Mohave County miner., 1912-07-27
The Gees Safe in Mexico.
Nina, "El Carmen, Oaxaca, Mexico,
 July, 1lth, 1912.

Os Ds 1u' odONio3
 Kingman, Arizona,
 Brother Gaddis:-Although you have not answered my last letter, vii write again. You may have beer thinking that the natives have taken us in, and that there was no use writ ing, but we are all very much alive and in no great danger as far as can be judged by present showings. The Revolution has reached and passed us by without njuring us to any great extent, and we are going right along with our rat killing and the mine is looking great. am shipping ore as fast as I can get mules to take it out of camp, and we are developing a fine big vein of milling ore, that is run ming along about an ounce of gold to the ton and is also carrying about as much value in silver. This vein is showing a width of fully ten feet, and we have It opened up on four levels and are advancing three headings on it as fast as two shifts of miners can push the work. I expect to put suf- ficient ore in sight in the next three months to justify a good big plant, and then I will come up and buy what we need and will tell you all about it. This work is being done in vein that was not known until we came down here, and it now eclipses the older mine, and of course I am little swell ca up about it. It now looks as if I would make a million dollar mine out of it before Christmas. A fellow can do lot of work down here with little money. The climate beats anything that 1 ever experienced. We have had no days this summer that were at all uncomfortably warm, and the nights are really cold, the health Of the family has been good, and we get lots of good things to eat. We had a fine big ham of venison yesterday for dinner, and there is another hanging up in storage for tomorrow, and chickens cost from l5 cents to 25 cents apiece (Mex) and eggs l2c Mex. per dozen, and most things are about in line with these prices. I am paying my miners 1 OOS per day Mex, and working 10 hours per day, and they are dandy miners too. All laborers outside the mine as we'll as muckers in the mine are paid 62 cents Mex per day, and boys who are helpers get 37 per day Mex. These men are all paid through our store, and we make a regular "Gaddis and Perry" profit on their purchases. Our transportation is the severest drawback to the busi- ness, as we are S9 miles from the rail- road at Oaxaca, and we pay ? cents per pound for freighting in or out, this means POS, American currency which is little more than the Ruth pays.
 A little more about the revolution: there is one bunch of bad men, who call themselves rebels, but who are really highwaymen and robbers, and who are operating in our neighbor- hood. and cleaned up big "Hacienda" near here yesterday. There is quite a posse after them now and they may Ibe taken in. but if they are not put out of pretty soon we are liable to have call from them. We are looking out for them and as there are only about 50 of them in the bunch, we think that unless we are taken un- awares, we can whip them, but we might get left in the matter, and the would be rather bad, but we are not worrying much over the of an attack and they are not looking for hard games. Now, Brother Gaddis: remember that a friend of yours is long ways out in the woods and news is d-d scarce and letters look mighty good under these and with the very kindest regards from the whole family,
 Am yours faithfully,
 J. EMERSON GEE.