Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-08
way except to return to you your

as yon see. regret this very much,
but trust that you will appreciate
that ! have acted honestly and in
good faith
The Canadian was taken aback.
He rose from his chair and grasped
the promoter warmly by the hand.
assuring him of his high esteem.
They threw bouquets at each other
for few minutes, and thea the con-
versation imperceptibly turned on
mining propositions again. The pro-
moter rose to go.
well, Mr.. Smith," said the capi-
talist, whenever you have anything
| that you can conscientiously recon-
| mend just let me know, and I'll take
far bigger slice than did in the
one we have just buried. like your
way Of doing business To tell the
truth, have always been suspicious
Of mining investments, and. I would
not have taken the few dollars worth
did had l not been impressed by
your personality. So just bear it In
mind, won't you?"
Mr.. Smith hesitated second and
said:
I've got good thing that I have
intended all along to keep exclusive
ly for myself. I'm the sole owner of
property in Mexico. It's big
property, and I've spent all the
| money l can afford just now in de-
veloping 1T. III take you in on the
ground floor If you want to put in
S15O,0OO or 100000"
The next two hours were spent in
| describing the property, showing
maps of the underground workings,
assays and engineers reports. The
upshot Of 1t all was that the pro-
moter took the train for New York
that night with the Canadians sig
| nature to a contract to take $175,-
900 worth Of stock in ne PROPOSE
ton.
When he showed this to his part
they leaped for Joy.
''How on earth did you do 1t,
Jim?"
''Why, they told me in Toronto
that that millionaire was the cagiest
mortal up there, that he had no con-
fidence in any one and little trust in
himself. l won his confidence, that's
all sold him 200 worth of that
Dead Horse mining stock, gave him
his money back next day, and so
landed him for this block | had 1t
all planned out before l left New
York. But he's got good thing as
| 1t Is, Cor he's close buyer"
One Of the most noted bits of pro-
noting work during the last twenty
years was done in Colorado. Two
miners were out hunting one day in
the rugged hills. They stopped to
rest and one. of them kicked small
stone loose from the earth and when
his companion was not looking slip
ped 1t into his own pocket. 1t assayed
almost Dure silver H ...'... F..-..
In fortnight a new mining camp
was born and several hundreds of
| thousands OF dollars worth Of silver
ore was taken out Of pockets In the
earth. 1t did not occur in veins. The
pockets were soon cleaned out and
the shanties of the once populous
town were vacant, except for few
prospectors who still hung on, hop
Ing against hope.
A Boston metallurgist rode out
there one day and prospector show
ed him a sample Of the silver rock
that had once lined the pockets of
every one so richly. The scientific
man was interested, but said nothing,
and spent his days taking observa-
tions with curious Instruments.
Cray" was the general opinion.
In fortnight he vanished. Three
months later he had force OF men at
work sinking a shaft In the apex OF a
low mountain some miles away.
! CRAZY" was the unaniomus verdict.
| The scientist had noted that the
rich ore found in the pockets seemed
to be of volcanic origin. He imme-
diately concluded that 1t had been
spewed out of a volcano ages ago.
He settled in his own mind which Of
the mountains thereabout used to be
a volcano. Then he went back to
Boston. He told his capitalistic
friends there what his theories we're.
He had grown to regard them as
facts by that time.
lie told them that he had found
the extinct volcano and that IL they
would back him to sink a shaft from
its apex down into what had been it's
crater they would be rewarded by
finding an enormous mass Of solid
| silver-the mother bodies of the lit
tie pieces that had rained down miles
away. He got 100000 When that
was almost spent the miners found a
small piece of the volcanic silver ore.
The Boston man took this back
east with him at once. saw his back
ers, convinced them that he was on
the right track, and got 100000
more. Before half that had been
spent they ran across big pocket Of
Enormously rich ore that netted about
$4,000 profit.
The money came easy after that.
The shaft sank, foot by foot, but
never another bit OF ore did they find.
The volcano that once had spouted
molten silver like geyser would not
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