The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-02-24
GOLD MINERS IN ATLANTA.
Excursionists from Denver Stop in the
Gate City a Few Hours.

A party Of eighty mining exchange hrok-
ers and western miners passed through
Atlanta Monday OF their way from Den
yer TO New York. The party Travelled on
a private train consisting Of four PulluHlns
and a baggage car.
The baggage ear carried an exhibit or
Colorado gold ores. which is pronounced to
be the finest ever sent ont Of the west.
Mulouaires were numerous. but II was
impossible 10 tell them by their looks.
Jimmie Doyle, the richest one in the party,
is one OF the youngest lie is Familiarity
known as Portland Jim" Three years
ago he lid not have enough cash to buy
a package of cigarettes. He was prospect
ing and was one Of the first TO strike IL
rich i'm the Cripple Greek country and now
he is worth s5U0o.O00. At least they say he
would not sell out for S5.coeOgo. He may
come out away ahead OF that.
That they were owners OF gold mines.
anyone would infer from e tour through the
train where tho red white and blue chips
had a par value Of 81. SO ana 500. IL
looked bad for New York 10 see these
gold disgers setting into u game where
the jack pots were not less than $1,000
The object of this trip is 10 uut the New
Workers and the wrsterncrs ia closer
touch with each other. Mr.. Ammon
chairman of the transportation commit
tee of the New York mining exchange
was the leading figure in getting up the
excursion and making il a success. The
trunk INES To the north would not give
the party "a special rate. or not 50 good a
rate as they wanted 81 Mr. Ammoa
figured another route with the Denver and
Gulf line at the occidental end and the
Scaboard az this end. The Seaboard is
not i'm thc Southern Passenger Association
and the Denver and Gult is not q member
of the norther3 associations. From Denver
the excursion went 20 III. Worth thence 10
the Louisville and Nashville ana the At
lauta and West Point Tho last named
road declined 10 turn the train over 20 the
Scaboard mere. but that cut no HGuTe-
General Passenger Agents Anderson and
Gee were down 60 St- the train come IN
al G.15 O'Clock u had no sooner stopped
chan Inc wcstccHer5 tumbled o;.t and
proceeded TO the kimhaH house where
they had dinner. After stay of TWO
hours here, they started again on their
journey 90 New York by way OF the sea
board, and New York. Pennsylvania and
Portsmouth, every man IN the party is
q boomer fer Cripple creek.
There are $1,000 people i'm Cripple Greek
now ard II is stu growing" said Mr. "
T.. SlEfuson. Of The Wall Street News
THE men who have invested there do not
know how much they are worth. tried
10 size rap this crowd. bat the mine owners
are worth should say, though, that
tine parry would easily measure up to
Sir Ammon is a character himself He
looks tine typical broker. cool, levei-headed
and HeyVr Whea DE- MARCHES has cEcur-
sion ATOMS Wall street tomorrow morning.
the Gotham brokers VIII do well not 20
81" ~ tue crowd as lambs. OF course
they would moi salt LOT on anybo1y, but
they are not the sort of people who buy
green goods. They have some gold bricks
.Loa-. bat tho mint would buy these
bricks
-tlow ID you all stand on silver asked
The Constitution rcpC~t-r.
You can just say through The Constitu-
tiou taat while We are gold miners we
are for silver. too answered Judge Nc
Cart Tell 'cr-, too. that while ir costs
So ton 10 mine silver. it only costs 40
cents ton 70 mine gold in our country.
Talk about mining. You have il in
silver II employs thousands Of men and
you do iegit mate business Gold mining
is "A gamble"