BACON $10,000 PER POUND
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BACON $10,000 PER POUND
A Tombstone correspondent of the Globe
Democrat says: Bacon at $10,000 per pound is
rather an expensive luxury, but I paid that
price for four pounds once. It was ten years
ago that I purchased a strip of land near So-
nora, Mexico. It was a good mining property,
and I saw a fortune for the near future. I had
$8,000 to start with. For 18 months I worked,
and after drilling 1600 feet through hard rock
struck an arsenical lode of silver. There was not
less than $40,000 in sight. To celebrate the find
I determined to treat myself to some bacon, of
which I am very fond. There is no such thing as
Mexican bacon, you know. The duty in Mexico
on pork is 70 per cent. Across the line at Ocha-
ville, Arizona, I could get bacon at 20 cents per