On the 10th and 12th of every month the mines around Bisbee pay out to the employees the sum of $70,000, so it is no wonder the gambling halls do a good business.
There are no one cent pieces used in Bisbee, (not even in the post-office); nothing less than five cents.
Bartenders in Bisbee receive $6.00 for an eight-hour shift serving drinks.
There are no colored people in Bisbee.
Board and room can be obtained for $30.00 per month and up. Clothing cost but little more than in the East.
CHAPTER VII.
Get a Job in a Law Office—Dirty, Ragged Clothes Put Off—Smallpox Starts Me Off Again.
It was an afternoon in July that I strolled into Bennett & Williams' law office on Brewery Gulch and asked for a job.