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Show n SWINGS I MINE DEAL YOUNG GIRL MAKES SALE OF PROPERTY FOR $200,000. Eighteen-Year-Old Stenographer o Denver Shows Western Pluck In Handling Business During Absence of Employer. Denver. For ttn 18 year-old girl tc turn a J200.00Q ileal Is no common oc currauce. It would cause many a roan ot the great commercial world to chest up a bit, but when Miss Lulu K. Thomas of Denver Induced eastern capitalists to "sign up" for nearly a quarter ot n million of dollars she showed no signs ot having dono anything any-thing out of the ordinary, but turned around to hor typewriter nnd, with a sigh of relief which meant: "Well, I hopti tho boss will he pleased," she commcucod tho old grind of getting out dictations. Miss Thomas entered tho employ ot a local mining company about two yenrs ago, when sho was but 10. 8he has learned tho business from top to bottom, nnd n week ago when hor employer em-ployer found It nocessnry to bu out of tho city for a few days he left the girl In charge with Instructions to "sell tho Bnngre da Crista mine It you get a chanco." NegotlaUons had beon under headway head-way somo time with eastern capitalists capital-ists for tho Sangro de Crlsto mine, In southern Colorado, but matters woro dragging very unsatisfactorily. Two days after MIbs Thomas had been loft In charge of tho office In tho Temple Court building, Fifteenth and California Califor-nia streets, a Inwyer and two other gentlemen palled. "What can we do for you?" asked tho girl. "Oli, nothing. I am afraid," repllfd the laWyer, with a look of disappointment, disappoint-ment, "We enmo hero to see about tho Snngrc de Crlslo mine, but you say tho boss w 111 not bo back for a week?" "That Is truo; uut possibly I can nt-tend nt-tend to the mattor," said tho little stenographer. "Well, It's n jifctty big deal, nnd pardon me but I hardly think we bet ter take It up now," nnd tho lawyoi looked upon tho wee tnlto ot a girl In a sort ot "you-thlnk-you-can-but-you-can't" way, and tho callers started out. "Now, look here," said tho girl, In truo western style, "If you mean business busi-ness and want that mine you better take it, nnd take it right now, too. You aro not the only buyers after tho Sangre do Crtsto mine, nnd, bccldcs, I cane lose tho deal If you want it" This was uif eye-opener. Tho man sat down, talked tho mattor oror carefully, nnd In half an hour tho whole deal had been transacted, the papers having been previously signed and Miss Thomas duly authorized to close tho deal. It was ono of the biggest deals that have been turno'd for some time, nnd MIbs Thomas Is receiving congratulations. congratula-tions. A good-sized check and a vacation va-cation on "full pay" were her reward. |