The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
TO GIRLS WHODGETRICHQUICK
AMEN CONCERN FISHING WITH
p r'a a GLITTERING BAIT.
Answer al Advertisement for Job and
pei, Get q Mining stock Circular With
Guarantee OF Something or Other
. 10 Years Henee-RainbOws Meantime.

.-1nis advertisement was printed in a Ne,
York paper Il few days ago;
ELDERLY lady desires to engage The service
of young lady 10 travel In Europe In the ,capacit
OF companion; must be gcntccl and well recon-
nicndcd. Address Abroad, lsj r------. downtown.
The advertisement was answered by Thu
daughter of fairly well-,o-do family in thu
.-pper part of the city. To her reply she
received a pamphlet addressed to "Deal
t1Eda:;i.' which read;
naripg opened a Ladies' Department ol
CIR ,A,si iess. We desire to extend to you an
. Invitation to become one OF our rhents. We
o1er you an opportunity to invest in one
OF the lar gest mining companies IN tno wo!id,
This stock is now sealing at 40 cents Il share,
but, ing to lhs rich ore beng taken from
;sesr and sn",ld pay large dividends 49,,
and participate IN the profits OF the COM
pany. We would he pleased tn open I'M uc-
INT with you. One dollar i all that IS
pay a small sum weekly or monthly there
alter, as your income or finances VIII allow
we make sar no N wnc 4 -, or vor stock
II you oliy 1875 shares or more. YOU VIII re.
caiys. besides your stock. gold bond OF
Which absolutely agrees to return to you
the money you invest Under no circum-
stances. can you lose.
We v sh to assure you that the stock OF
this company IL one of the safest and best
Investments now on the market II il wasn't.
We would not lend our name to its sale for
we have a reputation to maintain, We
wish to impress upon yo,i the adv stability
M sending IN your order ut once. as the stock
is liable TO advance in price any day without
notice. Trusting that W" may have the
pleasure Of entering your name nr on our BOOKS b
ofennin resp rTe,sspettf,iiy Yours WI " Tvs
THE WWtLTSEn 4 DrSS toRroRArloS.
With the pamphlet was inclosed sub
ecription blank for stock in the Thunder
Mountain Gold Reef Mining and Develop
ment Corporation. The directions on this
were that it should be sent with cash to "The
Weltner & Dunn Corporation. Main Offices.
80 Broadway, New York city"
The young woman who answered the
advert sement couldn't for the life of her
figure out what connection the advertise
ment bore to mining stock speculation.
She asked her mother TO explain it. The
mother couldn't do it so she sent he whole
business to THE Sun, ana a reporter was
sent TO he Weltner & Dunn Corporation
to learn what it meant.
The Offices of the concern consist of three
or four rooms fairly we'll furnished. A
young woman asked the reporter what he
wanted. He wanted TO see either Mr..
Weltner or Mr.. Dunn.
Personal business answered the re-
porter.
"I'll see said the young woman. "but
don't think Mr.. Weltner can see you"
1t Is always a difficult job to see pro-
meters oe n certain class. They are in
variably busy, unless the courier running
between the out size and inside offices can
give 10 the boss some inkling of the callers
business The young woman disappeared
into an inner room and presently another
young woman, more gorgeously attired,
came out,
"Mr Dunn is out of town., che said aand
Mr.. Weltner is awfully busy. Can't do
something for you?"
The reporter was sorry. but 1t had to be
Wehner or bust The young woman gave
a mighty swi.h to the black velvet train of
her black velvet skirt and said she'd find
out if Mr.. Weltner could disentangle him
self for Just a minute. Mr.. Weltner could,
and appeared in the outside office. The
Weltner concluded that he had better talk
about that in the inside Office.
Mr.. Weltner is about 30. He has closely
cropped black hair, high cheek bones.
smooth face, determined jaw and strong
wear coat during office hours. especially
approved in select Woodrufian circles.
THE Sun man told Mr. Weltner the story
Of the personal. and asked him to explain
Thunder Mountain Gold Reef Mining \
and Development Corporation. Mr.. Welt
ner couldn't explain and said So
We know nothing about such matters
here, he said, we buy addresses by the
10 deal in them. We never question where
they come from and don't care. We pay
for the goods when delivered and make
such use Of them as suits our purposes"
But, said THE Sun man. -how could you
become possessed of the address of the
We know nothing about it," said Mr..
Weltner. Il suppose we buy it like the
others
"Well,' persisted the reporter. where do
you imagine you bought the particular
must have made the purchase not more
than forty-eight hours ago"
All, my dear SIR, exclaimed Mr.. Weltner.
Il have such business. such very much
business that how can l be bothered with
told you that l cannot tell anything
about it, yr'i..s
Did you cause the personal to be inserted
in 9be paper?'
Most decidedly not" said Mr.. weltrer.
He knew that much about the personal,
for dead, absolute and complete certainty
It was thought that he might know more
Mining and Development Corporation 80
the reporter asked q few questiors about
that Oil or gold was struck right away.
Mr.. Weltner was full to Overlooking with
information about Thunder Mountain and
it's development corporation.
We are apitalized, he said, 1for SO 600
co., divided into l0,oOo,ooO shares of the
par value Of 81 each, OF this amount
100000 shares are held as treasury stock,
and a part of this, we are putting on the
market. 1t is selling at 40 cents share
now. but It will 60 up very soon. You
may thisrk this il large capitalization. but
il is not. The history Of mining COM
paDies has been that the most successful
arc those with the largest capitalization.
y That can readily be seen. said THE sun
man, THE larger the capitalization, the
more has to be paid out in dividends. and the
1poresthe company has to earn. Under
the laws OF what State arc you incor-
,porated?T
-UIderthe laws OF the State Of Arizona.
Our properties are located in Idaho, near
the town of Roosevelt. The nearest large
city 10 the property IL Boise City. We
have several splendid mining properties,
the rames OF which and a description of
which you will fId in our booklet. An
investment in our stock is absolutely safe.
because every in weston 10 guaranteed against
loss by gold bond issued by wel-known
underwriting company"
What's the company
The Pacific Underwriting and Trust
Company OF Sar Francisco was the