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Show DIDN'T PURCHA8E THE MINE. Prospective Owners Knew Not Where to Qet Pack-Train Needed. Tho socrotnry of an castorn company com-pany that somo time ago was anxious to purchase a silver-lead mlno In tho northwost tells oi an amusing Incident in tho negotiations for its purchase. As tho ore assayod well and everything every-thing looked propitious, a mining export ex-port was sent to oxnmlno tho mine. His report was favorable, too favorable, favor-able, In fact, and aroused the suspicions sus-picions of tho would-bo purchaser; bo it was detormlnod to Investigate more closely. At this point a well-known raining man of Dutto recommended that a certain rough-and-ready genius should bo sent to look at tho mine. "You can deopnd upon his Judgment," tho mining man said. "You can trust to his report, which in all probability, will bo brief and vory much to tho point." Tho ndvlce wbb followed. As predicted, the report was short and pithy. It read substantially as follows: fol-lows: "Gouta: I havo mado an examination exam-ination of tho X mlno, and report that tho oro Is there as represented; that It assays high; that It is there In plenty; but to got your supplies in and your ore out, you will neod a pack-train pack-train of bald eagles." Harper'i Wookly. |