The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-08-14
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I~eH $50 - SO HAANAN
we'll known on the Comstock went East
to sell q mine lying in the Pyramid Dis.
tict. he had a map Of the claim and
its underground workings all done up
nicely in pink and blue ink. and il was
as fine a piece Of draughting 90 one
could wish to see. He took his maps,
traps and samples OF ore to New York,
and began to lay for a customer. Pre-
sently he fell in with q manipulation, who
wanted TO get him a cgstomer on com.
mission. Nov, look here, old man.
says the Wall streeter, You are from
Nevada, and probably a little green in
the ways Of the street. You viii meet
some awful sharp men here, and you
must manage to be a triHe sharper, or
you can't do anything. Let me manage
this thing, and give me all can get
oyer 50, 600 for the mine
The Neyadan agreed, aud the New
Yorker took him into aroom and began
to give him some confdential advice. Gu.
Now, here's the way to manage this
thing, OF course, II you have a really
good mine, it won't be at all ont OF the
way omake it look big. Now, take this
map; it's a good map, but it amt big
enough. We must show up some more
ore. Til get an artist to put in some
extra ore bodies-iust scatter them
through the mine like plumsl in a pud-
ding-and thatn half sell it. The buy
ers viii be sure to discover these. ore
bodies afterward all the same ~,
This don't look to me to be hardly
square, said the Neyadan, with deep
religious expression. 'Iwant to sell my
mine on its merits. / never sold a thing
in my Life on false representation, and
I'm too old to begin now.'
. Now don't get riled, old fellow. You
are not supposed to know what 1 do.
Give me the maps and the ore, and let
me attend to the business. You can't be
too tricky when you sell a mine
After considerable persuasion, the
mine owner turned over his maps and
ore samples to the Wall streeter, and
that astute operator went on his way,
His first step was to get an assay Of the
samples, and they showed up $1,000 to
the ton. This set the New York chap
thinking, and he went back to his Neva-
da friend and asked him how high the
samples would run to the ton.
well, I hardly want to say replied
the Nevada innocent. II guess them
samples you have got now are good for
s35 or $40 a ton. OF course, I just
took an average from different parts of
Che mine. / don't believe in picked
samples. Such frauds are hound to
como out soone2 or later. and as I've got
more mines to sell, / concluded to act
pretty square and get a good reputation
for business on the street. f.,r
The New Yorker drew his conclusions
and thought it would be a sharp thing
to take that mine in himself. I've
found a customer, old fellow he said,
and eagerly drew a check for $40, 900,
protesting to have Pounds customer and
made a neat turn on commission. Bring
along some more mines and let me sell
'em for YOU he added You see i have
facilities which You have not. Wen go
around ana fix up the deeds
The Nevadan took the cheek, folded
it up, and remarked : y Now, Il hope
you've sold that mine on the square
and not got too much for it. It's worth
$4,000 as 10 fair speculation. INV
8 HE two men parted for good two days
aftervard and the New Yorker came
out last week with some experts toyisit
the rich property he had so shrewdly
acquired. Arriving at Pyramid, he
asked for the Gold Run Consolidated.
NO such o NINE was the reply that be
got everywhere. Great C@sarl I've.
bought the claim and paid $40, 900 FOR
it, Got bit, sure "a man showed
me a map. Here il is, and the Yorker
pulled out the map which he had re-
ceived from the seller. Acrowd of Pyr-
amiders gathered around and laughed
u~proariodsiy. That's Old Savers
work. Oh, he's a smart one.'
Just then OIa Sawyer, the foremost
citizen Of the district, and as innocen
an old mine owner as the coast ever pro-
duced, came up and looked over the
map. 1t amt correct, old boss, he
said, addressing the New Yorker, too
many ore bodies put in But there's
no shaft, no machinery, no mine T. roared
the man from Wsll street. WELT re-
piled Old Sawyer, sreaectiVely, T don't
see how you can scouf. The fellows
who bought it are the ones to kick.
You got a handsome commission You
know But the samples ran up to
s. ,5OOP Sailed I'm swindIedP
Don't you know yousaid a man couldn't
be too tricky in sellin'a mine on Wall
~streetP' inquired Ola Sawyer; and only
a true Christian, such2as reared in Pyr-
amid District, can understand the feel
ing of pious citation which Brother Saw.
yer experienced as the gentleman from
Wall street, accompanied by his experts,
drove ~furiously off for Reno, blasting
the. blossoming sagebush along the
route with their aery language NeUa
da Chronicle.
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