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Show THE EMMA MINE. The fiin!nn iKtok'llijrs arO di.-pos-,i:g of many mlitioi-.a n'. a. OiuphM ntiilnl "Tho True Hi-t'-ry r.f the 1 Kmma Mine," wriin-n by S. T. P.df-aid, P.df-aid, who prefaeis PL- piv-lurtir.tl by 1 ep:-e-.-ing his d.-ire to be perfi-etly "aenirate in faets" anl "ean-lid and straightforw;int' in all of his state-! on Mr. Pttfianl in 1S71 ebane.-l ! aein.-san Kmma pn.iHirfvtii, and. with I vi.-ion- of fortune illimitable dancing be i :v bis mind's eye, he invi--t-M his j .-pare change in a few hart.-of the -to. k of this mine. When "the hulf- I ble bur-tnF' and be found how t "sliamefully he had been deeeivl," ! l;e became tlinmngiily impri-s.tl with I the feeling that he must write a liook; i hence this pamphlet. One ot his j corn pondejits writes that he can't ' understand why Mr. Fallaid, with ; only five shares of Emma, -houtd ru.-li into print; but no matter as to the cause br nishing, the pamphlet j has been written and has created a t Ibi! ry in Knglaud. We extract and I condense some of the interesting ior-lions. ior-lions. His little tale begins witli the discovery of tne mine, ami then touches upon the genius of Mr. Jas. K. 1. yon who, with the aid of Win. M. Stewart, compromised his suit with Woodman and Cbisholm for the promise of one-eighth of the proceeds pro-ceeds from the sjtle of the mine on the London market. The interest begins to increase with the appearance appear-ance upon the scene of the "Great Kxhausting Receiver," a "country lawyer" of Vermont, whom our friend McKean never had any acquaintance with. This "Great Exhauster"' the first and last letters of whose name Mr. Talfiu'd says arc Trainor W. Park with Gen. Baxter, of Xew York, purchased one-half of the mine, after a careful inspection, and organizing a company of old and new owners, in the fall of 1S71. moved lor the Ioudon market. Lyon was to keep quiet until a L'. S. patent was ohiianed and Park and Stewart had lloatul the scheme. Put there were many wind-bars ilml boals which for a long time made the lloat'mg anything" any-thing" but promising. At hist, by ft brilliant stroke of genius, the "country "coun-try lawyer, conceived tho idea of going go-ing in boldly and getting V. S. Alin-ler Alin-ler Schenck t lend his name and in-ilueuce in-ilueuce to the at lair. The very impudence im-pudence of this move ensured its suc cess. 1 no greatest geologist oi America. "Professor l. Sdlinian, who traded on his father's great name.and whom Europeans really took to be the "old man," and who was styled "Sir Roderick Murehison of America' was retained. llit fee- was only $.".,000 cash for a report and to, 000 when the "blarstcd Britishers" bought the mine. Mr.; Silns Williams having 'Skillfully -prepared.'1 the mine for . in-pection by plastering an abundance of silver ore all about on the the limestone, "Sir Roger Murehison" issued his report, tho marvellous riches of the Count of Monte Cristo were at pnee.--eelip.ttxl, and Gen. Schenck-bit; after a hllc gentle persuasion from "my friend whom I knew in America," Senator Stewart. Xext Mr. Albert Grant, an "influential'' "influen-tial'' Englishman, n-litrhmtl'j consented con-sented to become a director for 100,-OoOcnsh. 100,-OoOcnsh. , The Huh. Wm. M. Stewart Stew-art lent his name to the enterprise for a trifle of 30,000 in cash, and two hundred vendor's sharw in consideration considera-tion of bis having "roped in" the United States Minister, who, by the way, "Hie. puiouiied Wouth nf calumny", reported to have received five hundred shares; he, himself, how-over, how-over, declaring that the "country lawyer" lent him money to buy these shales b"iia tide. These little preliminaries completed, the "Great Exhausting Receiver" issued is-sued his prospectus, on the 0th of November, No-vember, 1S71, in wise somewhat like this: ' : . " The Kmma Miue mid tiie Emma lx-tciisiun lx-tciisiun Cliiim Cash, being the balance of tie c nied profits rcceiviihlo from consignment? con-signment? oi'ore by the vendors to London Lon-don and Liverpool, lunc-uuling to 4ii.:00f.; J.MHI tuns of the tir-l eltiis ore, now beiiiR f.trwurded to England, ot" the fstiinatetl net value of TU.ubof.; S,000 tons second cln ore, now iled up nt mine for Emelt-inthen-, of the estimated net vaiueof t4,-niki.: t4,-niki.: Kl,-"0 tons first class ore, nl ready developtxl in varioiL- purls of the mine, of tiie etimati-d net value of "T7,7rltf. It is .-tntcd :d-o tlmt the ore previously sent to Knnlftji(l had raised un nvenige of -17. H's. ;d.iK'i ton. Tiie co.-t of fxlnietiiifr the ore n'ftily for shipment or side had iiithorto heen under V&. per ton, or onlylnlxaU two per cent, of its viilue, a fact unreei.tlent.-d in tho iiim:ds of miniag. Judging by tho profit nf the preceding four montlir-' working, work-ing, the estimated net vield of tiie mine would be at the rate of 70U,0K1. per im-mim: im-mim: or if smelting works wen encted, ii- die proper business way to ilo, then the total profit would amount to the enormous figure of s.0O,hhi. per luinimi. Furthermore, Further-more, wilh ft view to equalize and insure the -teady and conlinuous payments of diidnd-, tiie division of profit- was to be ' reti ieted to per Ci-nt. per nmmm. until lsil.iHHi., e.u:il to twelve months' dividends, wen- in hand in London, alter which time the whole .f the raminir were to he divided among the shareholder?. This floated the huge concern. Kvery man who was. allowed a share in the "magnificent property" thought himself favored of the gixls. Park received re-ceived -500.000 in cash for the Xew York corporation, and Mr. Albert Grant locked up for "safe keeping." or for sonic other purpose, twenty-live thousand vendor's shares-. Lyon called forhis one-eighth, but Park quietly tokl him uf the lock-up for nine -months, after which he might "look" for his claim of a- couple of hundred thousand thous-and dollars, if the "game hadn't played play-ed out," amt the mine "hurst up." Lvon. seeing the status, caved and settled for t'VW band, making over his interest to .he Nevada, Senator, Sena-tor, who "knew" Schenck in America. Ameri-ca. In December came an IS per cent, dividend, ' with the assurance that the directors had verilied even" statement of the prospectus. Then 000 tons of on were shipped, yielding an ''estimated net profit of per ton." Xext, Schncck was constrained constrain-ed to retire to escape the breeze of "calumny." This move Mr. George Anderson explained in the "Tiuuid-erer." "Tiuuid-erer." denying a statement iu the White Pine A- that the late owners had "gutted the miue," and that there had been "some of the tallest iawing ever known" no reflection on Utah Judges, or reference to Long Island villas." The first tyckholders' meeting was had wlien shares stoal at 22 and "ought to stand at .40 or i;"0, ' ' and all were ' 'del igl i tcvl . ' ' Park "rviueuujtly" sold at C20 when he "ought to have had a 40." Bryd-ces Bryd-ces "inyainsj :uid Guy Livingstone, the noted author, visited Utah, and the latter p.uiiu.d .in glowing cviors, in his "Silveriand," the richer uf the Emma. Shares touched H2 t reserve re-serve of 150,000 was to appear in a few days and then a 30 per cent, dividend div-idend was to be declared. The top notch w.is reached. Then ev.mc the cave, the Elmo: tunnel suit, the fall iu shares, the .inihing uf mldtd dreams and prospect lair, and iinally the panic which ha land-tli" land-tli" prb e of Emma stK-k as low as XS. "which oULiht to .-land at L' b or '""V Mr. l'ailani's interesting pami'iiiet concludes with an exhort. i-li-n lor hi brelb.ren in distR-ss to be up and doing. He has written h.l:-r lo every one hut the "Gn-at Kxh.iu.-t-hig Receiver" and the Ni-vada r-na-lor. ai:.l now. if by the law of Knglaud Kng-laud tiie re is no vn :-- will.' ''.it a remedy, he wi.-h.,- to kr.-.w win re i the remedy f' t tiie wrung sc.ili nd at ;i;v h:it'i'ls of tiie vend":-, promoter. a:vl directors Ot the Kuiina Sii ver Mining Company. Lim:ttd. ''" tf the pamphlet diverse ..pi:n"iH wii! le held, while the "k-aiV will pn.lil by it tu Ui.ike' ui'juey. |