The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-06
A Grand Field for Mining Enterprises.
REPORT OFMR.R. lsOGUSCH a GERMAN
EXPERT, ON MINES OWNED
BY MIR GIFFORD'S
COMPANY
The Company Holds u Three Days Session
in This City, and Inaugurate
Active Work.
Our Reporter Interviews Officers of the
Company Who Visited the
Mines in Person.

Mr.. A. w. Clifford, untiring labors for
the past three or four years, with Of
6cials of our Texas railways and prominent
monied men Of the West, for the development
Of the mineral wealth of the Texas and Mexi"
CO frontiers, is too well known to need any
comment from US. He tells it on himself as
follows:
''It is not mines, but immigration, Pm af-
ter, and the development of our frontier mine
raj wealth will bring in the people by the
thousands in less time and at less expense than
any other work that can be inaugurated. Fight
ing for the development of a new country is a
hard battle, and when one takes mines for his
basis it is no comparison. You lay awake
nights, planning and studying an intelligent
well-set speech on mines, ores, waterpower,
machinery, old history of untold millions taken
from mines by the Indians four or five hundred
years ago, cheapness of labor, the promise OF
some paper railroad official to deliver coal for
50 per car when you actually know that to be
carried out it would cost from So to So per
ton-in fact, a speech that would do credit to
a statesman. You keep this up until you can
pick up piece of curbstone or pebble from
the street, 90 through your set speech, and
candidly believe that it contains $40 of silver
to the ton, and are willing to invest your own
money in its development. Then you are
ready for your victim, whom you crowd into
corner at an unsupported moment, talk your
self plumb dry, out of character and conscience.
If your victim is personal friend and begins
wavering, showing signs of sudden death, you
can rally him by changing the subject for a
second only, by asking him to take drink
if a stranger, it is death at starting in, on your
part, or investment or death on his
part on wind-up. Your reward for all this la
Dor is sympathizing remarks coming to your
hearing from every corner, something after this
style: Hes crazy on mines;' He's an en-
thusiast;' Hes trying to rob some one;' He
wants to trade experience for capital;' He
tried to catch my friend-but blocked his lit
tie game there This self same man who
blocked your little game is the same man
who neglects his business and family to hunt
ND your wash-woman and all other creditors
and tells them, in confidential way, that you
are "a lucky cuss, struck it rich on his mines,
worth a hundred thousand dollars he has
plenty of money! see him spend hundred
dollars for wine the other evening" This is a
deadner on you, and the unkindest cut of all,
as every creditor at once brings suit, many O
them forgetting to credit your last payment,
thinking that you can't afford to make fuss
over few dollars. This comes just in time
to frighten away the only capitalist you have
finally succeeded in convincing that your
scheme is a Slick one.
have seen my warmest friends walk block
out of their way to shun me, and leave their
Office from side window or back door, when
entered the front door, supposing wanted
to talk mines, when only wanted to borrow
V. Again, you can always count on having
your special attention called to such newspaper
squibs as the following from the Detroit Free
Press: "Al that is needed to sell mines or
mining stock is a water-colored map, two
pieces of ore purchased at jewellers, man
with cheek and fool with money"
Mr.. Clifford returned Thursday from a two
months trip in Mexico, in the interest of his
company. Officers of the company accom-
panied him, together with competent mining
expert, Mr.. X. Bogusch. of Germany, and Mr..
Roberts, an able engineer of New York, who
were sent out by New York parties largely in
terested in the company. In answer to sew
eral questions, Mr.. Clifford said he had nothing
to say; that he had done his talking in the Or
ganization of his company, and could only
repeat what had already been published, only
that he now considered his mining enterprise
grand success. l will introduce you 10 Mr.
Bogusch, the expert, who can talk to you in
diligently on the mineral formation of our
section. We found Mr.. B. very intelligent
gentleman, speaking several languages, and
unquestonably genius as mineral expert.
He is at home in chemistry, from the Germ IN
school, with thorough practical knowledge of
all kinds Of ores found in his native country.