[Gutenberg 44274] • My Adventures with Your Money by Rice, George Graham -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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MY ADVENTURES WITH YOUR MONEY CONTENTS FOREWORD CHAPTER I The Rise and Fall of Maxim & Gay

THE BIRTH OF AN IDEA TO COIN MONEY THE HIGHER MATHEMATICS OF THE OPERATION HOW "THE ONE BEST BET" WAS COINED REAL INSIDE TURF INFORMATION THE PUBLIC ASKS TO BE MYSTIFIED PRESTIGE RESTORED BY A CLERK'S RUSE A BOASTFUL RACE PLAYER GIVES AID FORTUNE CHANGES HER MOOD AND SMILES AGAIN THE KENTUCKY COLONEL FALLS IN LINE BETTING THE PUBLIC'S MONEY AT GREAT PROFIT $130,000 IS LOST AND WON IN A DAY A DISASTROUS NEWSPAPER WINDUP

CHAPTER II Mining Finance at Goldfield

A PARTNERSHIP OF PURE NERVE BUCKING THE TIGER ON THE DESERT BIDDING $3,000,000 WHEN BROKE MILLIONS IN THE VISTA HELD NO CHARMS "HUMAN INTEREST" VERSUS TECHNICAL MINING BEGINNING THE ADVERTISING BUSINESS SOME ADVERTISING THAT PAID BUILDING GOLD MINES WITH PUBLICITY HAIR-RAISING STORIES FOR DISTANT READERS THE MERCURY OF SPECULATION THE BIRTH OF BULLFROG ENTER, CHARLES M. SCHWAB WHY THE BOTTOM FELL OUT HOW ABOUT THE PUBLIC'S CHANCES? JUMPING JACK MANHATTAN

CHAPTER III The Brewing of a Saturnalia of Speculation

TRYING IT ON THE STRAY DOG ADVERTISING FOR THINKERS YES, "BUSINESS IS BUSINESS" FORTUNES THAT WERE MISSED THE TALE OF BULLFROG RUSH PRIZE FIGHTS AND MINING PROMOTION THE YEAR OF BIG FIGURES THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE FRENZY

CHAPTER IV The Greenwater Fiasco

GETTING INTO THE GAME ALL THE COPPER IN THE WORLD THE COLLAPSE OF GREENWATER THE SHAME AND THE BLAME

CHAPTER V On the Eve of the Great Goldfield Smash

THE RISE OF WINGFIELD AND NIXON THE WINNINGS OF A TENDERFOOT I AM LANDED HIGH AND DRY THE BEGINNING OF THE RAID SOME PERTINENT PERSONALITIES THE TIME WHEN MONEY TALKS CLOUDS IN THE WESTERN SKY FROM CREDIT TO CRASH DOWN WITH THE SULLIVAN TRUST COMPANY SOME HINDSIGHT THAT CAME TOO LATE

CHAPTER VI Nipissing and Goldfield Con

AN ORGY IN MARKET MANIPULATION THE GUGGENHEIMS ENTER NIPISSING NIPISSING ON THE TOBOGGAN WHO GOT THE $75,000,000? THE WONDER MINING-CAMP STAMPEDE TEAGUE ATTACKS SENATOR NIXON "CALLING FOR A SHOW-DOWN" MANIPULATING GOLDFIELD CON ENTER, NAT. C. GOODWIN & CO. THE STORY OF THE GOLDFIELD LABOR "RIOTS" THE DEATH OF GOVERNOR SPARKS

CHAPTER VII Rawhide

REAL GOLD AT RAWHIDE THE RAWHIDE COALITION MINES COMPANY A RACE OF GAMBLERS

CHAPTER VIII The Press Agent and the Public's Money

PUBLICITY VIA ELINOR GLYN "AL" MILLER'S SIEGE THE FUNERAL ORATION FOR RILEY GRANNAN AMONG THE "BIG FELLOWS" THE REVERSE ENGLISH THE POWER OF THE PUBLIC PRINT RAWHIDE AGAIN

CHAPTER IX The Wall Street Game

GOOD BIG FISH VS. BAD LITTLE FISH RIGHTEOUS WALL STREET AND THE "SUCKER" PUBLIC THE MARKETING OF MINING STOCK I BUCK THE WALL STREET GAME THE "DOUBLE-CROSSING" OF RAWHIDE COALITION "INSIDE" MARKET SUPPORT

CHAPTER X Enter, B. H. Scheftels & Company

MORE TRUTH ON THE "MINING FINANCIAL NEWS" THE SCHEFTELS PRINCIPLES THE SCHEFTELS COMPANY AGAINST MARGIN TRADING

CHAPTER XI A Fight to the Death

THE FIRING OF THE FIRST GUNS THE STORY OF ELY CENTRAL THE ASSAULT ON ELY CENTRAL THE CLASH OF BATTLE A BOMBSHELL IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP A GOVERNMENT RAID IS RUMORED THE RAID ON B. H. SCHEFTELS & CO. A TOOL'S CONFESSION THE GUGGENHEIMS

CHAPTER XII The Lesson of It All