The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-18
A MoDERN MONTE CHRISTIE.
transactions Involving Miiiion'
Completed la Ten Minutes.

| Transactions involving MILLIONS
Completed la Fen Minutes.
Denver Tribune
"What's the news, Governor" asked
representative Of the Tribune of Lieu
tenant Governor Tabor, yesterday after
noon, after the style of the item-monger.
"Oh, nothing, | believe"
"Why. have Just been told that you
have recently been engaged in some very
important mining negotiations; how is
tbat?'
"Well, If you care to know about such
things, can give you an item or two
"C,ye to know about such thingsw
"You may say that have sold my in
terest in the Little Pitts5urg Consoli-
dated Mining Company's property at
LcadviIle; that | have purchased"
''But holdl One thing at a time.
| When? 70 whom? How much?"
"Oh, to-day, to Chatiee 4 Mofat for
$500, ,00o; that is I sold the remainder
of my stock for that sum-
"What nextT'
II also purchased $50 of the 1000
shares of the stock Of the First National
Bank"
ooh, you did?'
ayes; and bought the Matches Mine
at Leadvillc, paying Sll7,000 for it."
Anything more, pray?
81 believe that is all. y
~ should suppose that enough. Guess
you We're pretty busyW
ooh, it took some telegraphing and
about ten minutes time"
"Well, can't you furnish some more
Particulars"
81 guess you've got it about ALL Those
are the facts; you can fix them up to suit
yourself"
EDO you mean to say that you have
gone entirely out of the Pittsburg Com
pany and have no further interest in the
miner"
"That's what say. Oh, the negotia-
tions were begun four months ago. |
/ volunteered to sell out for certain sum.
giving Moffat and Chafee the refusal.
They paid me some money then, and
made the final payment to-day
"You couldn't say how much stock the
, $500 600 represents"
ono; don't want to do that"
| "Will any change be made in the man
t acement of the First NationalT
II think not now-I can't give it
much more attention than ! have been
doing"
"As to this mine you have bought,
t the"
: "The Matchlcss Tt is situated between
l the Robert T. Lee and the Duncan
t Mines. II is in pay dirt, and both of
4 those mines are immensely rich. 1t was
9 owned bv Foley, Morse & Co."
"It will be energetically operated,
supposew
, "Oh, yes; we'll push on with it and
see what there is in Matchless, and make
e it deserve its name il the stuff is there.
: "You have not disposed of your inter
est in the property owned by Borden
Tabor & Co.F'
"Oh. no, and don't exnect to-"
This is the mcagrc skeleton furnished
. the Tribune reporter, but 1t will be seel
y that all the essential particulars of three
=, important transactions are given. The
. purchase of the Matchless Mine will be
great boost for the other mines in th,
h locality, if it be possible to advance then
q in public favor.
', As will he seen, Mr.. Tabor now own
;, almost half of the stock of the Firs
y National Bank of this city. He is, will
+ = perhaps the exception of Mr.. MoAat, tn
II largest tstock-owne in that splendid finan
!. cial institution.
- The sale by Mr.. Tabor of his last stoc1
:, in the Little Pittsburg Company reall
y marks an epoch in the history of Lead
- vile. 1t sewers Mr.. Tabor's connection
E with the cluster of mines which first al
40 tracted attention to Lesdvillc, the histc
n ry of which mines is the history of Lead
- vile. Mr.. Tabor was one Of the origina
~ ~ owners of the Little Pittsburg mine
T. which gives name to the Company Owl
. ing the Pittsburg, the New Discovery
~ the Winnemuc, and the Highland Chief
"a The story of how he furnished Angus
~ - Rischc and Geo. Hook, the actual disco,
a., erers, with "2rub stake" amounting
~ ~ $500, taking his chances with them for
Vi VI third interest in whatever they Nigh
~ ~ find, has gone all over the reading worlc
II and made the name of our millionail
70 70 Lieutenant Governor familiar in a
ID u climes. George Hook sold out fc
~ ~ 100000 to Tabor and Rische, and 500
~ w. after Senator Chaf1ee bought in, and /
ea 20 and Tabor bought Rische's interest ft
I'd I'd $250,000 Then the Company WI
Is formed and the mine stocked. Mr.. T
= Dor, however, retained prominent CO..
A. nection with the management OF the q
ii ii fairs of the Company until Yesterday.
~ ~ would be interesting to know how muC
~ ~ of his SG,000,000 of wealth it has put in
an his pocket.
10 Relic Stealing.
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lis Relic stealing seems to have been a s