Show WHAT IT COST TO LIVE HIGH tv s IN THE DAYS OF FORTY ninety NINE evidently there has been some complaint over prices charged for meals in the new camp of gilbert nevada because the tonopah times of recent date quotes prices that prevailed iri hina Hang to town wn now place pla placerville ce erville i rv ilfe california in january 1850 with an evident desire to pour oil on the troubled waters surrounding tondi conditions condition tion in the eats mar jr ket of the new gold camp where miners prospectors and L tenderfeet tender feet are prone to eat ea i t once in a while even as they did in the days of old in the days of gold in the dayson days of 49 the times unearthed an old menu card from Hang town which shows what the boys had to pay for delicacies in those days a as s follows so SOUP U P I 1 dean bean oxtail short 1 50 RO ROAST AST beef wild beef Z beef with one pa potato fair i size e vegetables baked beans plain 75 baked beans greased two potatoes 75 ENTREES ENTREE S sauerkraut 1 00 hash low grade 7 75 1 hash 18 carat GAME codfish balls per pair grizzly roast jack rabbit whole j PASTRY rice pudding plain 75 rice pudding with mol molasses asse s 1 00 rice pudding brandy peaches payable in advance gold scales on end of the bar |