Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-05-22
(FrOm Fridays Daily
OUR LETTER
Ed Reynolds Tells of His Ex>
periences in the Arctic
Region.
Dawson Citv March ao 1900

EhL.- ploIIllStu you WIeIl
L left Carson that 1 would write you a
letter from the Arctic regions and l have
an idea by this time you are beginning
!" think 1 am going to crawl out of it
Well, here is tho letter although it NAV
aeem a little late.
l had a sick spell in September and Oe-
tsber, but am now fully recovered and
never felt better in my life. There is
something very bracing about the in
tense cold here and l would advise sick
people to come here and .brace up. 1t
beats all the medicine in the world. My
theory is that it freezes all the microbes
out of the system and effects a radical
cure.
On arriving at Dawson / built a warm
cabin for the winter and we were quite
comfortable in it despite the low state Of
the thermometer.
The coolest weather We had last winter
was-and this is the Gods truthful de-
grees below zero. Some people don't be-
lieve IL gets as cold as this here but the
Thermometer says it does, and We have to
go by that when there is any dispute.
That was only one day however and the
average was about 40. The difference be-
tween 40 and 60 degrees is not as much
as one would think. When il strikes 40
il is about as cold as it can get and after
that the mercury can keep sinking and it
does not seem much colder as far as the
physical effects on one GO. There is very
little wind when the cold is so pro-
nounced which is "A wise provision of
Providence, for if air 80 degrees below
zero ever got a move on it would shrivel
us all up like last years birds nests.
From the LIST Of December TO the 18th
of January we did not see the sun. Dur
ing that time we had but four or five
hours of daylight and the effect is very
depressing on ones spirits. | shall never
forget the experience of watching the
sun sink below the horizon on the first
of December. The whole population get
out and watch it slide ont of sight. me as
ii disappears and the gloom that follows
1t gets deeper and deeper it gives a man
the feeling that the eternal night is COM
ing on. If you think that not seeing the
sun for SIX weeks is anything to be
sneezed at. just come up here next time
it crawls into its hole and see what Won
think of it.
On the 18th # January We all got out 70
see the sun and most Of US had an idea
that there would be some hitch in tho
matter and it would not be up ON time
but it poked its head above the line of
the horizon and You can bet il was re
ceived with many a ruuSing cheer and
some men-I viii not say | wasn't one Of
them-drank a good many times to Old
Soils health before it disappeared. which
it proceeded to do in just thirty minutes.
Call again when you can stay longer"
was what l felt like saying. 1t stayed in
sight a few minutes longer every day and
pretty soon it was III the sky long enough
for a man to go out and stake claims by.
The main street in Dawson is about a
mile long and cannot be extended as Il
big cliff Of rocks projects to the river.
The cabins are nearly all built Of logs,
and a few are two stories high. | have
located a mine about sixty miles from
here in a very rich district but cannot
say at present how rich it is. a. it l.
not sufficiently developed. think
there are already too many people here
and the first Corners have done the
best.
John Ogden is here and [ see him
every day or so. Harry Langly is
clerking IN a big store. The Lindsay
boys are prospecting about twelve
miles from here. Despite the stories
one hears in San Francisco regarding
Dawson and its free and easy ways. it
is a law and order country. There are
five churches here and Il Salvation
Army barracks and the saloons close
on Sunday, We have plenty of sol
diers and mounted police to keep US