, 1884-02-09
TIE MINERS MECCA.
scraps from The Great COLD FIeId.

city. Mr.. Teames is deputy U. Survey
or,an Intelligent young gentleman and a
constant residence in the mines OF several
weeks has nade MN cohVersaht win inc
country no came III OVER the trout
Creek tiaii' route as roughas one could
imagine some places existing where nlch-
eS hau 10 DC cut III the zee 70 aid III 'iiilll
ing over steep mis-. 1t Is lmprlct.cahle
ior pack trains' ana as soon as the snow
h'lts can not De used az AL lie INFORMS
us That several towns have sprung "P' but
the chlei one VIII be Eagle Clty' Ihe
town Is WelI situated Tor making Large
place prospecting Is reduced To talk'"hd
no one ls aule 70 Iorih any iuo'' OF 'he eN-
.eiit oi the oiggihgS' most OF tho reports
De'hE mere specut.tioh' lie 'hliiks Ihat
une ,lu"''] "'i'es VIII prove ''e o"ckpohe
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i''' '',S' 'eiiou' SNii'i''se Vi 'i'o camp
occurred last SATURDAY A Astrahger named
N'lSoh came mo E'agle oty ana TOOK
possession Oh lot' An oh uiner known
"S lhree-i'''gorou 'acA' tnIe earned Dy
Po,''.g ~ u'si's, o"iiU" ''ie io' anu ic
H"vs'.I ,,S.son " '','''', o'"''is ma
/ find a bouse f,rndo..or NoIsor ir,.;,od
hin, m visit n hotter climate tt,on tbot .,
the mines and Jack ipsis,od an a ,.o,o-
tion with the orgumentive revoI,,or Ono
shot struck Nelson under the rirbt arm,
breaking A rib and gIoncino ,round tho
body. The revolver failed IN work and
Jack was compelled to resort to his heels
Nelson followed close bobind with an ar
| After running about 2OO yards Jacl t,II
and Nelson struck at the prostr,lte man.
/ but missed the distance and only the han
die OF the AK struck Jack OH the head.
| Nelson was evidently angry as he whip-
ped out a knife and was Just in the act Of
prospecting for Jacks inside works when
| bvstanders interfered and nut AN end To
| the row. We are told that il Nelson can
keen out of reach of the only doctor in
| camp he is certain to recover.
A man named johnson wounded him
self in the leg between the knee and ankle
with an AK some weeks ayo, and died last
Friday from the effects OF the injury.
Thisis the second death that has occurred
in Eagle CITY,
Claim jumping is the order OF the dav
and in ali probability great deal of trouble
le will grow out Of it.
There are two steam engines and nu-
merous sleighs and wagons abandoned on
/ the several trails.
1t is now said bv men who are well ac-
quainted with the country that the Big
Meadows route is the only one over
which good wagon road can be construct
ed. Dan Drumheller now has men ont
looking over the trail with the intention
OF constructing road at once.
Beaver creek is said to be very prom
ising gulch. 1t is about II miles from
Eagle City. /
Three weeks ago there was hardly 800
men in the diggings. Now there are over
1000, and the number increasing every
day.
Mr. Jones states that there Is no reason |
for man to he broke in the mines as COM
mon labor is worth s. per day.
Mr.. Jones has the most explicit conf !
dence in the future OF the district. The |
PLACER iseXtensiye. and the uuoriz nrom- |