Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-31
Selling n Wine In Wall Street.

Selling Mine In Wall Street.
/ Not many months ago man pretty
| well known on the Comstock went East
10 sell mine lying in the Pyramid Dis
! trict. lie had map of the claim and
| its underground workings. all done up
nicely in pink and blue ink, and on il was
fine piece Of draughting as one would
wish to see. lie took his maps, traps
and samples Of ore to New York and be-
gan 10 lay " for customer.
Presently he fell in with n wealthy
Wall street manipulation, who got him
on string and wanted to get him Gus
| toner on commission. Now look
here, old man." said the Wall streeter,
you are from Nevada, and probably n
| little green in the ways of the street.
| You will meet some awful sharp men
| here, and you must manage to- be u trifle
sharper or you can't do anything. Let
me manage this thing, and give me all
can get over $4,000 for the mine"
The Nevadan agreed. and the New
Yorker took him into n room and began
to give him some confidential advice.
Now, here's the way to manage this
thing, OF course, if you have really
good mine, it won't he mt all out of the
way to make il look big. Now, take
lIllS ulstp-ll ~ u Eo'Nl map. bul II silU l
big enough. We must show up some
ore. I'll get an artist to put in some extra
ore bodies-just scatter 'cm through like
plums in IL pudding-and thatll half sell
it. The buyers will be sure to discover
these ore bodies. afterward. all the
same"
This don't look 10 me tD be hardly
square, said the Nevadan, with II frank
expression. " | want 10 sell my mine on
its merits. Incver sold thing in my
life on false representations, and I'm too
old to begin"
Now, don't get rilcd. old fellow. You
are not supposed 10 know what | do.
Give me maps and the ore and let me
attend TO the business. You cant be- too
tricky when you sell mine"
After considerable persuasion, the
mine owner turned over his maps and
ore samples to the Wall strcctCr. 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 Ne
vada friend and asked him how high
the samples would run to the ton.
=" Well, | hardly want TO say" replied
| the Nevada innocent. II guess them
/ samples you've got now are good for S35
| or $40 ton. OF course, | just took an
average from different parts of the mine.
don't believe in picking 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 reputation for business on the
! street"
The New Yorker drew his conclusions.
and thought it would be a sharp thing 10
/ take that mine in himself
I've found a customer, old fellow y
he said, and eagerly drew check for
$4,000, protesting TO have found n Gus
toner and made n neat turn 9n commis-
sion. Bring along some more mines
and let me sell 'em for you he added.
You see | have facilities which you
have not. Wen go round and fix up
| the decds.'
The Neyadan took the check. folded
1t up and remarked:
Now, hope you've sold that mine
on the square aud not got too much tor
it. It's worth $4,000 AS fair spccula-
ton
The two men parted for good n couple
of days afterward. and the New Yorker
came out last week with a couple Of ex-
pcTts to visit the rich property he had
so shrcwdly acquired. Arriving at Py-
ramid he asked for the Gold Run Con-
solidated.
No such mine" was the reply he got
| everywhere.
Great Cmsar, I've bought the claim
and paid $4,000 for it,"
Got bit. sure
4 man showed me n map. Here il
is.n and the New Yorker pulled out the
map which he had received from the
seller. 4 crowd of Pyramiders gathered
round and laughed uproariously.
That's old Sawyer's work. Oh. he's
I n smart one.r
/ just then, old Sawyer. the foremost
| citizen of the district. and rs innocent an
/ old mine-owncr as the coast ever pro-
/ duced. came up and looked over the
| map.
" 1t ain't correct. old boss" hc said,
addressing the New Yorker. Too many
ore bodies put in"
" But there's no shaft, no machinery.
no minc!' roarcd the man from Wall
street
Well" replied old Sawyer. reflect
lively. u don't see how you can scour.
The fellows who bought it are the ones
to kick. You got handsome commits
sion. you know"
But the samples run up to I,50Ol"
Sailed
I'm swindled"
Don't you know you said man
| couldn't be too tricky In selling mine
on Wall street?" inquired old Sawyer.
and smiled blandly as the gentleman
| from Wall street. accompanied by his
| experts. drove furiously off for Reno.
blasting the blossoming sagebrush along
the route with their fiery language. -
Tirginta City (NeU.) Chronicle.
Pet Turtle.