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on the ground -- Finest of sleighing, and PM & evening many sleighing parties out taking advantage of it -- Senate held no PM session, but the Assembly did -- Evening was about town a little with my friend George Fryer -- Bed 12 -- cloudy and moderate with some more snow in the air -- No blockade or snow interruption to the trains across the Sierra as yet this winter --

Wednesday Feb 6

Variable, moderate, occasional light snowsqualls -- Legislature as usual -- Recd SL Tribune of Monday the 4th containing my correspondence of last Saturday, the 2nd -- 1 1/4 columns -- got up in splendid style -- Bed 12 -- cloudy & freezing hard -- Recd through the Mint here today a copy of the "Treasury Annual Reports 1900, Production of Gold and Silver in the United States 1899." It is better than any of its predecessors -- Has my Comstock portion of it better than was got up before -- 12 pages and 4 cuts -- really big cap for me as well as the Dept -- But still my

22 -- My Chronicle Failure -- I in Gardnerville Record
Bert Crawford $1.50 -- Reno Ledger -- Washoe Seeress
Legislative Adjournment -- 2 More Comstock Reports
Two More Mint Director Reports Received -- Sleighing

Nevada Correspondence to the SF Chronicle of Sunday Oct 3 has not appeared so I think refused -- Hilarious sleighing & snowballing today --

Thursday Feb 7

Same -- Gardnerville Record had my letter in today, sent last Saturday --