Your letter of 11th instEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. we received yesterday. We were every much pleased to hear from you. We have just passed thr'oExpanded:through one of the hardest winters ever known in the North WestCorrected:Northwest, but now that Spring has come we are hopeful that times will improve.

In January, I located a mining claim, where the snow was very deep. and the weather intensely cold. by the aid of my attractions for gold I had no difficulty in finding a well definedCorrected:well-defined Ledge of gold-bearing rock, I drove a tunnel in 40 feet, and found rock that prospects well in gold. I was obliged to suspend work for the want of means, I am now working for wages. Money cannot be had for less than 30% per month. I made a small loan at that rate for 30 days rather than sell my property in DeadwoodEditorial Note: Deadwood, South Dakota,

I suppose you got my letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. explaing Corrected: explaining my partnership business in mines, and the cause of my being so badly cramped-

We have property lying idle that with a little improvemnt Corrected: improvement would be worth millions of dollars.

Tell father that my attractions for mineral are perfect and will be the means of producing immense returns, by the aid of a little capital. If I had means to develope Corrected: develop my mine (which I call the Grand Eclipse) there would be no difficulty in getting tenEditorial Note: $10,000 in 1881 is the equivalent of $265,657.03 in 2021. or fifteen thousand dollarsEditorial Note: $15,000 in 1881 is the equivalent of $398,485.54 in 2021. for it a once. I have no doubt that from fiveEditorial Note: $500.00 in 1881 is the equivalent of $13,282.85 in 2021. to eight hundred dollarsEditorial Note: $800.00 in 1881 is the equivalent of $21,252.56 in 2021. would do it. I have no partners in it.

I am glad you have got a charter for a college and hope it will be a success, but am sorry you have so little rest, I think it would be a good plan for you to take a little recreation by coming west and seeing the country, you would feel more cheerful, we will have a Rail RoadCorrected:Railroad here soon. The general impression is that there will be large investments of capital [?] Unclear or illegible made here. this summer, in minng Corrected: mining enterprises.

We are all well, and I join with Nellie and the childrenEditorial Note: Edward G. Glover, Mary Baker Glover Billings, and Evelyn Tilton Glover in sending love to you and father.