The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-07-11
SELLING A NINE.
"A FINE PROPERTY IN PYIfAadfp DIaTRICT
81 SUCCESSFULLY DISPOSED OF.
Virginia city. New, choenieae,

A FINE PROPERTY IN PyItAafp DIaTRICT
81 SUCCESSFULLY DISPOSED OF.
| s-sal - - -Ji.t $3.50 .s 10
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Not many months.ago q man, PRETTY well
known, on the Comstock. went east to sell
| mine lying in the Pyramid District. He
bad map of the mine and its underground
workings, in pink and blue ink, and it was
as fine a piece Of draughting, as ons would
wish to see. He took hls. map, traps and
samples of ore to New York, and began TO
clay for q customer. IL, .,-s. r,-,..-..s,
Presently he fell in with wealthy Wall
street manipulation, who got him on the
string and wanted to, get him customer
on commission. sNow,. look here, old
man" said The Wall. streeter, J. You see
you're from Nevada, and probably > little
green in the ways of the street You will
meet some awful sharp men here, and you
must manage to be trifie sharper or you
can't do anything. Let me manage this
thing and give me all can get oyer $40, 900
for the mine.
The Nevadian agreed, and tho New
Yorker took him into room and began to
give him some confidential advice. -
y" Now, here's the way to manage this
thing. OF course, ifyou have really good
mine it won't be at all out of the way to
make it look big. Now, take this map-it
is good map, but it amt big enough.
l'll get an artist to put in some extra ore
bodes--juss scatter them through the
map like pums in a pudding-and tbat'll
half sell it. The buyer will be sure to dis
cover these ore bodies afterwards, all the
same.n
This don't seem to me to be altogether
square," said the Nevadian, with q
d ep relig ious expression. 81 want to sell
my mine on Its own merits. never sold q
thing in my life on false representations,
and Pm too old to begin now"
6 Don't get riled, old fellow. You are
not supposed to know what do Give me
the maps and ore and let me attend to the
business. You can't be too tricky when
you sell mine" 5f 1.s.. asz.-
After considerable persuasion the mine
owner turned over his maps and ore SAM
pies 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 81 500 to the ton. This
set the New York chap thinking, and he
went back to his Nevada friend and asked
him bow high the samples would run to
the ton.
Well, | hardly want to say" replied
the Nevada innocent. 81 guess them
samples you've got are good for $35 to $50
a ton. Of course, just took an average
from different parts of the mine. | don't
believe in picked samples. Such frauds
are bound to come out sooner or later, and
as I've got more mines to sell / concluded
10. act pretty square and get good reputa-
The New, Yorker drew bis conciusions
and thought it woald be a good thing to
take in that niue himself. 1
u I've found customer, old feiloz ., he
said, and eagerly drew check for $40, ,000.
protesting 10 have found customer and
along som. more 1isi fbi6feeSsn 81 eSsnmission. " Bring
for you," he added. s'.You see have fa-
cilities which you have not. Well 90
round and fix up the deeds" lA3@
81 The Nevadian took the check, folded it
up, and remarked i a-lt 1tls ls4f2
Nov. hope you've sold that mine ON
the square and not got too much for 1T It's
worth $1O, 900 as far speculation."g a
The two men parted for geod couple OF
days afterward, and the New Yorker came
out last week with some exparts to visit the
rich property he bad so shrewdly acquired.
Arriving at Pyramid he inquired for the
Gold Run Consolidated. asg g G8ais5t O
Z .sNo such tnine, was the reply .hea gos
every " here. 8wy ga b TE@sI D. Z sl
]" Great Caesar I've bough the claim and
pa,d SIC, 900 for it," 5-o essas ci'r Eslg
- got bit, sure.', a.ils9 - ...a o!
ss"A man nshowed nae a map here 1t is,"
and the New Yorker pulled out the map
which he had received from the seller. A
crowd of Pyramiders gathered around and
laughed uproarioHsly. g4nss 4qasszgs
- udt Oiu CsaWyc' . WoAA. tzN'AAs 80 "
smart one" FF .sssE T.. Etf
!, Just then Old Sawyer, the foremost citi-
zen of the district, and as Innocent An old
mine owner as the coast ever produced.
came up and looked over the map. asv,
I" 1t amt correct, old hoss," be sald, ad-
dressing the New Yorker. !" Too many ore
bodies put in.o - -.z, sss+ssss.ssss, -, szzss
/" But there's no shaft, no nachinery-no
mine," roared the man from Wall street.
. Well" replied Old Sawyer refectively,
~ don't see how you can scour. The. fell
lows who bought it are the ones to kick.
You, got a handsome commission, you
know" "
But the samples ran up to fifteen hun
dred dollars. 2
.ssaatsds, sss4 s
..1,rn avindlad.n s 1a @rs
ssDon's yoa know you said a man
conidn't be too tricky ii selling . mine on
wan street." inquired Old Sawyer, and
only true Christian, such as reared in
Pyramid District, can understand the feel
ings of pious elation Shich Brother Sawyer
experienced as the gentleman from Wall
street, accompanied by his experts, drove
farieusly of for Reno, blasting tie bios
soming sagebrasb along the route with
| their fiery Language. a 8i ss
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