The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05

of their claims-every body and his
father, friend, cousin or brother, if he
had not already gone, was going.
Flaming posters dazzeled the sight
with glowing accounts and statistics of
new companies just started, and curious
to relate every other company was
better than the preceding one. Every
body was wonderfully rich in claims, !"
"feet," and pay rock" Tons of ore
just from White Pine, were lying in
front of every store and in every office,
awaiting dissection" Every man
who stood on every street corner, and
before every Office, and in every SALOON
was discussing in brazen tones the
''richness" of the mines, and could sell
YOU" feet" or " share" from one up to
thousand. You hear of nothi G but
''.dividends" u suppose the assess
ments were kept in the back ground.
Passing a crowd. White Pine was pour
ed into one ear and Washoe into the
other, "pay rock "silver brick"
Humboldt" "big mines "struck it
rich," "indcations sure" ''acres of it,
"I'll sell you 10000 feet" feet"
"stocks" and ''ledges," hummed and
drummed ..through--the air until you
were tired, confused, sick and disguised
with the everlasting hub bub. You
saw nothing but White Pine goods,
White Pire whiskey, White Pine
wagons, White Pine miners and White
Pine pack trains. Here is one passing
now, loaded with goods just from San
Francisco and bound for White Pine.
The leader staggcrs past under the
combined weight of three barrels of
whiskey, the next .mulc passed with
the same number; what are in these?
probably bread or provisions for the
bali famished miners at White Pine;
no, as 1 live, it is gin. What can
the next mule have. possibly ground
coffee or cove oysters. nothing else |
assure you but brandy. the next must
certainly carry delicaies of some sort;
pshaw, nothing else but old cognac,
the next contains cheese, perhaps
pickles, Strawberries or sardines; as sure
as l live, nothing but old rye; the next
has bitters and the next rum, and the
ext and the next passes until all have
left. Leaving Elko at s a. M, Mon
day April 10Th We were sooD ascending
the Humboldt mountains, at 9 we were
at the summit, and at $50 we strike
the Humboldt river 20 miles west Of
Elko and are soon passing along its
banks, near its crysta! waters and down
the fertile valley of the Humboldt, and
at 10 a. M, we are at Argenta u miles
from Elko, breakfastipg upon green
peas, lettuce and radishes just from the
Sacramento market.
We are now in the state of Nevada,
the land of silver and excitement
The Central Pacific from Elko to
Sacramento was in splendid condition,
substantially built and excelling in
sn,oothness many old roads l have pas
sed over in the states, and taking into
consideration the obstacles the COM
pany had to surmount is certainly a
miracle of rail way building Here
let me state that there exists a great
amount of prejudice both for and
against both the Union and Central
Pacific companies; for instance, a
friend in the interest of both compa-
MES Cor perhaps a government COM
missioner who is well paid for his
favorable report of the line) will pass
over the roads aud will pronounce the
whole line from Omaha to Sacramento
praise-worthy and faultless in every
respect; next person in the employ
or in the interest of some other route
will make the same trip, and when he
arrives at his destination, the morning
papers will TEEN with accounts of the
abrupt grades, weak bridges, and bad
construction of the whole line, to see
the faults and virtues in each requires
the services ofan unprejudiced person,
and | will say that the Union Pacific
from Omaha to Julesbnrgh and from
| Laramie to Green river, and the Cent
raj Pacific from E!ko- to Sacramento
excel in smoothness and in point of
durability of construction many roads
in the Atlantic states-and the por-
tons / have not included will by the
time this reaches you be in splendi d
condition.