Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-12-26
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
THE PROPHEsIEs OF "sTRIPEs'

THE PROPHESIES OF "'STRIPES"
The prophesies of George Graham Stripes" Rice, the man
who edits a weekly paper called the Nevada Mining News, published
in Reno by and for the Nat Goodwin Brokerage company are about
the best complication of what people ought not to believe that we
have ever seen. For months the Mining News has been 'hammering
the stock of the Booth property, at Godheld, stating in no uncertain
terms that the property has no ore and will not get any ore. Not
only has Booth been knocked, but the various Tonopah stocks have
been steadily deprecated. The issue of the News of December 3, for
instance says of various mining companies;
Neutrality-suspicious. buy; sell if you own any: mine has run
into intrusion and ore reserves are depleted
"MacNamara-Dont buy; sell if you own any; fat vein followed
as far as property limits allow and no ore elsewhere.
"Tonopah of Nevada-Dont buy; sell if you own any; has not
blocked out any ore reserves the past year; now working in an intru-
nBooth-Dont buy; sell if you own any; next to Red Top and has
been manipulated up; no work being done; selling too high. Con-
trolling owners admit Red Top vein does not strike this ground
Again, on December 10, the News prints another prophecy about
Booth, saying Don't buy; sell if you have any; has no ore"
Nos, since that time, the Tonopah Of Nevada has declared a thrd
dividend for the year of a quarter of a million dollars, and is doing
more work than ever. the MacNamara, the West End and other Ton
opah properties which have been hammered by Stripes nave been
examined by directors, stockholders and mining men, and unani-
mously reported to be in better condition than ever, and some big
strikes have been made aside from the old veins from which ore has
been steadily shipped; and with depth the properties are continually
showing up richer. So much for the prophesies as to Tonopah.
AS to Booth. "srtpies" not only gave out unreliable prophesies,
but he lied. At no time has work ceased on the Booth, and at no
time did the controlling owners admit Red Top vein does not strike
advising every me to sell Booth stock, w. ". Booth, the owner of
this paper, and the holder of a very large interest in the Booth prop
ery, was offered SS cents per share for a block of $4,000 shares of
this stock-which was above the market price Of this stock-by a man
whom is owned by the Nat Goodwin Brokerage company body and
The discovery of a rich body of ore on the Booth property at
Godfeld Sunday night puts the lie directly to the prophecies of
George Graham Stripes" Rice, otherwise Jacob Simon Herzg, as he
was known prior to serving a term in Sing Sing prison, New York,
and shows that the selling values of the Booth are not the result of
manipulation, save what little result the knocks" of Stripes" have
had on the stock, but are based upon the honesty and determination
with which work has been prosecuted ON this property from the start.
and from the physical character and location of the property.
The prophesies Of Mr.. Rice, Herzig, Stripes, II whatever name he
ma, ohooso ~ soil urdo amnoraril, mn IN dieerent sectbons M he
country, having proved false in the Tonopah and Goldfeld instances,
who shall believe him in his prophesies concerning the properties in
which the Nat Goodwin company is directly interested? Reading the
Nevada Mining News, no one can help but remark that those prop
critics in which Goodwin is not interested are knocked" while
everything in which the Goodwin company is interested, or hopes to
be interested is boosted.
As to the Nat Goodwin company. with its appeal for public conf
dence and money, we RI silent at this time. We merely desire to
ask this question:
What kind Of business is the Nat Goodwin company doing, and
how much money can the public entrust it with, when the manage
ment of that stock brokng and jobbing concern has to employ
a man who, from youth up, has been running along lines at variance
with the law, aud who not only has a pententiary record during
manhood, but a reformatory record during boyhood, to conduct it's
business? The Nevada Mining News is sent to unsuspeoting inves-
tors, as a true guide as to Nevada mines and mining condttons-as
a dsinterested adviser a S to where to place their money. Yet it is
published by a company of stock brokers and manipulators which,
for some reason, mas to hire a reformatory graduate and pententi-
airy degree man to edit 1t.
Who is George Graham Jacob Simon Rice Herzig? Well, dear
reader, in Nevada he is now known as the editor of the Nevada Min
ing News, published in Reno by the Nat Goodwin Brokerage COM
pany. He is a clever writer; in fact, 0 very clever that the postal
authorities ar sitting up and taking notice of him. He is an interest
ing taker for his experience has been very varied, and he has had
much time for meditation. The only drawback to his conversation
is that he cannot, or will not, look you in the eye while in converse
with you II you want to know more about him. the following dis
patch from Washington. d. C, will afford much Illuminating infor-
nation.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The New York Times today prints the
story of George Graham Rice, promoter of Nat Goodwins Coalition
mines. The information, it is understood, is contained in official re-
ports made by a postofhce inspector and now on file in Washington.
Rice is declared to be an assumed name, and Jacob Simon Herzig
is given IS the real name of the promoter. He is described in the
Times report as mo. A, T. IS" of the Almira reformatory, SEN
tence' in April, 1890. and serVing over two years; later he went to
Sing Sing for six years and six months, serving under the number
"B. 561.' He was released in 1893 and took up the name of Rice"
which he has dropped for convenience at times since. In an interview
in the Times Rice admitted his Identity as an ex-convict.
KNOCKING HAS NO EFFECT.