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Show PROMOTER INDICTED San Francisco Man Is Charged Witii Handling Fake MlnJng Business. SAN FRANCISCO, liay 10. George W. Rumble, a mining 'promoter, is on trial before a jury in the United States District court charged j. with the illegal use of the United States malls for the purpose of defrauding! his correspondents correspond-ents by means of worthless mining schemes and by false representations. The indictment accuses Rumble of having corresponded' through the post-offlce post-offlce with Frank. Terry, D.'W. 8mtth and John Bull, Jr., the latter of Elmlra, N. Y., representing to them that he was the owner, secretary and general manager man-ager of the Sunset Mining company, capitalised at $10,000,000. the stock being be-ing divided into shares of $1 each. There were alleged to be twelve gold mines "Under his control, and! that the Sunset Mining company's- stock was paying dividends at the rate lof .2 per cent a month, and had beenl paying at that rate for the last nine yearB. |