The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-07-23

$500, 900 for it, which they refused.
Oh, this is
AH-LL OF A PLACE.
There's no telling where the lightu ing
NAV strike. I have only enumerated
q few of the strikes. There are num-
bors of Others. Men who yesterday
were not only pennies. but d-erlv in
debt. are today railing in wealth.
But there are lots Of dollars lost in
vain attempts. and vet some one is
striking it every day. Some men seem
to be born lucky. and Others the gods
will not smile upon ut all.
There seems to he kind ola
wAsH--sAND AND GRAVEL,
like the he'd Of q stream. aud the
depth varies. Some 60 only - feet,
while Others near by have sunk one
hundred and fifty and got nothing.
The hills are covered with holes, some
of them abandoned for other locations.
Even rs high rs the timber line there
are men at work.
The snow covers the peaks all
around ia. and it is exceedingly cold
at times. The weather is very change
able. 1t may be clear and in fifteen
minutes be raining or showing like
blue blazes.
THERE ARE TWO SHELTERS
and sampling works here. The ore i;
graded and some is shipped as il Is,
and the lower grade is put into hui
lion and that hauled Ia the railroad
over one hundred miles. They Gx
pect to have the Atchiscn. Topeka and
Santa Fe road there in the course Of |:
wear. The hands are now mt work in
the Arkansas canon. They say there
are immense quantities Of mineral in
the Elk mountain district, but no out
let. and therefore worthless as it is.
As you are nearer Washington thar
I. please step over and tell Uncle Sam
to make better arrangements about
mail matters for this growing city.
You see they have
TWO HOLES
at the grand delivery from A to s. and
the other from l. the balance of tho
way; well. of an evening the boys have
to get into lines and take turns. Some
times the lines are fifty yards long. ali
pushing and crowding, anxious to gel
THAT letter from home" Your hum
BILE servant went after the mail the
other evening. and there being a crowd
fell in at the tail end of the string and
after waiting patiently for half hour
or so, he found himself in from, Of til.
wrong hole. Now it is well known
that members of the tribe rarely in
dulge in anything like profanity. I'm!
| if there wasn't some tall cuss;n' done
about that time then I'm 'blarsted'
prevaricaior. Had to fall in the o,he,
line all the same. Mr.. Key ought ia
attend to this at once.
Money seems 10 be plentiful here
aid
TINES FLUSH.
A wagon and team can make ten dol.
lars per dsy gross. Hay is worth $50
per ton. Groceries are higher here
than in the States. and living is con,
siderable more expensive. Yet there
are some groceries as we'll as other
things that can he bought rs cheap. i:
not cheaper. Clothing is very reason
able. All sorts of mechanics get good
wages: carpenters. $3.50. shoemaker-
g 80 to 81. 90. pIasterers same. miners
same. and other trades in proportion
Board and lodging 50, 90 per week and
upwards. There are quite a number
If doctors here and some fifteen or
twenty lawyers. There's no litigation
now, and will not he probably for :,
year or more. But there is bound Ia
he considerable dispute about these
mines. There is one newspaper here.
called the Rere;ue. 1t has steam
presses like the BAzoo only a little
smaller.
Enough for this time. Will probably
write some more about this camp
soon. Yours, j. o. NJ.