Coppers

Without these there might never have been the romance of "Coppers" and the rise and fall of countless fortunes.

Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905

Before I could clinch at this figure they took advantage of the excitement in "Coppers" to bid up the stock, so that when I began operations Parrott was in the market at

Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891

It was at this stage I broached the subject of "Coppers" to Mr. Rogers, and discovered to my surprise that he knew nothing about it or its possibilities, notwithstanding that "Standard Oil" has a department for the sole purpose of keeping the "System" posted about what the world is doing in various directions.

Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891

"Coppers," Barron, whose News Bureau moulded opinion for the opposing copper magnates, came out with a statement:

Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891

If H.nry H. Rogers had been slow at getting started on "Coppers," once in he made up for his early tardiness.

Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891

I was staggering under immense lines of Boston "Coppers," which were to be included in the second section of Amalgamated, but had been purchased to make part of the first section.

Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891

About this time, too, occurred the laying of the foundation of "Coppers" and Amalgamated, but that certainly requires a chapter to itself.

Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891

If John Moore had seen "Coppers" as I tried to show them to him that wet morning he could not have made for himself less than three to five millions, for in the operation which hung on his decision I had expected to buy stocks that soon after doubled and trebled in value.

Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891

"Coppers" were respectable, were genteel, and, above all, were not "trade," for the average old-time Bostonian affects the Anglo-Saxon contempt for the traffickings of retail commerce.

Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891

From that day it was understood that we were together, and that all my dealings in "Coppers" outside Butte & Boston were for the joint account -- that is, they were to have the right to come into all my operations.

Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891