Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-02-01
Interesting Letters and Dispatches

signed "Grif.," but who was so meanly
suspicious as not to act on their advice.
allowed the Exchange man to copy them.
The letters are written on letter-head paper.
bearing the touching legend:
Wales Consolidated Gold and Silver Min
ing Company-Gr Griffith J. Griffith, Manage
ing Director and superintendent.
LETTER NuMBER ONE.
EUREKA, January 90, 1880.
Friend -: Look out for Wales. The
splendid machinery is on the ground. /
would not be surprised at seeing it sell for
$50 or $40. before the middle Of March,
although 1t was only SO yesterday. For
my sake keep every thing strictly secret,
and make all the money you possibly can.
You are welcome TO the infoi NATION your
self. Your true friend, kGRIF,
1t is needless to remind the astne reader
Of the Richelien-like caution observed by
+" Grit in commanding secrecy on lis sew
enty correspondents, or the who!e-souled
generosity Of the permission to g maAe all
the money you possibly can e."
LEG NUMBE ONE.
EUREKA, January %, 1880.
Uncovering rich ore. Boom only CON-
menced. Buy Immediately without limit.
GRIT.
These kilograms we're all received at the
Office in this city at 1858 P. M. and were
delivered the next morning. being sent a,
night-message rates-an economical meas
ure made necessary by their number. Hav-
ing got matters worked up to G proper
point, the most assuring document of the
entire correspondence was sent:
LETTER NUMBER TWO.
EUREKA, January 20, 1880.
Friend -: The boom at last started.
1t will take about ten days before the ore
body is fairly opened, and machinery ready
(stock may rest at about $5), then look for
lively times. Better Immediately take up
all the Wales out of brokers' hands-some
are short-they will be terribly cinched.
For my sake keep everything strictly sub
rosa. until it reaches $40 or $50. Your
true friend. .GRIF."
The gentleman who received these letters
was mean enough to doubt his sstrue
friend" and wrote to a well-posted resident
Of Eureka concerning the Wales, and re-
ceived the following answer
1.-The Wales deal is the biggest fraud
ever perpetrated. The location is made
away off on the edge of the desert, and the
shaft sunk a few feet in limestone. There
is no show of ore within half a mile. The
location is made contrary to mining laws,
as there is no show of outcroppings on the
claim"
Iu this investigation, the Exchange re-
porter found that all the men who received
letters from Grit" had been favored by
that ready correspondent, before his de-
parture from the city, with an obscure hint
that he might possibly be able to give them
a point soon-out Of love he bore them.
Tl. A. oI..lr -. A. x-~, Al
light thrown on the deal in yesterdays
Exchange. This caused a tumble in the
pri IN ce of Wales, which was unaccount-
able to ''Grif.," who, of course, remained
unenlightened as to passing events down
here. He saw the drop In the quoted price
of his favorite, and, in desperation, turned
his facile pen to the following dispatch, Of
which the usual number were sent:
prsPArcH lumber TWO.
Fire in mine extinguished. Damage
trihing. Mine and machinery uninjured;
buy. GRIT"
These dispatches were all written yester-
day afternoon, and delivered to their vari-
GUS addresses this morning.
This morning an Exchange reporter
started out to seek information concerning
Wales at the Office of the company. On
his way there he met a half dozen men who
were freely displaying copies of Crit"
latest dispatch in relation to the fire in the
mine. In fact, "Grif's latest" was the
byword on the street, and the contents OF
the dispatch were as common property as
the fire-coektail opinion Of the loudest
mouthed curbstone oracle.
1t the Wales Office the reporter asked of
Secretary ]. H. Apologize. Jr.: Anything
new from the mine Z"
Nothing special"
"No news Of any Importance, Ell 2"
Nothing special"
"How about that fire ?"
What fire2'
why, there is a common report on the
street of a fire in the mine. Haven't you
heard of it?"
mot yet"
81 should think you would hear Of SO
important an event very early"
"Well, we haven't got our mail yet. We
may hear about it when the mail arrives,
at noon.'
Thus the astonishing circumstance was
presented Of a Superintendent and Man
aging Director of a mine t~elegraphing to
sixty or seventy disinterested friends con-
corning the most serious and dreadful ca
lamity which can occur to mining property,
while the officers Of the mine are allowed
to remain in ignorance until informed by
street rumor or the slow process of mail.
A press dispatch from Eureka, dated
January 29th says. Here follows press
dispatch.
Such a dispatch coming from Eureka is,
to say the least. remarkable, as the news
papers there have been for a year full OF
complimentary references TO Wales Consol-
idated, and the ''genial and gentiemanly
Superintendent Grit" We read bow Grit.
came and saw and conquered. He stormed
the hotels, and sang such sweet pianissimo
songs in the parlors that every editor
along the Base Range was convinced that
Wales Consolidated was the coming boz
nanza, destiLed to rival the almost forgot
ten glories of the Comstock. And when
the grateful stockholders gave Grit. q
spanking team and a fine double wagon to
amuse himself or haul the solid chunks Of
silver out of the so foot level OF his mine.
the admiring people of Eureka insis oil
upon hanging a massive chain Of gold aud
precious quartz around his neck.
These were but the events OF short
months ago, and now the idol Of those
hours is by implication charged with fraud,
and held up to the scorn Of the cruel world
as the undeserving boss OF a small wildcat
mine on the edge Of the desert. Verify,
the ingratitude, the vindictiveness and
envy Of the meu of Nevada passeth UNDER
standing.
Watast Savles and Patterns.