Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-25
LITTER FROM WHITE PINE.
Special Correspondence of the Gold Hill Ncws.l

1 longer NJ Elko tnan l
Intended to, and fingered on the road
hither. Both did in order to gather
information useful and interesting 10
your readers ; and after q careful OBJ
s~crva,ion of the geography and topog-
raphy of the country, have changed
my mind in regard to the future of
Elko, aud have come to the conclusion
that it will be neither Il place OF
Importance nor the terminus Of the
railroad connecting the Central with
| the Southern Pacific. Carlin is aspir-
ing, and has one advantage over Elko-
that is, that the road could follow up
the South Fork of the Humboldt and
come out Into the valley of Weir Creek
without heavy grades. To some ex.
tent this is true, but really the grades
would be heavy in many places, for the
river has considerable fall, and passes
through quite n gorge. From Elko to
| Weir Creek sometimes called the Rubi-
conf, by Frank Denver's toll road, is 10
miles. all the away across the cast
| range of mountains which guard the
main Humboldt. A railroad to cross
there would meet with formidable OBJ
stacles and carry precipitous grades.
Weir Creek rises in u meadow on tho
banks of the main Humboldt and near
the railroad track, about "a miles above
E!ko-which meadow follows down the
creek TO the South Fork, thence south
along or up that stream to the confu-
euce OF Huntington Slough, and thence
up that sluggish stream to Jacobs
Wells, on the overland road. infer,
then, it being to the interest OF the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company and to
that of the projectors of the Callville
road, that the railroad to or through
this region will tap the Central Pacific
20 odd miles above Elko, and follow to
Jacobs Wells. Along tho line would
be a belt Of fine agricultural land, 70
miles in length, and varying in width
from 10 to 30 miles, bounded along the
western side by the Diamond range OF
mountains, and on the eastern side by
the White Pine range, through q low
gap OF which Ruby Valley is reached
six miles from Jacobs Wells. A pla-
teau, attaining au elevation of about
$50 feet, extending from tho Diamond
to the White Pine range, and about six
miles in breadth, divides Huntington
from Newark Valley. Although the
route indicated is through n continu-
| Gus valley from the railroad to the head
Of Newark, yet there are three in the
| space known to the pioneers of that
region. These are the valley Of the
| East Humboldt, which lies along Weir
| Creek Ludlow Valley, which extends
from the junction of Huntington Slough
and the South Fork proper to the
mouth Of Taylor Creek and Hunting
| ton Valley, which extends up to Jacobs
Wells. There are in the three valleys
bat few streams Of water running
down from the mountains, and the
entire valley is drained by the Hum
boldt.
NEwAGE VALLEY,
On the contrary, is well watered ny
large springs, which gush out like
mountain torrents from the sloping
bench. some distance from the foot OF
the mountains, usually. These springs
all rise on the western side OF the VAL
ley, along the Diamond range, and flow
| down to II long alkaline lake which
stretches along the foot of the White
| Pine range on the eastern side OF the
valley. The road to this place follows
the western side Of this valley to Now
ark, where some very good mines have
been worked for the pas, three years,
and where there is large quartz mill
| and n dozen houses. Here the road
strikes across the valley, passing some
| miles below the end Of the lake, and
then strikes the White Pine range
where the mountains project into the
| valley bv n series Of ridges or foot hills
Newark Valley, however, does not stop
here, but swings around to thc south
and stretches away 3 far as tho eye
| can reach from even this great eleva'
ton.
HAMILTON
Is situated in n mountain fiat or broad
canyon, and just now is the most stir
ring and muddy little town you ever saw
There is considerable difference between
the climate Of Hamilton and Treasure
City. In fact, Hamilton is the Slippery
Gulch of White Pine. While the streets
are frozen hard here and the dry snow
is drifting in clouds on the mountain
side, n broad stream of black mud flow!
grandly through the main street Of Ham
iitou, and woe to him who slips from Q
street crossing. All goods are LOADED
for aud uuloaded at Hamilton. Sleigh'
are then brought into requisition to
convey freight up to Treasure. Lodging
houses are filed there long before night,
and the unlucky wight who fails to en-
gage q bed before 1 o'clock P. N. must
sit by n stove all night. Drinking
saloons, restaurants and lodging houses
are packed with men from morning till
nigh,-and each one has a "big thing"
upon the strength of whi:h no would
like to borrow u "piece." There is
more Invisible, intangible wealth in this
country than the Lightning Calculator
could guess at from now until elephants
and women learn to travel without their
trunks.
The Inland Empire is in position ut
Hamilton, and will make its appearance
next Tuesday morning, rs a daily paper;
size, R. R. X. mot Railways Ready Re-
lief, but Reese Rirer Rereiie.) Ayers and
Putnam, proprictors, will preside over
the editorial and news columns, and
John |. CHM will do the locals, for the
present
TREASURE CITY
Is the great central point here Mt pres.
cnt, aud will probably remain so-tho
principNl mines being immediately about
| the city. Town lots here are held at
%extravagant prices, and titles are some
what shaky. Since Saturday last n
severe snow storm has ragged almost
necessarily, and everything has been
checked thereby. Lumber eannot be
had at any price. \ common dry goods
box is worth three to five dollars. In
stance: A big six-foot African has n
| boo..black stand three doors from where
| write: the stand consists Of a dry goods
box three feet long; q few evenings siace
q gentleman passing by saw the box,
and being in need of lumber, put his
hand upon it and shook it, and Mt the
same time inquired of by'tnnder il the
box was for sale the answer came from