, 1879-07-06
SELLING 4 MINE ON WALL STREET.
RifQlnft4 heU.l Chfontc1e

FfFgiTfI tAeU) Chfanlcfe.
Not many months ago q man pretty we'll
known On the Comstock went East to sell q
mine lying in the Pyramid district. Hc bad a
map of the claim and its underground workings
all done up nicely in pink and blue ink, and 1t
vas Us fine piece Of draughttng ns one would
wish to see- He took his maps, traps, and sam
pies of ore to New York and began to "laY !"
for customer.
Presently he fell In with a wealthy Wall street
manipulation who got him on string and wanted
to get him customer on commission. !" Now
look here, old man." said the Wallstreetcr,
you are from Nevada and probably little
green in the ways Of the street. You will meet
some awful sharp men here and you must mar
age to be = tride sharper or ron can't do any
thing. Let me manage this thing and give me
all l can get over ten thousand for the mine"
The Nevadau agreed, and the New Yorker
took him into room and began to give him
some confidential advice.
"Now, here's the way to manage this thing.
OF course, II you have really good minc it
won't be at all out OF the way to make it look
big. Now, take this map,-t is good map,
but it amt big enough. We must show up
some more ore I'll get an artist to put in some
mine like plums in puddinsg,-and that'n half
sell it. The buyers will be sure to discover
these ore:bodics afterwards, all the same"
"This don't look to me to be hardly square,"
said the Nevadan. with deep religious express
sion. IL want to sell mT mine on it's merits.
never sold thing in my life on false represen-
tations, and Pm too old to begin now"
'*Now, don't get riled, old fellow. You are
not supposed to know what do Give me the
maps and the ore, and let me attend to the bus
mess You can't be tuo tricky When you sell
mtne.'
After considerable persuasion the mine-oWner
turned oEer his maps and ore-samples to the
Wall-streeter, and that astute operator went on
the samples, and they showed up s1.500 to the
ton. This set the New York chap thinking, and
be went back to his Nevada friend aud asked
him how high the SAMPLES would run to the ton.
"We1l, [ hardly want to saY,',' replied tue
you've sI cot now are good for | SIS % to SO 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 to net pretty square and get q
good reputation for business on the street."
Tie New-Yorker drew his conclusions and
thought it would be sharp thing 10 take that
mine in himself.
and eagerly drew check for $40 900, protesting
to have found q customer and made neat turn
on commission. "Brlng along some more
mines and let me sell lem for your he added.
-. You see have facilities which yoa have not.
Well 70 round aud fi1 up the deeds-'
The Nevadan took the check, folded 1t up, and
remarked:
*sNow, hope you've sold that mine on the
square and not got too much for it. 1t is worth
$l0,0c0 as fair speculation"
The two men parted for good Il cougle OF days
afterwards aud the New-Yorker came out last
week with sonfe experts to visit the rich prop
erty he has so shrewdlT acquired. Arriving at
Pyramid he asked for the Gold Run Consuli-
dated.
*'No such d mine, was the reply he got every
where.
"'Great Caesar! I've bought the claim and paid
$40 0,000 for it-''
'sGot bit, sure-r AZ
"a man showed me map. Here it fs,'' and
the New Yorker pulled out the map which he
had received from the seller. A crowd Of