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November 28, 1883
Eureka Daily Sentinel
Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada
What is this article about?
E. H. Dean's letter from Tombstone describes poor economic conditions, low wages, stagnation, and violence, expressing regret for leaving Nevada and hope to return in spring; he has acquired some property but sees no market.
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The Jumping Off Place.
E. H. Dean writes from Tombstone to N. G. Daley, Tuscarora, who sends the letter to the Sentinel:
In reply to your letter I will say in regard to pack trains out in this country that there is nothing for them to do. Every man has his burro to pack with. Jacks are dirt cheap, and teaming is too dull for anything. In fact everything here is overdone, and the country is in the dumps. Wages are too cheap. If you can get into a mine by the skin of your teeth it is $4 a day. Common laborers get from $1 50 to $2 a day. Tombstone is now at a dead stand-still, but we are still in hopes, and we will know something in about three months, I think. I wish I was back in Nevada. It is the best country yet. This is one of the--- out of --- They kill men here just to see them kick. I don't mean to joke when I say it is the jumping off place. There are a great many here who would like to jump, but they are stuck and can't get out. If I live, I'll come back to Nevada in the Spring. As for myself. I have not done so bad. I have made a scratch. I have some town property, but there is no chance to sell it now.
E. H. Dean writes from Tombstone to N. G. Daley, Tuscarora, who sends the letter to the Sentinel:
In reply to your letter I will say in regard to pack trains out in this country that there is nothing for them to do. Every man has his burro to pack with. Jacks are dirt cheap, and teaming is too dull for anything. In fact everything here is overdone, and the country is in the dumps. Wages are too cheap. If you can get into a mine by the skin of your teeth it is $4 a day. Common laborers get from $1 50 to $2 a day. Tombstone is now at a dead stand-still, but we are still in hopes, and we will know something in about three months, I think. I wish I was back in Nevada. It is the best country yet. This is one of the--- out of --- They kill men here just to see them kick. I don't mean to joke when I say it is the jumping off place. There are a great many here who would like to jump, but they are stuck and can't get out. If I live, I'll come back to Nevada in the Spring. As for myself. I have not done so bad. I have made a scratch. I have some town property, but there is no chance to sell it now.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Tombstone Economy
Low Wages
Violence
Nevada Return
Personal Letter
What entities or persons were involved?
E. H. Dean
N. G. Daley
Where did it happen?
Tombstone
Story Details
Key Persons
E. H. Dean
N. G. Daley
Location
Tombstone
Story Details
E. H. Dean replies to a letter about opportunities in Tombstone, describing oversaturated markets, low wages, economic stagnation, casual violence, and his own modest success with property he cannot sell, expressing desire to return to Nevada.