The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-08-27

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toward aogiing. found had nt
genius for il I can eat the cussed
things with any man but have toe
much high intellect to catch them.
On the 7lh We got a row-boat from
the Middle Dam, and pulling across
the Welok~nn' baeook, passed through
the narro~s between that lake and
Molech unkemunk and rowed across tina,
inland sea 10 Benton 8 Camp. where We
landed, and whence We walked, quar-
ter of q mile, to the Upper Dam, which
stands Il tremendous s,ructure) at the
foot Of Lake MoosIucmagun,ic. Here we
saw the eclipse ADD enjoyed rouslng
camp fire in the Dam Company's cahiu.
Ny companions caught a few small
trout from the apron Of the dam and
the next day ~e rowed back 10 Middle
Dsm-a pull Of about ten miles.
Thee lakes, be it known, are the
head wa,eTs of the Great Androscoegin
River. Above where we vent, ~ a, the
mead Of Mooslucmaguntic and around
the snores of the Oquassac the grea'
quantities Of pine timber which are
ioa,ed down the dlOscroggin are Oh
tanned. This timber is cut IN the win
ter, hauled out on to the frozen surface
of The lakes aud hOaied thence through
log ways in the dams down into the
RAPID river below. Formerly It was "a |
four years job TO get big ''drive OF
logs from these upper lakes to their des-
The mills on the Andros-
cogg,n-tbe river falling below the re-
4uired standard before the logs could |
be got down. These great dams were
built for the purpose of obviatlng this
difficulty. They are enabled now to
keep back the water of the upper lakes
until the " drives are well sent
and when they get them into
The river, they lift the grea, flo.d g,tes
aud send them booming to the mills.
FEE upper and middle dams are so
as to raise the waters OF
AooSIucmaguntic, Mol-chunkemunk
,ud Meiok~nnebacook some twelve feet
the upper dam backing the ~ater-
# the 6rsi and the middle dam operat
ng in a like manner upon The waters OF
he larer two. Some idea of the ex-
enr of the Iumberirg business carried
N here is conveyed 10 the STATEMENT OF
ne fact that SOM fifteen millions OF
eet of lumber are annually sent through
bese dams. The business OF driving Is
most perilous one, Involving much ex-
osure, work by night as we'll as b,
ay and constant labor of the severest
ort. Betseen the Middle Dam and
edar Stump Landing there are FIVE ,
'Iies Of river dashiog through a Can
DO and these Intrepid river drivers +,
D not hesitate TO follow the log
trough its entire length. ch-erfuliy
IS On my share of the giories of such :,
, Undertaking. The loggers may have a..
all. n
Ou our way down from Benton Camp =
the Middle Dam We " truiled A." for .,
out and had the good luck to take
.ree specimens of that beautiful fsn.
bis trolling is done by letting GU, e
ON the stern of the boat q long line =
the bait end Of which is a - spoon
oich receives by the action of the
1at 5 motion in the water and thus at
acts the trout to his Destruction, for IL
.iow the "spoon 3" is a stout hook, D
ade for his devoted giils. One OF n
ese trout weighed three pounds. The
,xt day one of our parry caught one :.
the river between Middle Dam and :"
edar Stump weighing Ave pounds a.
his. be it understood by all fishermen, :!
the true brook trout. 1t is not uncom-
on for anglers 10 catch them weigh.
2 seven, eight and nine pound here '"
.oGt; and there is one on exhibition