mining-shark

Updated: June 30, 2026

Then there came a job in the composing-room of a newspaper, and the life-work of Henry George was really begun, for his employers had discovered that he could "rastle the dic.," and if copy were scarce he could create it. The gold-fever got into the blood of Henry George, and his savings became a shining mark for the mining-shark. A thousand men lose money at mining where one strikes pay-gravel.

Elbert Hubbard - Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 : Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers