Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-08
scalAMxRmOnN IN ARIZONA.

No old timer Of Carson need to be told
Who Doctor Schimmelhosn 10. Nobody
more conspicuous than he in the early
days for fun and sccentrieities. 1t Seems
be has wandered of to Arizona. Long
time hs lived in the Great East. The
Phoebe R:cond Of July publishes
. letter from him, written from Planet.
Mohave. Arizon Territory. under date OF
June7. Here follows some Of it:
Inov take time to scratch . few lines
20 you. We are about i've hundred
miles direct south from Phoebe, on the
Bill Williams fork Of the Colorado. in
one Of the hottest places on God Is earth.
1870 degrees IA the sun. his place IL =
new camp, twelve miles from the Color
ado river Colonel d. L. Buel is build
ing two-story smelling works. and ha.
contracted for to smell ore for the Nc
Cracker mine for one year from the LIST
oi July next The Colonel has = good
contract. Nv health has been good since
leaving Buiiionville. We were long
time coming; had to lay over . great deal
to rest the animals. The roads are the
worst have ever seen, and have Sc en-
bad ones. Rocks and sand, Lord God!
You bet, Now for the mining camps in
general aud the citizens Of Arizona in
particular: The FIRST mining town We
came to WAS the town OF Chloiid-: aboat
twenty adobe houses. Considerable
work IN \ small way has been done some
years ago At this place, but now only
3 h~a., he Il
l had to turn over one Of them 10 see if
he "a. dead. they were SO id lazy.
Seven miles more and We como to
Mineral Park The same has been tone
At this plar. in the ~sy Of mining. With
tie exception Of tho key>tone mine
They are working nine men on the KY
stone: have a steam pump. but id little
vAir- to take out; dn II all with snail
donkey engine. About f'ty hon--s.
three saloons. two ANAL stores all same
=. SchafI-rs. Eight mules further .ou'h,
the town at C-rbnt. the county seat;
fifteen or twenty housea: population.
one To each hou-e. D. Lord, forgive
me: deliver me from there town.. MIN
ing AT this place has been carried on the
came ss at other PAGES. No life, no
energy. NO nancy. Beans straight and
Nohave sguaws is :h.ir diet. How in
bell they can erjoy sneh a life, God |
only knoxs One hundred miles south |
i. the town 81 Greenwood. This il the |
place ToPpy johnson wns blowing so
much aboat. the gold mines; six saloons,
one butcher shop. two small stores
nuthirg to sell. and not one id rent Ia /
purchase with if they had nm. thing to
sell Bob Stein aud some others pur-
chased the quartz mill that was at Hardy
vile. and pnt it up at 'hi. place to work
gold rock. Waen they had worked about
fw-ity five Tons they discovered that the
rock b al no gold in il. This WAS. most
undoubtedly. an oversight of Roberts.
-nm. tbing that most any man would
book To >rr-i! the rock contained anv.
building stamp mill:
hut for Arizona it seemed il was only
nee. --ary To put up - mill and go ahead.
The CONS qnence Wa the mill had Ia
-hu' down. and mp went the town of
gone Ia. Should like mach
fa have letter from .ou and all my OLD
'ii-nd.: mud fnrih rinur~ yon can tel
hem that unless they Want to be in hell
!" remain whore they are for ,-.r
longer This ia n" place for n white
nan and id poor for II Niger. Excuse
h. sritins ms l have nothing but the
,rnund for desk.
This sounds like the veritable Shin
IL. rh..rn. Rought country that same
rough il Schimme,-
born finds it so.