The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19

chunks, streaks-aye, feet-of solid
;. gold.
- Yet right here in the start let me say
T.. that have not seen these alleged mar
wells with my own eyes. ! heag report
what I have heard-what the very air
is filled with. OF personal knowledge
. 1 have none. and 1 warn all who read
what I here set down not to buy stocks
on the strength of what l say, for what
I say is merely the echo of what every
body here says, but what nobody has
yet proved.
The ways of the stock jobber are
devious, and it is easy to start a
: mighty excitement over nothing in a
community Of fortune hunters, as the
history of American mining has proved
a thousand times. Not that l believe
this to be so of Isabella, but l want
: this story to be accepted as report, not
as proved fact.
One cannot convey in words the eX-
tent of the richness of this great find
as 1t is reported 1t reads too much
like a fairy story to be credited, and 1t
might be safe to assume that believers
in the truth of this wonderful reality,
produced by Natures magic wand, are
very gullible. But it cannot be con-
trcverted, for here is vein of the
shining metal $50 feet long and three
feet wide, and it almost dazes one to
attempt to predict how much more may
yet materialize. 1t is the richest find
It cannot be called ore-that the world
has ever known.
A Veritable Golconda.
Here is a veritable Golconda. Hun
dreds of men, surrounded by untold
wealth, their eyes dazzled by the treas
ure, suppress their inclinations to pos
sess, their arms powerless to take one
dollars worth from the true owners.
What a temptation to the gold seeker
who for years may have dwelt on just
such a fancy as this! From young
manhood has he braved the many vicis-
STUDIES of the miner; he has endured
the hardest toll, the severest hardships,
the cheerlessness of cabins, the insult
f1ciencies of food, borne the cravings
uncomplainingly for love, light and
home, all for this one thing-gold. Here
it is in piles, in stacks, in streaks and
In solid vein.
The Isabella mine of Cripple Creek
has undisputed possession of all this
wealth. Even the 'gob-stuff," or what
one may choose to refer to as low grade
ore, will run anywhere from $1,000 to
$4,000 per ton. The readers magma
ton may be enlivened as to the posi-
BILE profit of this mine when it is known
that gold ore at $40 a ton, when found
in sufficient quantities. is considered a
bonanza. These sound like big stories,
don't they? Almost too big to be
fakes even in Colorado.
The owners of this mine are not at
all excited. They have no need to be,
and so are very placid indeed They
have the gold. They can control the
whole, for out of 2,250,000 shares Chi
cago syndicate has pooled 1900, 900, or
enough to enable them to dictate the
destiny of the property. They can close
down the mine tomorrow to bear the
stock and then, when they buy in at
their own price, they can reopen and
dig out the glittering treasure. This is
not likely, for the company has just
passed through the throes of threatened
litigation and narrowly escaped it al
the annual meeting. The minority is
decidedly dissatisfied. and if there be
the slightest loop-hole 1t will be made
exceedingly warm for the majority. The
latter are we'll fortified, and have been
trying for three years to acquire con-
troll. When they laid their plans THEN
widest flights Of fancy did not even