Adventure, June 1911

Everybody's Magazine, June 1911 Contents This issue contains George Graham Rice's exposé series "My Adventures with Your Money," detailing the Goldfield mining-stock boom of 1906. Rice, a former mining promoter, describes the formation of the L. M. Sullivan Trust Company with $250,000 in paid-up capital, and its acquisition and promotion of Nevada mining properties including the Jumping Jack Manhattan and Stray Dog Manhattan mines. The narrative covers business dealings with mining adviser Jack Campbell, Utah investor Henry Peery, and Salt Lake banker Henry McCornick, detailing stock pricing, property acquisition costs, and promotional strategies. The issue also features short stories including "The Sacrifice" by Donal Hamilton Haines, "O'Donnell, Surfman Number Six" and "The Story of a Quiet Little Man" by Frederick Arthur Dominy, and adventure serials: Marion Polk Angellotti's "Sir John Hawkwood" (historical fiction about the White Company in Italy) and John Buchan's "Prester John" (Part IV, concerning a native uprising in Africa). Additional content includes Frederick Arnold Rummer's complete novelette "The Emerald Buddha" and an article on Tiburon.