Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-23
AN INGENIOUS LETTER

\ sufferer bemoans the fact that th,
sales of mines are largely expedited by
the exhibition Of alleged "inside" letters
from the mine itself aud which are
shown only "in the strictest confidence, ="
and which epstles it states are usually
OF natuoe untitled to deceive even q
schoOl-boy. We have, therefore. care.
fully prepared the following sample II
improved bedrock epistle of the private
note from superintendent" description
and which will he found exceedingly
useful in working" the most cautions
investor, foreign or domestic:
RATTLEsNAKE PocKrr, ARIyoNA.
My DEAR BoY-Why the blazes don I
you fellows hurry up with that Rocderer
The piano arrived yesterday. hut II
needs something more than n piano aud
a pier glass to civilize these diggins
Tai ing of the piano, reminds me that
1t arrived here minus the works. the
mule that packed it over the high grade
having slid overa 200-foot prccipicc and
kicked all the insides out However,
we use it to keep ice and provisions in
which is just rs good. Why don't you
send along that gross of horseshoes .
Old Skidmore. our President, was
down here last week, and he kicked up
4 rumpus because he found We had
been shoeing the mules with gold bars
l explained it was the only metal We
had handy, but there is no satisfying
these old misers. And to think YOU
Frisco fellows let him in nj bedrock-
only $40 a share Had lots of fun here
last Sunday. The grcasers gave fan
dango-four men shot. II you run
across the Huckerson girls ] wish you'd
tell Jobisco to return my picture and
ring. She'll understand why She can
bet her life I'm not going 10 play second
fiddle to that red-headed George Jimson.
You ask me to give you the cold fact ~
to what We have struck here. Now,
old fellow, you know it would Just ruin
me if the crowd found il out, but know
l can depend on you TO keep IL dark.
The other day measured the ore body
and found it TO be I 100 feet long and
400 wide. As the ore il just 30 "a
per cent pure We can safely count upon
twenty-six billion of dollars, less one
per cent milling expenses. We will
put up another thousand stamp mill
next week. wish you would give me
the man who furnished our hoisting
cable good cussing for me. Yestcr-
day, while on the cage going up from
the thousand-foct level, noticed that
the rope had unraveled right over my
head and was about to part. ! saw
that unless the strain was at once NJ
lieved it would he all up with me. There
we're four Cinnamon in the cage with
me, and you can imagine il did not take
me long to shove them overheard. ID
was narrow escape, tell you. Please
send up four new Cinnamon. viii
send you potato sack full Of nuggets
soon, to arrange in your aquarium
Mind, now. don't show this letter, even
to your wife. Your old partner,
JIM.
p. S.-Burn this Immediately.
Now here is "bed-rotk" letter that
amounts te something. II il not only
redolent of the climate and racy of the
soil, but it has about il an air Of ingcn-
uous honesty, of blunt straightforward
unforced truth, that is simply irrcsist-
ible. If this sort Of a "steerer" does
not induce the most hesi,ating New
York or British investor to come into
camp, then there is nothing else Ia h,
done but to invite him up dark allie,
and resort te the old and reliable
though less fashionable, persuasion o
tn" sand club.-ISan Francisco Post.