Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-12
HOW TO SELL A I N
Tine Man Who Wished to be Sqaure
Meets a Broker Who Tells Him
He Can't be Too Tricky,

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Not many months ago a man pretty
well known on the Comstock went
East to sell a mine lying in the Pyra-
mid district, He had a map of the
claim and its underground workings
all done up nicely in pink and blue
ink, and it was as fine a piece of
draughting as one could wish to see.
He took his maps. traps, and samples
Of ore to New York, and began to
LAY" for a customer. Presently he
fell in with a wealthy Wall street
manipulation, who wanted to get him a
customer on commission. Nov, look
here, old man." says the Wall-streeten
YOU are from Nevada, and probably a
little green in the ways of tho street.
You will meet some awful sharp men
here, and you must manage to be a
tFIBe sharper, or you cant do any
thing. Let me manage this thing and
qlSe me all | can get over 5000 for
the mine"
The Neyadan agreed, and the New
Yorker took him into a room and
began to give him some confidential
advice.
Now, here's the way to manage
this thing. OF course if you have a
really good mine, it won't be at all out
of the way to make it look big. Now,
take the map it's a good map, but it
amt big enough. We must show up
some more ore. I'll get an artist to
put in some extra ore hodisS-lust
scatter them through the mine like
.plums in a pudding, and that1l half
sell 1t. The buyers will be sure to
discover these orebodies afterward. all
the same
This don't look to NE to be hardly
square said the Nevadan, with a
deep religious expression. want
to sell my mine on its merits. | never
sold a thing iRpy life on false repre-
sent9tIons, and I'm too old to begin
now" mgn arwSr
Now, don't get riled, old fellow.
You are not supposed 10 know what |
do, Give me the maps aud tie ore,
and lot nae attend to the business.
You can't be too tricky when you sci!
a mine
After considerable persuasion the
mine-ownor turned over his maps and
ore samples to the Wall .streeter. and
that astute operator went an his way.
Ills first step was " get an assay of the
samples, aud they showed up $l500 to
the ten. This set the New York char
10 thinking, and he went back TO his
Nevada friend and asked him how
high the samples would run to the ton.
We'll, | hardly want to say, re-
piled the Nevada innocent, q" guess
them samples you've got now are good
for $35 to $40 a ton. Of course, | lust
took an average from different parts OF
the mine. | don't believe in picked
samples. Such frauds are hound IA
come out sooner Of later, aud, as I've
got tBorG mines to sell, concluded Ia
act pretty square and get a good repu.
tatlon tor business on tho street"
Tho New Yorker drew his c%onclu.
slons and thought it would be a sharr
thing to take hal mine in himself
I've found a customer, Ga fellow
he sac, aud eagerly drew q cheek fal
SlV,VjO, protesting " have found
customer aud made a noat turn OF
oqmMlssiuA. Bring along some more
mlnos and let me sell 'em for YOU h,
added. You see / have iacilitie,
which you have not. Wen 20 gyoSaC
and fix up the deeds
The NeyadaN took the check. folded
up, aud remarked g Now I hop
you've sold that mine on the square
and not GOT too much Tor il. LII
worth Sl0,aON as a fair speculation.
The two men parted for good tw,
days alterward, and the New Yorker
came out last week with some expert
To visit the rich property he had 5,
shrewdly acquired. Arriving at Pyra
mid, he asked for the Gold RWG Con
solidated. mo spgb q mine, wa
the reply tAat 40 got everywhere
Y Cheat Caesar I've bought tn.
olaim and paid $4,000 for it. Go
BIT, sure" "a nan showed ae [
MAP. Here it is aaa t6S Ne,
Yorker nBlIad out The map which h.
had received from the seller. A GROW
Of Pyramilers gathered round AZ,
laughed uproariously. That's Ol,
Sawyer's work, Nhb he's a smar
one"
just then Old Sawyer, the foremoa
citizen Of the district, and as iAAOcen
an old m%ine-owner ~ thc coast eve
/, produced UEnso up and looked owe
the map. I" 3 amt correct, old boss.
he said. undressing the New YaskeI