Arizona republican., 1899-07-08

tStOTerOOm, but the kitchen opens right
 off the store. There is a meatt market,
 in part of the building, so we are fixed for fresh meat, and my pups have a feast. They all three have a slight at tack of distemper, and have had my hands full giving them medicine and watching them, as I have had to keep them indoors for fear of their taking cold. They tore up my caribou skin
 that MT. Grear gave me- and are alto
 gether a nuisance, but will be so use
 full another winter that I try to stand
 it. The first baby born in Eldorado
 was little girl, born about two week 3
 ago, and the miners on the creek are
 going to give her a $500 nugget cup.
 @&The superintendent of the great
 Berry mines, MT. Shuler, is friend of
 MT. Ferguson, and invited us up to the
 claim, SC last week we went and saw
 the whole thing. MT. Shuler knows
 where the rich crevices are, and every
 day he Eans out one rich pan that he
 uses to pay off his men. The morning
 we went up he was just banning this
 pan, and we saw him weigh the gold, and it weighed $512, and was in mug gets worth s to $4 down to fine dust. These are creek claims, and hoes are dug in the ground jusr- as deep as there is pay dirt. MT. Shuler goes down to 10 cents a pan average dirt, and stops. These shafts are made by building fires every night and in the morning all the
 thawed ground is dug out
 1.-Two men usually work one shaft, one at the windlass to bring up the
 buckets of dirt ard one in the hole to fill the buckets. Each bucket holds
 about five pans, and they draw up about 800 buckets a day. They sink these shafts and cOnneO. them until it
 is a regular labyrinth. The buckets are thrown off on the dump, and on
 the rich dumps gold can be seen all through the dirt. Next summer, when sluicing time comes, then we will see the gold. After taking us through the
 mines, Mr. Shuler got a pan of dirt out of a good shaft, but not out of selected creyice. He washed it for us and took out $130. lie put the gold pan
 in a large tub of water, and by pc culiar motion the rocks were all
 washed perfectly clean, and the gold was at the bottom of the pan. With
 magnet he takes all the black sand from the gold. and there it is ready to
 spend; and the strange part of it is
 that nine-tenths of these richest claims are owned by the most ignorant men, and they didn't get them by hard work, either.
 ''I met an old, miner tonight who has
 net seen a railroad for thirty-thra'e years. He is bright and good conver- sationalist but the last time he rode
 on a train was in California in 1861, but one winter here he travelled 1,5OG
 miles on snowshoes, and never had them off his feet except to sleep. We have been to one dance. Three men, all married, whose wives are on the out side, but have been entertained by their friends here, gave a dance enc even ing. They rented an empty cabin, decorated it with flags and invited about four couples. The ladies took cake and sandwiches, and we had such a good timei We danced until 3.30 a. m- Our musical instruments were the guitar and mandolin. I went in bor- rowed clothes, having none of my own; also were Mrs. Stephens shoes, and was surprised to find I could wear my same number after wearing such large ones so long. The ladies wore their shoes, but there was great changing of shoes back to moccasins by the men. They couldn't stand the pressure. We were entertained f,- dinner one Sun day by a gentleman, and he had his cabin as cozy as a woman's. He didn't l have 9 tablecloth, but served his din | ner in courses and washed the dishes | between. He had evaDorated vege- l table soup, broiled steak, evar.0rated | potatoes and maccaroni, canned rasp- | berries and spice cake, which he made | himself, and coffee. I enjoyed it, as it | was nicely cooked and served.
 T need something to wear so badly! | The suit I left home in I have worn | constantly from the 18th of January to June 8. end have worn it to do my | work in every day since. My only | ether dress has been a black silk skirt | and a red sweater. I must have some | thing to wsar this spring. but 1 dread | to steCt in to get a dress. as 1t will not | Cnly cost great deal. but dread try ing the dressmakers here. I think Ma | rion Christopher will go out next | and several other Missouri | boys. There will be a big exodus next | unless something unexpected comes uD. The new creeks have not | turned out so well as expected, though | the. people are keeping very quiet. 50 | as not to have to pay the 10 per cent. | royaIty I am so hungry for some thing to read! The books here are passed around until actually they are f black with dirt Yesterday was the | first windy day we have had. and al- though the thermometer only regis tered 10 degrees above. still I heard mere complaints of the cold than any day this winter. The trails are all in fine condition, just as solid and smooth as glass A trip to Dawson with good dog is fun.-Kansas City Journal. !