Letter from Cornucopia. (November 23, 1875)
Letter 13
LETTER FROM CORNUCOPIA.
Abominable Weather—The Late Storm at the “Horn.”—High Prices for Hay, Grain and Wood—
The Leopard at Work, and Outside Mines Closed—The Mall Route.
Cornucopia, Nov. 19, 1875.
Ed. Silver State: We are having terrible weather here—a continuous storm of wind, rain and snow for the last week. Tuesday and Wednesday—both day and night—you never experienced such a wind. Some adobe houses were blown down, and canvas TENTS WENT SAILING THROUGH THE AIR like balloons. This morning I measured the snow where it lay on a level, and it measured one foot in depth. The weather is warm and cloudy now, and bids fair for another storm. Our main street is a perfect sea of mud, and every one is curbing the Clerk of the weather. Dutch Henry started out to-day for Winnemucca, and I think he will have a pretty hard time getting there, as some of his animals are troubled with the epizootic. Ringgold is doing a thriving business at his feed and livery stable.
THE MARKETS. Hay is worth $50 per ton. Barley has gone up to 7½ cents. Wood, since the storm has come on, is held by dealers at $30 per cord. Johnny Barrett has got a good thing, if this weather continues.
THE MINES. The Leopard mine and mill continue work as usual. Yesterday they shipped three massive bars of bullion, worth way up in the thousands each. Most all the other mines are shut down for the winter. All mining work in Tuscarora is closed for the present, so I am told.
I am glad to hear of the effort being made by Winnemuccans to get a MAIL ROUTE from that place through Paradise and Bull Run to this place. I will try and have a petition to the same effect circulated here, and let it have its effect. More next time.—S. M. H.
Originally published in the Silver State on November 23, 1875. (link)