Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-16

The following interesting letter from
Young man who was born and grew up III
Carson. and who is known to all our old
residents, has, as Ill continuity with his own
suggestion, been handed to us for pub
licatiOn
DEADwooD, May 4, 1877.
Friend H.. Having few moments time
to spare | thought | would drop you few
lines to let you know that we arrived here all
right We had a very pleasant trip across
the desert between here and Cheyenne. 1t
D took us fifteen days from Cheyenne t" here.
We have been here since the LIST of May, and
what we have seen in that time | will pro
coed to tell you. First, We bought provls-
IONS As follows Bacon, 80 cents; beans i've
pounds for 81; sugar, ~! cents per pound;
tour Sl:} per hundred pounds; soap, 20 cents
for "A 10 cent bar; hay is $500 per ton, and
scarce at that, and jew does not blush When
he asks so for SO suit of clothes. Meals
are from 90 cents to 81 % per day, amt II"
better than meals you can get III Carson Tor
% cents You can't get lodgings at all, and
then the price is 81 % per bed with two
inches of straw and half blanket under You,
and two pairs of blankets over you, and
mans coat and boots has to act The part OF a
pillow. There is not Il hundred pounds OF
beef in town and that Is some old OK that mas
been driven i'll some team for the last four
teen years, you see an el9ht year olu OK
would be called veal here. There are III and
around this place about 200 people halt OF
(which do not get one meal per day. There Is
some building going ON here, but there Is
thirty men to one mans job. Lumber Is $40
,,er thousand feet taken from the saw. Logs
are.S15 Der Thousand feet; nails 20 cents per
,nund. doors and windows are all hand made,
and a common doorlock is 81 30. nan
cannot get work at all unless he has tools,
and then he cannot get over ~ per day.
There are plenty ready to 60 to work tor their
hoard As to the mines they are not beng
worked very much on account OF the water
being too high, and the quartz mines have
not been fairly developed as yet There are
four 3-stamp and one lO-stamp mill mere,
three of which running, employing four
or five men each, the former OF when are
Eastern men Commonly called tender teet),
and YOU can bet the men have to work very
hard and only get 81 per day at that. Gold
dust is taken in the stores in exchange tor
GOODS only for $50 per ounce, III the gaming
houses taken and paid for Sl8, and III bank
mo houses for from SIC to SIS per ounce
There are great many saloons here, all ask
mo % cents per drink, 50 you see there Is not
many drunkards around here. There are
yery few Carson people around here. The
first person | met was Lachapelle, the
Frenchman, they had reported killed by the
Indians. He is looking very bad and says
that he wished he had never left Carson
Won can show this letter to friend Mighels,
of the Appeal, 50 that he can post the people
around Carson how things are out here, All
that are doing anything at home had better
stay there; for they will not better them
selves By coming out . htFe ma te n nye @ on
kindest regards to all, and hoping to hear
from YOU soon, remain yours respectfully,
HENRY b. MEYER Jr.
II. P. KRAUsE, several years ago connected