Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-02-07
Muc-a-Muc Galore.

uulnOEOuS dSCOuNt "a cttuiNdy . ny
old time at the 40 Camp:
Saturday afternoon cav great time
in Gold Gulch, the new minin!
camp. A powwow broke out there
about 2 O'ulock and for the rest O
the day all the stamps in the CAM
were running on rich ore. Yester-
day water couldn't cool all the hot
coppers IN the shadow Of Shasta.
There was no particular reason for
the camp to break out in new place
Saturday. 1t was probably due to
news Of the number of hungry men
across the range that moved Papa
Peak Of the beanery known as The
Rest for the Weary to throw open
his doors. At any rate he threw
open his doors and invited the fam
ished horde from the valley district
around the grand court to get one
square meal before going. The un,
employed from the grand court dis
trict and from the diggins near the
quartz mill and from Bob Tail and
Central City and from the Indian
reservations in the nations-all Of
them swarmed into Gold gulch.
Most of them were too far run down
in the heels to ride with the Z. S.
NJ. on the coach that hauled Horace
Greedy over the divide, and they did
the pedestrian act. A few were able
to pay stage fare and rode over the
grade. AT the bend just before the
summit was reached long and short
man stepped from behind bowlder
and held their shotguns out for Six
horse Sam, the jehu Oh the seat to
inspect. They said they would like
him to give them his professional
opinion as to the size of the bores
and incidentally TO allow Wells
Fargo's box to repose on terra firma.
Before the driver could get the boz
out of the front boot Alkali Ike, h."
shotgun messenger, down uonILu re
nigh front wheel, and before the
road agent knew which side of the |
,oad would be the better to line up
he passenger on, lke's cut off shot
oun had spoken with both barrels
md the robbers bit the dust. Their
emains were loaded on the hind |
root and dropped off at the stage
'ffice. As the stage rolled in the
,an was rung at the beanery for the
hungry to fall in, and they did.
Papa Peake officiated with his navy
n his cartridge belt. He kept the
ookout chair except wien the game
ot hot and all the white chips were
ut Of the tray, Then he dealt out
he coffee. Pixies Peak and Castle
'eak are not in it With Papa Peake.
lie is an ace full on kings with every.
'ody else in on two pair, and if he is
yer forgotten by the foot sore trav-
I Oh
iday, it will be because the i'm
ressions on the camera of the brain
re susceptible to the mutations of
inc. Papa Peake's beans, baked in
he Dutch oven, were in the front
ow, there was clam chowder, tamales
am, hot rolls, coffee with genuine
ream skinned from the condensed
milk, mince and pumpkin pie, two
inds of wine, and cigars, After
hey had loaded up with Papa Peake's
all hands turned to and
bused the old man. They told him
hat his feed was bad enough, but
he music of the / owe way band in
he corner made it more difficult to ,
i.est. Papa owned the corn and
to have more beans and
sss band next time. Papa Peake
vii give the fair managers 80 per
ent of the deficit occasioned by the
lowout, 1t is due to the northern
nd central counties to say that the
niue a-muc chuck" in the shape of
legant wine came from their cams
oodie, but the ''potlach" was on
'apa Peake.
To Help the Fair. II