Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-02
A Correspondent Writes Interest
lngly Of Conditions Prevailing
In That Camp,
HAY SCARCE AT 500 PER TON.
Those Whs Burn Coal Pay SSS Fer
Ton for lt--0lher ThIogs 10
Proportion,

A correspondent writing 10 the
News from Rhyolto one Of NoyadaH
prosperous mining camps In the Bull
Frog district, gives somc interesting
data relative 10 prices prevailing there
Lumber he says, costs anywhere from
tl3O to $40 per Thousands those VINO
have horses TO feed are required to pay
800 per ton for hay, wood II hard to
gol NJ $50 per cord but II IN much pro-
fornblo 10 conl, which finds u market
at ST. per ton. gasoline roloilH at 81
pcr case Of 10 gallona
Those who complain about the awful
cost " living IN Salt Lake Just ought to
20 to llhyolllo ana learn how 10 hppro'
olato some Of the comforts they have ut
homo, By dOlng ~ and making u few
comparisons, n would not take long 10
nnd out that NE In Homo Of those now
Nevada mining camps ~ not what ~ u
sometimes pictured The correspond
cnt lniociH a hli Of snrcnHm into ms OF.
fort by suggesting That the expense ~
living NJ the restaurants N reasonable
III h person does not got hungry one
can Rct along on "a cents a meals bui
the bin Of fare would not contain very
many dollcacloe at the price, tho food
would be Of the palnest Kind, straw
berries have made their appearance IN
the camp ana they are dlehed out AT me
rate of 10 cents a dish ana with only
enough berries IN them TO give one the
inclination for more, young onions arc
something of luxury In that country
and they cost ~ cents zach, or two Tor
% cents, cuCumbcrs como at 10 cents
onoh, -four costs IS per hundred pounds
and other things In proportion
Those who feel the necessity NJ IN
dulglng In silmul0nls pay 10 cents for
drinks, with lee, 20 cents lee ret0lls at
10 oonla a pound
The camp IN Wen supplied with VA.
looms, There are 30 Of them against eight
restaurants ana three banks, Real cs'
tate seems ia be active, NJ least there
are brokers galore, ana they must make
a living They have been doing q big
business In tho sale Of town lots Some
lots have sold well up Into the thouH'
ands Of dollars,
As TO miners wages, the scale NJ
prices prevailing seems to be about ~
follows Above 10 feet In dopth, 81
per day Of eight hours under 10 feet.
sB per day, engineers Aro paid 81 and
ore sorters $3.50 per day while carmen.
tors are scarce and those that are thoro
charge 81 per hour for their services
There Is little dlflculty IN getting a
place 10 sleep, but one must not expect
TO get any such convenionooH ms the
Salt Lake hotels afford, Rooms can
be had a, 81 n night, the partitions arc
made either of canvass or cheese cloth,
while the doors consist Of u STRIP of
buflap tucked 90 the top of the CASING
thuu aNaIlluu Tho InnauyanigApo ~ pup.
rying keys Everybody N honest, and
OF course, u tenant can leave his lug.
gage In his apart menl without the
sllgh test fear OF ils bclnp moleated dur.
Ing an absence,
There are n number Of Salt Lakors
In Rhyollte and one can go scarcely
nowhere, Tho correspondent states
without meeting u familiar face, "Bill
Grlf,h IN there looking after the Rhy.
olIlo oillco OF the y, IT, poery company
which, the writer declares, II opening
m ono Of the most promising proper.
tics IN the camp, j. IT, Slegel and
Thornley, Haywood are running AN up
io-dato assay oillcc and are doing d
thriving business under the arm nam,
Of SIeecl a Haywood
Frank H. Cook IN looking over lht
camp with 4 view ~ catching ontC
something good W IT, Patrick, for,
mcrly engaged IN mining In the Tint,
district II one of the largest owners
IN the Ilullfrog National Bank mine
which IN one of the blggoel mines. con
Nlderlng the amount of development
work done the correspondent says, tina
no has over seen. In making tho oYc0
cations Tor the foundations for tho new
holsting plant, ordered recently, an IN,
rock thrown oul was high grade mil
ore. with some Of II assayng nv hlgl
40 1900 ~ the ton,
l., u, BEDFORD, another rmhan, Ii 81
porlntcnlng the lold Bar mine an,
Francis Hall, former mayor Of Mor
cur has been In camp several week
WITH q view Of sizing no conditions an,
getting n foothold there, water IL vol,
70 customers IN camp by vendors AZ )
per barrel