, 1862-02-01
." OVERLAND ROUTE. "

Saddle, etc, for same e...................... 1000
Total al................................ $175,oo
But this ''total,' Mr.. Mountaineer, is
only for the outfit. The biggest expense
is to be shown yet. The miner will reach
the Grand Ronde valley in six days from
the Dalles, which will offset the time ex-
pended in going through to the mines by
way of lewiston But after leaving the
Grand Ronde valley, to travel over an un-
explored route, the miner will find himself,
as it we've, without chart or compass run
against the ''big divide" between Salmon
river and the Grand Ronde country; try
to go round it; get lost, and wander about
in the mountains two months, trying to
find some pass through which he may get
into the mines, and finally be compelled
to return to the Grand Ronde valley and
come by way of Walla Walla; in the
meantime, wear out his horses and use up
his provisions while lost in the mountains
The expenses CT the Grand Roude route.
and the difference in favor of the river
route, foot up as follows:
Original outfit t.....................S I75 90
Lost time in mountains, 60 days q 300
ounces per day, (8l2 per ounce :.... 2l6OOO 90
Lost time from Grand Ronde to Wala
ns5a %a53TP R.s asy yW5 800 ounces p 1879 f29 GO GO
Loss Of time from Walla Walla to the mines
Il days-nothng; amply repaid by
excellence Of road.
Total. ..,.......................... .&223,55o 90
Deduct expenses by river ............~ 50 90
Balance in favor of river route .. s223 ,497 90
For tho information of those going to
the mines, we will repeat what we have be-
fore stated, upon indisputable authority,
that the only overland route to the Salmon
river mines, at the present time, is the one
travelled by all who are now destined thith-
er and who have gone before, by way of
this town to Lewiston, thence to Florence
Uia Camas Prairie and the mouth of Slate
Creek. 1t is true that attempts were be-
ing made, up to the time the snow and Sc
we're weather interrupted, to open a trail
from the Grand Ronde valley to the mines;
but it is also true that these attempts were
not successful, even by the passage of a
single person over the route SO fippantly
talked about by the editor of the Noun
taineer. That it is possible to open such a
route we do not positively deny, but 1t IS
not true that there IS one open at the pres
ent time and from all the information we
can gain-and we have conversed with par
ties who have attempted to go through that
section of country-we think it extremely
doubtful whether trail will be found that
will admit of transit for loaded animals
The persistent Misrepresentation of the ed
itor of the Mountaineer in regard to this
Grand Ronde overland trail to Salmon riv-
er i'll become him as public journalist, and
may be productive of vast evil to the trav-
cling community. In regard to the dis
tances and desirability Of the "routes to
Salmon river, it will be time enough to dis
cuss these when there is another route
open to be placed in comparison with the
old one
NEW FERRY ON SNAKE RIvER.-Per-
sons recently down from the mines, inform
us that there are notices posted at different
places along the road this side of Snake
river, stating that there is new route open