Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-12-14
PANNING FOR GOLD
JOHN r. DUNN VISITS THE; SCENES
n OF HIS EARLY MINING EXPERT
Y ENcEs AND PANS OUT A FEW
Al CENTS IN GOLD. s$

$sS CENTS I'm GOLD. # 4
Alderman Slattery has received the
following letter from John p. Dunn,
who is at Folsom, Cal, for part of the
winter
In looking over the Tribune my eye
caught your old time Groceries, Wood
Coal, and Ice Well, II says to myself.
! will put in a little time by writing
you a short letter for the FIRST time.
during 80 odd years friendship !
have taken quarters in this dead old
town for the greater part of the win
tier, say until February LIST then ex-
lpect to go down to Los Angeles to,
visit my only brother, who Is a prac-35
ticing physician in that place AS soon
as he found out that + was in Caiiforn-
la he wrote me to come to his home
4 to remain while in the state have
not met him in many years and | look
forward to our meeting with a great
deal of pleasure.
1 4 This old town, when I was here in
1888 years ago--was a hummer.
. It was a distributing point for tIe rich
est mining region in the world: it
istill has some business as the dredges
are att work all around it; out What
/ trade 1t gets is forced upon it fos the
merchants are as dead as the town.
! As a winter resort it is one 59f the
best in the state, but as there are. no
accommodate prepared for people,
no one comes here, without ills some
1old fellow like myself, who is willing to
Iputs up with any old thing. Roses are
lin bloom the year around; every lri-
i5Vate house has lot of orange trees
lin the yard and the trees are ali ;ioad-
ed with oranges that will be ripe
about Xmas tine. SIG they haze
fires going the sane a ii l1,rtll Dakos
Ia. - @..
j find il tedious putting lie the time,
SO I take my gold pan, hike down on
the Amer ican river every day and pan
I5out a few cents. ST. like it as 1T furn-
ishes me both amusement and exer-
cise.
want to get out to my old mining
lclaim some time during the winter,
lust ITO see how the old place looks
since my last visit AS years ago All,
lold man, was young and active in
those sgoneby day the world was all
before the. a did not know the value
of the miserable old dollar. My cabin
that built on the hill near my claim
has long since disappeared, but I
! have been told that some old miner
took possession Of it after / went away
and lived there for more than twenty
years. MY cabin was a dandy; built
of lumber, 10 x IA. if I remember right,
/ good floor in it aud a good roof /
fused to fill it up with provisions, yes,
land wine, too, old man, and / cared
nothing for expense. Enough Of this
How about Bismarck / see there
lhas been q lot of money expended dur
ling the year 1907 in improvement
That is good. Now, let sIattery, Gum
IL Co put up "a good tWo7story brick
on the corner of Third and Broadway.
You ought to do 1t before you make
that trip to the moon you owe it to
yourself and to the town to do it.
/ see our mutual old friend Alex.
Hughes is dead. liked the man; to
me he was always gentle nan, and I
can never say anything but good Of
him, and our old friend Mr. Pyes is
dead We ought to thank God that we
are still living. Mr.. Hughes killed him
self by overwork The boys viii miss
him
Remember me to the old time Irish
4 that frequent your store. also to Logan.
Candy! candy!! candasl!
Saturday night from I to 8, you can
buy our Red Brand Candies at 1Oc