The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-20
,iIsNG BIZ AsTRoLoGY.
Of a-CrippIe Creek Property
Fror Tie View York Sun.

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we meet come very pecoHar people ont
oDr way" sid the man from Cripple
creek ANY ore who lives ln mining
town has CHANGE 70 Sc human nature
IN a. lts phases There Is no place where
The superstition ard TIE passions 81 men
are 90 fully revealed.
You have probably never heard q TIE
Epsilon Cola Mining Company. Limited.
ildeed. there Dc 10 particular reason why
you should. Up 70 q few weeks ago the
Epsilon Cod Mining Company consisted
almost entirely of John Robinson IS pres
ideut ana u myself Z secretary and treas
urer There were 3sgQ9 shares q stock
equally divided hetWeen us two. for which
% 10 that time ne had been unable 70
find purchaser AZ any price The assets
Of the company consisted entirely II
barren tract % land several miles from
the g9id-pro6ucirg mines Of Cripple Creek.
We had bcsgat the property for practi-
caiy nothing. and had Incorporated our
company according 20 Law. Up 10 that
time lts stock vas worth nothing q snare.
There was a small amount q money IN
The treasury. but We had not felt our
selves sufhc.ert-E encouraged 70 work the
mine. had 5oEg ago given b. Up as a had
JON ltF4 LsEfasfl DLf 4ElrA4aA4il kD more 4f.bA
table fields % investment. IN fact. ! had
alTost forgotten the existence Of the F-p-
siloH mine. when ore morning 4 tall Tank,
funeral person marched into my Office
UuannoUnced and plaDked himself ~
chair directly opposite me. had never
seen him before. but he was wei dressed.
and. from al appearances, wei provided
with this wor d 8 gods,
Pardon me he said. by way Of intro
toned In connection with the Epsilon
mine. believe you are the secretary and
treasurer 81 the company
y thought FOR few moments, and then
suddenly yenembeTing my abandoned
claim. nodded q polite acquiescence.
y wonder where can buy any Of the
stock Of mat miner inquired my visitor.
LAS matter Of fact. there were 5000
shares OF stock gracefully reposinE in our
safe awaiting a purchaser EOwever. l
thought Il best TO BE- just a little bit wary.
50 I informed him that there was. so far
as I knew no stock for sale; that it had
already been taken up and was In safe
hands: but thai II he was anxious 10 buy
I would look around ard see II I couldn't
PICK % few s1ares mere and there.
on yes. 7 would Ike 10 buy quite
good block. he said: that is. IL I could
get il az q moderate price would buy
as GIaHN de 4NisNR rit9ftT II ever y A44tl5
WaH.satlsfactory.
i asked him 20 cali around in the after
noon, as ] might be able 20 accomm odate
him by thee time. re agreed 10 that prop
osition and retired. or course, ! began at
once to smell a rat ! called ia my paraner
and informed him that an apparently sane
man wished 70 buy 10000 shares Of the Ed
slon Hc a once grew suspicious. OF
course. We thought that this man had
some inside Information concerning the
property whlch We did not possess and
We a. once began q rigid Investigation.
We had u5t finished by the time my friend
Durctuaily returned la the afternoon. 30 !
asked him ~ ne could not come back the
FIRST thlng Do the morning, when ] thought
] would De prepared 20 deliver the stock
Be an once agreed and We continued our
investigation. So FAR ns We could learn
these wac a1s0lutely nothing new about
the Epsilon so strike had been made on
that ~ any other claim within several
mNes of it ft was Just az barren tract
A. 30 ha1 etef bsen. Aiy partner. hove
ever wac noi satisfied and dld nof wari
- aeM thought d vas tAe chance Of