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Bitters come in sheets, ready printed, for insertion each day for the year round -- This one, Old Parkinson of the Tribune thought I wrote, same as all the rest and shoots off this in his paper of yesterdays:
Col Shaw went to Reno this evening, leaving old Jim Townsend to do the Enterprise for him -- Bed 4:30 -- Freezing cold --

Sharon Dead Centennial Baby Quartz mill Sam Crescengo

Friday Nov 13

Clear & pleasant -- Mining day -- work as usual -- Bed at 3 -- Sharon died at 3:32 this PM in his Palace Hotel, San Francisco -- Flags at 1/2 mast in Carson and here --

Saturday Nov 14

Same -- PM attended meeting of trustees of Centennial -- Got letter from Sam Crescengo today about stocks -- Evening at 8 I walked out to the Fulton Foundry on the Divide, and saw a model quartz mill made to send to the New Orleans and London Expositions -- It is 1/4 the size of the regular quartz mills connected with Comstock ore reduction -- Made by a Comstock boy, 23 yrs old, named E J Squier -- Was put in practical operation 1st time this PM -- A really wonderful piece of

Baby Quartz Mill Col Shaw "off" Rain & Snow

work, considering that the boy did it all himself, engine, [bosler?] & all -- Col Shaw drunk & gambling tonight -- Didn't, stand in at all, & old Jim Townsend he put in his place & went off gambling again -- Bed at 3 --

(Sunday comes in here)

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