Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-07
ArRAEIA. Feb. II. 1859

ACRAEIA. Feb. Il, IS0J.
Mn. NoBLE-Sir. Having written to
you but once since left. and not being
very busy to-day. i thought l would give
you few lines.
This is great country. and very fast.
Gambling and drinking is the order Of the
day. and all days are alike. Sunday is
the same as any other day--thc very same
kind of business going on as before men,
toned.
Let me give you some account of the
mining prospects, and Of the stories that
are told. The few places that wrote to
you about before, are run out and left by
those who worked them; and some have
gone to other diggings. l was over to the
mountains last Saturday and Sunday. stop
ping a, a place called Arralahoe City. of
which great deal has been said / saw
and handled what gold three men took ont
with sluice in three hours, and it did not
amount to over three and "A half dollars
l called it three-and- a-quarter, but one
man present thought it three and-a-half in
value-with which they seemed satisfied.
and said nothing more. While there
saw man who had been living at Noun
tania while wa. living there, and he told
mo that had been pointed ont to him as
the man who was making from five to ten
dollars day. / only wished it had been
so. My partner and / worked hard for
twenty days. and we did not make over
twenty-five dollars; but those who knew
nothing about it, and were sitting in their
cabins. supposed that We were making that
amount.
There muat he something to make CAPT
tai out OF, and il it is manufactured capital
it is all the same. it loses nothing by NOV
ing-and it moves fast here. There is q
xtorckeeper here by the name Of Ming.
heard that he took hundred dollars from
one man. in gold dust. for tools. | went
down to sec him. as l wished to know
where so much gold had been obtained BY
one man. and he told me it was Z lie IRON
beginning to end, that he had not. up te
that time taken dollar and half fol
goods. He said he could hear great ste,
ries about mines being opened and paying
well, but he never could see specimens
Whenever hear a story follow it mp
as | came out here to mine and to make
money. But l fndzall the stories lik'
those that have told you, to be withou
3 any foundation. Arrapahos contains three
log houses, and I saw the logs for three o
four moro. From what | saw and hav,
before seen. judge the mines about tina
place arc the same as all the rest--wortl
. lust about FIVE cents ] had rather hav
my wages in the States for six month";
than all that any two men have taken on
here in the same length of time Let m
: tell you how the stories go about big days
E works-for once in while we have one.
have followed mp some of them: tw
men will go to work, say to-day, and stri
off the top earth. ana get ont quantity O
pay dirt, and tomorrow, perhaps in thrc
: or four hours, will work out as many dol
lars, and then count it all as one day
work, and. that is enough for story; an
1 so it goes have prospected good deal
and am going at it again. must kno'
the country, and if nothing better turns n
: soon, am off for the States in short oil
: dor. can live hero, but that is not I
= nough in a country like this. can liy
: in the States. and to come out here and d
nothing more won't pay. / know of n
living man that would wish to see pun
ished enough, whom would advise
come out here 1t present; would war
the worst man know of to wait arhil'
:. certain.
have written what l know and Ia,
seen. and d9h', suppose that you wi
come out hore set. and don't advise an
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