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formerly Sheriff of Storey County, recently from Idaho by appointment -- He is general traveling agent for the Bankers & Mechants Ins Co -- Allen left on the evening train -- Insured J P Smith for $2,000 -- I rec'd by mail Dr Zangerle's policy for $2,000, also letter from D M Tyrrell, Silver Reef, Utah and Frank Sperling, San F -- Evening down town awhile -- Bed 1 -- also received letter from my old Gold Hill carpenter friend W R Ditchfield, now of Santa Cruz, Cal, enclosing an old photo of myself taken at San F about 1862 or 3 --

Sunday June 3

J O'Leary
Judge Jas Walsh A B Paul

Cloudy & cool -- PM about town -- Wrote & sent a letter to Jas O'Leary of SF Journal of Commerce, transfering to him fom Sperling the mining statistics job -- Evening at home -- wrote letter to Judge James Walsh San F, for early Comstock Ophir statistics, etc, Almarin B Paul, Middle Creek, Shasta Co Cal on same thing, & another short letter to J O'Leary -- Bed 1 -- Light sprinkles of rain this PM --

The Comstock Minstrels

Monday June 4

Clear & pleasant -- PM at Gold Hill -- Bed at 1

Tuesday June 5

AM clear, PM cloudy & cool -- AM I took walk down to the California pan mill, 6 mile Canyon, about a mile from here -- Saw the Supt Mr Bisbee on life insurance -- couldn't get him -- PM, about town -- Evening at performance of the Original Comstock