The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11
MINING BY ANTHOLOGY.
An Unexpected WindfalI for the Owners of
n Cripple Greek Property.

MINING BY ASTROLOGT.
An Unexpected windfalI for the Owners Of
n Cripple Creek Property.
W meet some very peculiar people out
our way" said the man from Cripple Creek.
ANY one who lives In a mining town has a
chance to see human nature In all its phases.
There Is no place where the superstition and
the passions OF men are 30 fully revealed.
You have probably never heard OF the Ep-
silon Gold Mining Company. Limited; indeed.
there is no particular reason why you should.
Up to few weeks ago the Epsilon Gold Mining
Company consisted almost entirely OF John
Robinson as President and Of myself as Sec
rotary and Treasurer. Theirs were 20O,O00
shares OF stock equally divided between us two.
for which up to that time we had been unable
to find a purchaser at any prize. The assets OF
the company consisted entirely OF q barren
tract OF land several miles from the gold-pro-
ducing mines OF Cripple Creek. We had
bought the property for practically moth
ing and had incorporated our company
according to law. Up to that time Its
stock was worth nothing a share. There
was a small amount OF money in the treasury.
but We had not felt ourselves gu efficiently en-
couraged to work the mine: had long ago given
1t up as a bad Job and turned our attention to
more profitable fields OF investment. In fact,
l had almost forgotten the existence OF the Ep-
silon mine, when one morning a tall. lank
funereal person marched into my office unan-
nounced and planked himself in a chair directly
opposite me. l had never seen him before,
but he was we'll dressed and from all appear
ances well provided with this worlds goods.
Pardon me- he said. by way OF introduce
ton. but I have seen your name mentioned In
connection with the Epsilon mine. I believe
49,, ne. tba laarata-, a-l 80 49,
company
Il thought for q few moments. and then sud-
denly remembering my abandoned claim.
nodded a polite acqulescence.
II wonder where l can buy any of the stock
OF that mine ? inquired my visitor. B
AS a matter OF fact there were zoe. 900
shares OF stock gracefully reposing in our safe
awaiting a purchaser. However. l thought it
best to be just a little bit wary. so 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 that II he was anxious
to buy would look around and see IL Icou.dn't
"'Oh, yes: I won d like to buy quite a good
block. he said; that is. II 1 could get it. at a
900 shares i everything was satisfactory
asked him to call around ~ the aIternoon,
tired oi. course. I began at once to smell a
rat. 1called In my partner and informed him
100000 shares Of the Epsilon, He at once
grew suspicious; or e2uFse we thought that
Ing the property which we did not possess. and
We At 4nSs began a rigid investigatio9, We
t haa not re falseSdd in Sy the fse a tims @g 'r se R pgreii
him II he could not come back the first thing in
the m9rninX, WHEN thought would be pre-;
and weieontinued our investigation, So far as
we could learn the e was, absolutely nothing
made on that or any claim within several miles
OF It., 1t was. just as barren a tract as II had
S isSsd 0 ssd d ny d psrt Tsnit h To- ssif' Yq iSd mot % saf i
spaded him to dispose ot ATTY thousand Of his
was lust like picking up money in the street.
would have accepted the Epsilon as a gilt. Ny
friend turned up promptly the next morning.
THOUSAND haGe s6 sSSssff | sai d. f 5a; fn tHe sh as / dani
Would YOU be willing to give that mpshY
cheek o9 = rcs6onsi5ls 6Snk in Colorado
made an excuse to retire to the next room and
! fss.D TIE cheek s%oI vas sm az 5.s E Id that strh 4 Saly rep e:
Posr. More mvst fled than ever made out
the -tock cert fcntes and handed them over to
him. he accepting them apparently with relish.
tion.' | said at the conclusion 81 the transac-
have bought this stock and paii So 5000 for It.
You must have Information which we do not
Yes, I suppose you think l am yery, foolish
to take up this apparently worthless mine, ro.
piled my visitor. Il know the Whole history
rating on the Stock Exchange Nevertheless l
am hound to take i up The reason why Is
aud all my business transactions by the stars.
Some days ago w g looking .overa list OF the
F ETH on S al once e' aftrSc aai I my arf ssntiiSr n"n pr0 o.
cured a man OF II, took It's horoscope, and made
other as%tronomlcal calcnlnIions, A. a rcsnIt
richest bed OF ore In this region; There IL no
doubt Of T. There Is more g9Id IL yonT dis,
I telt IN I1eaehIng over and pulling back
fore suggested 10 him that we develop the
mine. sink a shaft. and see II We could ind that
SSea. H fSr asr waa a n Ii!il SS mo SSsSH In G he 'rsasSr A.
down fifty ieet. We ,struck nothing but sand
e ePq mum sum t 3ar ca %P,sT doxp 1F the shaft III Ifty Sp leet
further. Again Wa wers doomed 10 hIsappoint-
o%a~gpi''iiy N t RSHs'H sp'rit Of tie G"T astr'Yo @ST f@r;
pishrd tho. money for another atty feet. still
~ Ise E "ar friend Ts iAs eonti"a!s ' H. the %d tRlHG III H. f Rsa
Sy:i,@s6i .|r sSG' s q he Sot Ep Wiz T / "a f lsr1 * (
few weeks ago he was planning another shaft.
hui whether he viii succeed ln finding any
thing | don't know. | firmly believe that ne
II suppose" the narrator's friend put in.
that the astroioRer feels pretty sore against
YOU AZ the present time and thinks that he has
been taken IN by tho Epsilon p.
Not q bit Of 4, He stu thinks he has got a
producing qualities OF the Epsilon, and you
cou d not buy his stock, for ten times the
%mSa irt,6 he PAID %le ts sTa Il; taaIfi R Rrlm a tsst thc fS!'s
gold in the Epsilon mine, and he says that ne
will bore through TO China, II necessary. in
any one who wants to buy that other 100000
shares Of Epsilon, kindly send him around TO
my once. 1 VIII sell then tOS less than five