
Francisco, who have been suddenly lifted |
out of poyerty's iron grip by timely hint |
from Flood & O'Brien.
Many people have made money who are |
not known on the BOurse. They belong |
to that class who ''never touch stocks, sir :" |
who send in their orders in a roundabout |
way, pretty much as the late eccentric w. |
3. BOurn used to do, ''tO cover upon his |
tracks," and who quietly bank their profits, /
button up their coats, and turn up /
their noses when they pass California
street. Many of the fair sex have profted |
by the excitement. There are
STOCK oRACLES AMONG THE LADIES
as among the gentlemen. They get "dead |
points" from their gentlemen friends, and |
with each other by mysteri- /
Gus signals. A few days since a lady |
named Mrs. A. called upon her friend Mrs. |
B. Stocks came up for discussion. Mrs. |
b. said she never dealt in stocks. 1t was a
dangerous business, and demoralizing. /
Presently in came messenger. He said:
''Mrs. B., am sent by Mrs. C.. with this
of black. Mrs. e. says ft is
cheap at any price, and you had better get
thirty or forty yards for a full suit. This
brown silk may be good, but she doesn't /
know yet whether it will wash we'll"
Mrs. A. didn't understand the message.
Mrs. B. instantly arose and said: 'tExcuse
me, ma chere, ameSsage from my dressmak-
er; must 60 down to the White House
and attend to it at once, as a surprise for
hubby-he loves black silk" Mrs. A. re-
tired, and few moments thereafter Mrs.
B. might have been seen entering the Of
fee Of B., G. & Co., brokers, where an
order was left for forty shares of COnsoli-
dated Virginia and twenty shares of Cali
fornia as flyer. As this occurred week
since, Mrs. B. can realize quite lot Of pin
money, even after dividing with MrS. G.
There is honor among the female operators.
ever gets the point first and commu-
nicates it is entitled to One-half the profits.
And as a general rule the points are re-
liable. How the women get the points is
uueSfiOn oDan for discussion Rat thew 10 |