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Stewart River Nov 24 -97
Mrs. Geo Barton
Mineola Mo
Dear Geo--:
I wrote to Dr Crockett & you yesterday & sent it to
Dawson as that is our nearest Postoffice but I have a chance to
send this by a man going out. We staked us off 3 claims today the
place looks pretty good we will commence work on same in a short
time. There is no provisions at Dawson all kinds of provisions
are worth 1.25 per lb. Flour 150.00 per 100# We have plenty of
grub till next summer hope to make enough for a grub stake by
spring. We have our cabin built at mouth
of Stewart river, there is quite a little settlement here. two
women in camp. Mrs. Meadows of California is I don't know the
other. I have never heard from you only one letter from Dr.
Crockett at Deya it has worried me considerable as I did not know
what what arrangements you had made. Keep my insurance up I will
try & get you some money by that time but mails are so
uncertain here you may have to borry it from some one. I will
write you often as possible but is useless to try & give you
any idea of this country or what our success will be as we have
been here only a short time. You can tell Forest that he had
better rest easy as it is no easy thing to come to this country
unless he has plenty of money & then the gold is not growing
on trees. however there is plenty of gold here you can find it
every where but getting enough togeather is no small job I will
try & write a more interesting letter some of these days. The
days are about 6 hours long now & will continue to grow
shorter until December 22--. Send me your & Joe's weight. If
you have your pictures taken don't look so pleased or smile as it
spoils your picture as you see by your cabinet pictures. I wrote
Dr to get me a good recommendation as I will try for a position
with the transportation co in case we cannot make any thing for
our grub stake next spring. dont forget this. you can also tell
him of staking those claims out. write me a lot of news as we
never hear any thing here from the U.S. we heard that Spain had
declared war against the U.S. & had sunk three of our ships I
wrote Dr. Crockett just as we left Lake Linderman also sent him a
letter yesterday to Dawson. told him to send both of them to you
so you can see the discription of our trip. I would send it now
but takes so long to write same. we slept in the tent on the
ground when the thermometor was 42 below zero the weather runs
from 20 to 42 up to date. you must write me a long letter. write
tolerably fine then you can put more in a letter & not weigh
so much (be sure & put plenty of stamps on)
Good buy for this time
Your boy
Everett