(WEST) Ellis Roscoe G A failed Nevada miner writes his first

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"I HAVE SEEN THE ELEPHANT IN ALL FORMS " (WEST.) Ellis, Roscoe G. A failed Nevada miner writes his first letter home in three years. Autograph Letter Signed to brother Hiram A. Ellis of Canton, ME, 6 pages, 8 x 5 inches, on two sheets; no condition issues. Virginia City, NV, 2 February 1866

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"I am stoping about eight miles from the city and I am in the wood business. I keep two teams driving all of the tim. . . . I have seen the elephant in all forms since I been here in this country. Some times I thought I had my fortune in a short tim, that is in the mines. I have made money in one mine and lost it in annother untill I got sick of the mines. Since I came to this state I have let the mines alone. . . . what money I make is by hard work. What I call hard work is to be up at four o'clock in the morning and work until 9 at night, and this I have done for the last three years."