The lost mine by Agatha Christie. Short summary

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Hercule Poirot tells Captain Hastings the story of how he got a stake in Burma Mines Ltd. One day he did the company a great favor — he found the missing documents.

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A story in the «Hercule Poirot» series. One of Burma Mines Ltd’s mines was a silver mine discovered by the Chinese in the fifteenth century. The mine was soon lost, but the records were kept by a Chinese family. Wu Ling agreed to sell the records and traveled to England to complete the transaction. Ling was to be met by one of the directors of the syndicate company, Mr. Pearson. The Chinaman stayed at a hotel in Russell Square, but the next day the police discovered his body in the Thames.

Poirot was summoned, who immediately began an investigation. The detective discovered that a bank clerk named Charles Lester had called Wu Ling the day he disappeared. Lester was arrested, but the mine papers could not be found. But Poirot quickly found the papers — Pearson had them. His Chinese accomplices had stolen the documents and killed Ling for some reason. Pearson panicked, but then decided to put the blame on Lester. Pearson was arrested. Subsequently, the company rewarded Poirot by giving him a share of the Burmese mine.