| Show FRISCO SWINDLING METHODS EXPOSED t Newspaper Claims That There is Big Graft Graf in Comstock Propositions WORKED BY A SMALL GROUP Operations in Stocks Which Give Black Eye to Legitimate mate Development The San Francisco Frncisco Call Can prints vh what t It claims to be an authentic exposure or of the methods that have bec been employed employed em era- In the conduct of or the Comstock mines The Tho TIt article which Is to h ho be followed followed fol fol- lowed b by b- bothers others l is given below helow Tho he cf et this graft arc not merly tho thousands of gulls uI who buy blY stocks In th the mines so 0 conducted a ato as asto to b bo worse than worthless no matter what their mineral possibilities ma may maybe be bc the victims are arc not only the thousands thou thou- thousands sands who p pay assessments up to the tho last c cent nt of or the time legal limit thinking that that their mone money Is going into legitimate mate mato mining worl work when in n fact it iL iLIn itIn In is pouring Into the time pockets of the rapa rapa- pious ous tricksters In con control rol of or many of or orthe the Comstock mines Besides these victims there are other sufferers They include all aU those with wh honest mining propositions in Nevada nd c an and in hi California Califor Califor- ria ala nia which need the tho support of the in investing investing in in- vesting public The Comstock graft graf the tho mone money that would woul otherwise other other- wise go into legitimate mining devel- devel It never ne pays anybody and in inevitably In in- c puts a n black eye ee on all l mining min Jn Eng ing business In Iii the tho estimation of or the thousands who iho suffer surfer from the swindle swindle swin swin- dle lie until they have hn their eyes opened So this bold and ingenious graft grf Is l. it a Detriment and a n deterrent to a all ni rain min rainIng mining In ing that Is on the tho square n a hurt md nd an injury to every real renI mine and mine owner and mining cam Car camp In California Call Cali fornia and Nevada Xe Small Smal Group In Iii Control The Comstock graft ha has long been berm and Is now being worked b by u a small smal coterie coterie of San nn l Francisco brokers mind and promoters promoter The They pose as mining raining men and profess a keen licen Interest In hi the tho ro- ro vival vhal of or tho the famous properties but hut In iii reality tho are arc cheap speculators speculator Their cd endeavor or n I Is not to revive I c C tuft out to to- throttle lH t tm tt J Ey ny iC t m pe peculiarly Q- Q their own the they thrive upon Dividends would spoil spelt their ruin What tho the still sun hide In InI f I their unfathomed depths no man I Itow knows What in hi of or more importance at the tho moment Is that t those who should do so 80 are aro 10 not tr trying to LO find out out They have hove capitalized the uncertainty uncertainty and are aro reaping the tho IHO profits II s A sharp distinction should be bo drawn at the thc outset among mong the tho men ot or the They fall Into tat h two Uvo o divisions divi l. dl the hand the hundreds on n on ono one of or honest men men engineers engineers mining men promoters and brokers who brokers who are workIng workIng work- work Ing log sincerely for tho the best interests of the properties and the stockholders I Ion on the other hand haud the tho few rew crafty craft md Ind I who have la e wormed themselves themselves themselves' into Into control of time the finances of the tho companies are dealing out salaries und and perquisites to themselves with wih a Q freer hand than thanas as as attempted In the roost most ost brilliant days of or brilliant rn days s 's of or the bonanza period To th the outsider it Is almost unbelievable that a stockholder will wi pa pay assessments to the tho amount of or s 3 o on ashare a ashare share worth 57 67 cents but that Is one Ofle one of peculiar phenomena of the many phenomena or the tho Comstock Iame game which must be bc studied to be un understood Go down In Hush Bush street where the mining exchange e stands and where tr tt l j have their offices and get them to tell tel you ou their honest opinion administration of the Corn Corn- tor tho the brokers and and stock Th Tho a reputable that moans means the great real majority of or them will answer you ou tersely Its lUs lg rotten roten wil faith In tho the futuro fu fu- have havo They rhey ma may great grcar turo ture of the the they m may t be- be much rich u ore u that there thoro Is ig us as j n C earth as all of unopened caves In 11 the s the shafts combined have c yet et produced produce the plain Issue of or the iho administration admin but on of or tho the the they will wi cries scandal that tel tell you that It is a out for correction Ie i F All tIl 1 1 all the thc Oo Go further Go Co to themselves Go to tho the men en en in the them of nr t lh tho hI came nn anti and let They Timey tho the talk to you yet about that thatIs will toll you ou of or the great work worl tol the Is wil being done of or tho the Ward Vard Yarl shaft tunnel the tho Sutro association Ing ivea and the tho ore in th the The rho with them but must agree with wih them the ex ex- takes up imp whoever cr administration the wastefulness wasteful wasteful- of will iiII ultimate ultimate- the tho extravagances wil extra ness floss of or the gamo game the operators operator J ly find And even en fn wron wrong wrong- I that it is all aU admitting evolved feeling hRS hoe been o leen fraternal A caretakers It Is Isa Isa isa I Comstock among the time pic pie and the slices are arc aJl a a common Inside while tho the thereal the time on cut for those those hungrily look on lul real stockholders of or this company is the Tho president other One man of or the time vice president t n i iv crY rY company compan direct J or u UL io j c is a U nois president otI 01 ot Is In the grOUP Io from each a salary I seven and ane the tho king or of orth as IS In fact f t ho hI holdings Lila th although h th therein are art insignificant ho receive the sum sum- does onlY dOI Not ot director gen gen- and Ien- Ien rIes huL ns as he cnn can CT cra orai or of i the i himself mind the tho Irl rIe to please late Int members or of the clique the other to Induce holders forced up Shares es are and then timen fail fal to an ow old level level vc The supplies sup sup- i gradually to their them the thc for at top figures f paid are nrc plies ples notwithstanding m rl pV l In IS the mines two lonely miners n-miners Up rp work worl year In in and year 1 out at nt l be o v mn may cuch le c etch ch his bis 1 a da day but down clown SS a ft n president draws draw's a arv n San an a month a a secretary rv wi ut of alln like e sum a bookkeeper eler draws crl 1 r n a l clerk 60 50 and amid up UI Atthe at t transfer t- t it 11 superintendent superintend superintend- I office a n V Virginia City th the for Cor O and thoro there Is a n down ent nt hS and nna perhaps a ai and aid II f to i t 5 0 or two IWO All 1 tills thIs 13 Ia reQuIred Iee 1 keci tho the two miners rs going bout worth of ot work vork nt at the for purposes mine mimic a year and of administration It I 1 Is 1 a n sorry orry tacie Of or course each mining com corn contributes to tho time Ward Yard shaft pany nany or tie tic Sutro pumping the Iho account but why out ein- ViV ami In I Iu pal of or attaches lul nt at 0 t blo salaries 1 and the time stockholders assessments paying V |
