Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-21
A BAREFACED FRAUD.
CGur dAlene Geld Mines a Scheme Of
Railroads and Spectators.
Tucson tArzona) Mining Indes.l

TUCSON kArzonhl Mining Index.
Much interest is taken in the new
mining district at Cmur d'Alene, aud
very conflicting accounts of the coun-
try are constantly published. We print
the following for the benefit of any of
the readers of the Prospector who may
feel tempted TO join the rush to these
much-advertised mines. The first por.
ton is an interview with a reporter of
the Salt Lake Chronicle had with a
prominent wholesale merchant of San
Francisco, and the other is letter to
the Carson Appeal:
ut would surprise you to learn the
means which the people having claims
and property to sell In this new FL Do
RADIO resort to for the purpose of giving
the country n greater notoriety. |
would probably never have known of
one of the advertising lodges had not
been directly interested in a transac-
ton which gave me true insight into
the ways in which the country is adver-
tised. i had in my cabinet
about sixteen ounces of
free gold quartz specimens
from Amador county, which | had
purchased at from S. to $40 per ounce.
While in San Francisco the last time
Kearny street broker named Abrams
came TO me with a proposition to pur-
chase my specimens, and offered me
$50 an ounce for them. The offer
looked so large that was in
duced to ask him what he
could do with it to get his
money back, after paying that figure.
He produced letter from a reliable
man of Portland, Oregon - whose
name have forgotten, but who owns
claims in the new authoriz.
ing him TO buy:up the best specimens
of free gold quartz he could find and
send them to him at Portland. The
Portland man agreed TO pay $40 per
ounce upon receipt of the specimens.
well, Isold Abrams sixteen ounces
at $50, and received his check for $50.
! also learned from the letter that he
showed me that most of these speci-
mems were to be sent TO Spokane and
railroad points near the new district
and be exhibited rs the productions o
! thi Cmur d'Alene district. | after
wards learned from Abrams that Ii,
had received his S6i0 for the specimens
and that they were disposed of as tn,
letter had stated.
"The fact i'm this case is simply this
They haven't got any specimens on
of the new district worth showing
and to keep up the boom they wer.
compelled TO resort to such measures
and trades as the one they made with
Abrams of san Francisco. / have
learned that Abrams is still engaged
in buying the bestspecimens and send
ing them to parties near the Cnui
d Aiene.n
EAGLE CITY, March l.--Editor Car.
son Appeal; | see that your paper is
exposing the Cmur d'Alene swindle.
l want 10 add something to the nc
count of 1t. The camp is the worst
| humbug that ever saw the light. 1t Ii
worse than the Leht-HarpendiDg dia.
mond swindle. There isn't enough
gold in the cursed diggings to plate a
spoon with, and what little there IL
can only be found under 40 feet Of
snow. Any man who wants to work
like Niger and make about u dollar
day will find this country
just the place. He can dc
\ ing paths through the camp. This
beats the mining here all hollow.
Still there Is a big rush of fools and a
lot of store keepers on hand to sell
them goods at about four prices. Some
newspapers have already been started
here 10 encourage the rush, and all the
merchants advertise big to keep the pa
pers from telling the facts. i had
rather be right back In Carson to-day
than own this whole country. Every
man who has tried it thinks just as 1
do, and If wasn't going to leave the
God-forsaken country by the next mule
out would not dare sign my name to
this letter but here goes, anyhow.
HENRY l.. WALKER.