The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-17
SELLING A MIME ON WALL
STREET.


STREET.
Not many months ago man prett,
well known on the Comstock wen
East to sell mine lying in the Pyra
mid district. He had map of th'
, claim and its underground workings
} all done up nicely in pink aud blut
ink, and it was as fine a piece o.
draughting as one would 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 manipulator who got him
on string and wanted to get him q
customer on commission. Now look
here, old man. said the Wall-streeter,
you are from Nevada and probably q
little green in the ways Of the street.
You will meet some awful sharp men
here and you must manage to be a
trifle sharper or you can't do anything.
Let me manage this thing and give me
all l can get over ten thousand for the
mine.'
The Nevadan agreed, and the New
Yorker took him into room and be-
gan to give him some confidential ad-
vice.
| 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 this map,-it is 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-bodies,-just
scatter 'em through the mine like
plums in pudding and that'll half
sell it. The buyers will be sure to
discover these ore bodies afterwards,
all the same.
This don't look to me to be hardly
square,, said the Nevadan, with deep
religious expression. 4 want to sell
my mine on its merits. never sold
thing In my life on false represents
tions, and I'm too old to begin now.
Now, don't get riled, old fellow.
You are not supposed to know Whist
I do. Give me maps and the ore, and
let me attend to the business. You
can't be too tricky when you sell
mine.
After considerable persuasion the
mine owner turned over his maps and
ore-sampIes to the Wall-streeter, and
that astute operator went On his way.
the samples, and they showed up ST.
500 to the ton. This set the New York
chap thinking, and he went back to
his Nevada friend and asked him how
high the samples would run 10 the |
ton.
Well, hardly want to say repli- |
ed the Nevada innocent. Il guess them |
samples you've got now are good for
$35 to $40 ton. OF course 1 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 l concluded to
act pretty square and get good rep
utation for business on the streets.
The New Y orker drew his conclu-
sions and thought it would be sharp
thing to take that mine in himself.
1--we found customer, old fellow
he said, and eagerly drew a check for
$1,000. protesting to have found
customer and made neat turn on
Bring along some more
mines and let me sell them for you,'
he added, tYou see have facilities
which you haye not. Wen go around
md fix up the deeds.
The Nevadan took the check, folded
t up, and remarked:
Nov, hope you've sold that mine
IN the square aud not got too much
or it. 1t is worth $4,000 as a fair
peculatiOn.
The two men parted for good a .
couple Of days afterwards and the
New Yorker came out last week with +,
ONE experts to visit the rich property
Ie has so shrewdly acquired. Arriv-
ng at Pyramid he asked for the Gold
sun Consolidated. q
mo such q mine,' was the reply he S
ot everywhere.
Great Ce sar! I've bought the /
lain and paid $4,000 for it. 1
sGOt bit, sure
A man showed me a map. Here 8
is,' aud the NewYorker pulled out e
map which he had received from the c
eller. A crowd of Pyramiders gath !
red round and laughed urroariously.
That's Old Sawyer's work. Oh, Z
e's o smart one.
just then Old Sawyer, the foremost
itizen of the district, and as innaoent
n old mine owner as the coast ever
came up and looked over il
le map. p
sIt ain't correct, old boss,' he said, n
1dressing the New-Yorker. Too II
lany ore-bodies put in.'
But there's no shaft, no machinery, a
o minel' roared the man from Wall v
rect.
WELL replied Old Sawyer reflect ;,
ely, 4 don't see how you can scour.
he fellows who bought it are the h
aes to kick. You get a handsome O.
you know Il
Bat the samples run up to $500? L
tSalted. IL
Pm swindled!
Don't you know you said q man Ii
,uldn't be too tricky in selling a mine