Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-02-24
A LETTER FROM "POOR MANS
PARADISR.o

from the Marysvillc Appeal, Feb. 2.l
The following extracts from n letter
received in this city Il few days since,
dated Hamilton, February IL, will be
read with interest by all who intend to
leave soon for White Pine:
As it is showing and storming like the
devil this morning, I take advantage OF
the opportunity of having to stay in tho
house, TO write you a good long letter,
the last letter | shall write from the
"Poor Mans Paradise"
| have sold my provisions, blankets
and everything but the clothes on my
back ut n great sacrifice, and leave for
civilization with the first stage for
Austin.
We had n terrible snow storm yestcr-
day and last night. The wind blew
down four or FIVE houses in Treasure
City, and equally as many here. The
snow On Treasure Hill varies from one
to Is or l6 feot.
The house wo occupy is mn old nban-
doned blacksmith shop ; it is built OF
logs on a very approved style Of ven,i-
latiou /; the space between each log va
ries from three inches to IL or Is; no
door or window. 1t is about 10 by II
in size. The horses occupy one side
and We, Us h Co. the rest it is a sort
of o bummers' retreat and public rem.
devious for men, horses and other hogs.
When we discovered the premises they
were in tho undisputed possession OF an
old SOW and her numerous family, all
snugly cnsconced in one corner OF the
house, grunting unmuSical discord con-
corning that little poem about Alexnn-
der Selkirk, 81 nm monarch of MI sur
vey," etc. ,
After q hot encounter; VIC convinced
them that "discretion was the better
part of yalor'' and the necessity of their
immediate evacuation of tho premises.
But, as | said before, the snow varies
from one to lG feet deep on Treasure
Hill and vicinity, and prevents the
stage from leaving until tomorrow or
next, when We leave on it.
For Gods sake abandon NIL such non-
sense rs air castles about Poor Mans
Paradise" Us this is no place for human
beings or any other animals than cay
otes. Everybody is selling out his pro.
visions and blankets and leaving. |
have been all through the Eberhnrdt
and Keystone mines and candidly do
not see one single color of silver. Their
No. l rock is Of a black substance with
occasional green spots.
McCubbin intends leaving for Aarys-
Vile as soon as he can sell his team.
The horses are eating their heads of
rapidly. Hay costs from $50 to $40
per bale ; barley is worth 20 cents per
pound bacon and -four are very cheap
on account Of the many poor unfortu-
nate devils who came here, rs we did,
with their provisions all anxious to sell
at any price.
There arc about twenty express wsg-
ons in one stable yard here belonging
to different un~fortunates, any one of
which a be bought for $40.
We have u couple Of negroes stopping
with us, one a regular jolly plantation
mig. He WAS up at Treasure City with
me the other day. The richest mines
there are on Chloride Flat. An &C.
quaintance Of mine told John, the mig,
that he would like to sell him n claim
on Chloride Flat. He said he had n big
thing; chloride right in sight. But
chloride was too large a word for John.
He scratched his head awhile and said /:
"Look here, Massa, Is n married man +;
and he who don't support his family is
worse than an infldel. III were Il sim
gle man l might dig for chloride, but
being a married man, when digs digs
for silver"
If the stage leaves tomorrow, Friday,
sgd and I will be in Austin on Monday
evening-distancc l25 miles ! and it
nothing happens we will leave Austin n
week from tho day we get there, and be
in Reno in three days.