The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-21
away northward as far as the eye could

The peak where We were had an altitud
of 6,5lO feet, and was partially covered
with snow. The geological characte
of the Trinity range on the vest side o
the summit was about the same as i
had been on the east side. The miner
have prospected the quartzite in places
but we saw no evidences that they hat
found rock worth working. Water ap
peared in two of the deepest canons, ant
sunk before reaching the plain to thu
westward. After travelling about ter
miles we were on peak 6,32s feet in
hight, overlooking an extended alkal
fat towards the southwest The wind:
were playing over it and raising immense
clouds of dust, which filed the air for
probably a thousand feet in hight.
Soon after we reached camp, about five
o'clock P N, Mr.. Watson came in from
Oreana with the news of the nominate
of Grant and Colfa1, which gave unani-
NOUS satisfaction.
Just At dark q vhippoorwill seIenaded
US from the top of a juniper tree on the
mountain side above US. Its note is not
the same as that Of the whippoorwill of
the Atlantic States; it is not nearly SO
loud or shrill, is more plaintive, and is
avery distinct enunciation of the words,
" Poor-Willie " -prolonging the firs,
word. passing rapidly over the last, and
following it with q distinct cluck. The
bird is very similar in appearance to
the whippooreill of the East. On the
the morning of the 2eth l was wakened
jus: as day began to dawn by the liquid
notes of bird perched at little dis
lance, which l had not heard before.
The song reminded me much of the song
of the thrush 10 the West; l crawled
gently toward the spot whence the sweet
sounds proceeded, but failed in seeing
Tue olIu III Tue ulust VI M auiluatcu
strain Of wild mountain music his notes
were suddenly ended, and l heard him
no more. We see many robins, almost
everywhere; but they sing as half-taught
birds-much as some young ladies play, |
" hose education has been for some cause
1t might be we'll for our
robins to send east for an accomplished
teacher. am sure have heard robins !
in the West surpass those of Nevada in
all the essentials of pure, lofty robin |
music, as far as Paganini surpassed the
veriest novice in the art. Generally, /
we stood greatly in need, this morning,
Of the soothing influences Of music, for
" hen we came to look after our mules,
NO of them were missing-the one rid
len by Mr.. Custar, and the one we were
aking with Us for Mr.. King, when he
hould join US. My saddle mule was
II with mountain phrensy. Our baron
ter was also leaking quicksilver, and
We were, upon the whole, quite out of
orts. Two men went in search of the
Missing mules, and returned about dark
Without them. discovered and cap
ured a number Of specimens of the
corpion and centipsde.
Two men were sent out on the 3oth,
repaired for an extended search for the
nules; they had orders to return to
be camp At the expiration of three
avs in any event. About dark the
ind blew from the south-east, and the {
LIQUIDS were dark aad threatening. On !
be next day, about three O'Clock in the I
fternoon, a snow storm came on. The 9
round was soon covered. On the morn c
~ of the lst Of June an inch of snow
~ over US gradually the clouds cleared T
way, and the sun came forth warm and .
heerful, and by noon the snow had dis p
ppeared. The men returned little !.
efore dark, after \ second unsu ccessful b
.arch for the lost mules. They had 8
acked them about forty miles down L
10 western side of the Trinity noun a
ms, and abandoned the search only on '
count of the expiration of time for h
hich thew wers ordered to be absent .