The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-13
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 Derrick Dodd. in San Francisco rosll
 The New York 1isses of she s,h in- stan. has pathetic edisor,af devoted to the schemes of that noble army of mine manipulators from here, who are unload ing various more or less saline proper ,ies upon the confding eastern cap,,al- ist. The ziwsS' editor. who has evi- den,ly been cinched by some eh,ldiike and bland "expert. denounces very bit- ,erly ~hai he calls the " Bedrock Brigade, meaning the 'fnscans who hang ahou, the t,ith Avenue Hotel steps loaded with all sorts of mining proposi- ,ions into which they propose to sdmi, the New York investor on s,rctly bed rock basis. The Em<s sufferer goes on 10 bemoan the fact that these sales are largely expedited by the exhibition ot ai- legea inside letters from the mlne IT, self and which are shown only "in the strictest confidence" and which epis,les II states are usually of nature united ,o deceive even a school-boy. As II Is evil dent by this that the time honored letter formula used by the boys" is becoming passed. it would seem necessary to pro- vide some newer and more plausible in. side letter for the proper manipulation of our eastern friends. We have. there fore. carefully prepared the following sample ot improved bedrock cpistle oi the private note from superintendent description. and which will be found by the California contingent, in New York exceedingly useful in working the mos, cautious investor. foreign or domes- tic:
 RArzI4>SANE Pa Aer. AeftzNA
 MY NkeR BeN: Wh, the hla1es don't you fellows hurry up with tha, koedeter The p.ano artived yesterday. but II needs something rlere than p,ano and d pIet glass 10 civllife these dlggins. Talking of the piano. reminds me that II arrived here minus the works, the mule that packed II over ihe high grade having slld over coo foot precipice and kicked all the insides out. However. we use I to keep ice and provisions, which IS just as good. Why don't you send along tha, gross ef norseshoes old skidmote, our vice-prcsiden,, was down here last week. and he kicked up a rumpus because he found we had been shoeinS the mules with gold oafs. explained It was the only mental NC had handy. bu, there IS no satisfying these old miseIs. And to think you Frisco fellows let ham in a, bedrock k-ouiy :. - share Had lots ai tun here las, Sunday. The grea>ets gave a iandange --iont men shot. You ran across the Iiaekerson glrls l wish you d tell Iobiseo te return my picture and rng. shell understand why She can bel her litc I'm no, gong 10 play second fiddle ,o ,ha, redheaded Geotge hmson. .fa ask me n glye you the cold facts II to what We hase struck here. New, ela fellow. you know Il would 5ust nun nc if the crowd found !, uui. baQl know l ctn depend on you to' keep ! dark. The other day measured the ore body and found t te he us, eleven hundred ice, long and four hundred wldc, .As ,he orc is Jus; yJ :; ! per cent pure VIC an saicl} count upon tweniy-six billion oi dollars less per cent milling expenses. We will pu, up another thousand stamp mill next week wish you would give the man who furnished cur hoisins cable d good cusslng for me. Yesterday. while on the cage going up from the thousand foot level, noticed that the rope had un- raveled right over my head and was abou; to paL;. l saw tha, unless the strain was a, once relieved II would be All up with me. There were four China men in the cage with me. and you can imagine |, did not take me long to shove tlem overboard l, was narrow est ape, l tell you. llease send up four new Ch,- namen. Nlll send you potato sack full of nuggets sSon, to arrange in your aQuM.am. Mind now. don't show thls letter, even ;o your wife. Your old part ner. tl4 r. S.-.3H,a Mit i9imeciiaGciv.
 Now here is bedrock letter that amounts to something. l. IS no, only redo,eni of the climate and raCy of the soil. bu, Il has abou, |, an air of ingcnu- oas honesty, of blunt straightforward un- forced truth. that is simply irresistible. If this sor, of s;eerer does not induce the mos, hcsitating New York or British i investor 10 come into camp, then there IS nothing else 10 be done but 10 invite him i up dark alley and resort 10 the old and reliable, though less fashionable, per suasion of the sand club.
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