“When is Prawle coming back, do you think?”
“Not for a week at least. He’s gone as you know to make arrangements to have this load of ore towed up to Trinity.”
“I know that all right.”
“Then he’s got to arrange with the railroad company for a car to take it to the Montana smelting works at Marysville, make terms with the smelting people, and also see about shipping the copper east.”
“Where to?”
“Mr. Prawle didn’t say, because he didn’t know when talking to us about the matter. Probably New York.”
“I thought it was to go to Chicago.”
“The car will no doubt go by way of Chicago, and I shouldn’t be surprised to learn if it is held there for awhile for exhibition purposes while the Pandora company is being promoted. That would be my idea, if I were running things. I’d have the newspaper men examine it. That would bring notices, and thus call general attention to the discovery of a new mine of uncommon richness.”
“You’ve got a great head, Jack.”
“Oh, I don’t know; but I think I have a head for business. Taken it after my father. There’s nothing like publicity when you want to exploit a good thing.”