Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-05-13
DottIngs BY the Way.
Correspondence Of Keo,ccc Courier
SAN FRANoIsoo, CALIFORNIA, I
~ A pril 2S. 1870.

will see that We are in the goldon State. Ar.
irving at 8 O'clock, p. M, this evening, and
to 60 back and bring up our notes to this
place, we must commence at Winnemucca
Station, in Nevada Territory, being four hun
dred aud sixty.6vo miles back, not far from
the Stone House, aud Battle Mountain Sta
tons, and in the great bend of the Humboldt
river, and much cannot be said for the place,
only the Central Pacific II. r.. Company have
largo work shops here and several stage lines
connect hero and run to Boise and Silver
Cities, through Paradise Valley, &c. The
honor of the chief of tho Pintcs tribo Of In
dams, who formerly lived here, and many Of
the Same tribe now 1.-Two around. We next
pass Mud Lake, Black Rock, Pyramid Lake,
Rose Greek, Raspberry Greek, Mill City and
Humboldt Stations. At the latter we find good
fresh water, that is not common in this pretty,
though barren valley. Thence, pid Rye
Patch, Orcana, and cross tho humboldt river
| near Lovelock Station, and now we arc in the
midst Of tho great Nevada Desert, which oc,
cupics the largest portion of the Nevada Ba
sin, and consists of barren plains and broken
hills, destitute of wood aud water, or grass,
and is on the belt tracoablo FROM Oregon to
Arizona We next pass Granite Point,
Browns, and reach Humboldt Lake, this
body of water is about 40 miles long, by 10
or IL wide, and is the end of the great Hum
boldt river, whose waters we have traced from
their head sources, three hundred and fifty
miles, and is called here the sink, or Lake
| humboldt. We pass down tho lake IS miles
and reach next White Plains, Mirage, Hot
Springs, (No. 81 Desert, Wadsworth, Trus-
kcc, Clarks, Camp 81, and Reno. At this
place the stages connect with Virginia City
and the Carson Valley region. Many passcn.
gers got off here, amongst them our genial
and vivacious friend, Col. j., Democratic
Representative of Alameda County Cal. who
sang the "Bonnie Blue Flag" with much
gusto and vim, for the especial benefit, he
said, of his South Carolina friend, who near
the wee small hours of the morning had be-
come rather drowsy, (the cars arriving here
about 2 o'clock a. n.y. and VIC need hardly
repeat what many in the car said, "that
brings him up" and amidst tho clapping Of
of hands and cheering by many of our tray
cling friends, especially DIR. II. J.. Mathews,
of Nebraska, formerly of CAL. later of Nlonta
ma, and Col. Gilliland, formerly of Maine,
now of Nevada, and the dclcctablo Miss -,
of Portland, Maine, the train halted, and in a
moments time, the former and two latter, with
Lacy gtuIuluvivu., la .aoi...
We then pass Verdi, Boca, and Truckce
City, the largest town on the Railroad, west
Of Sacramento, aud is on tho north bank of
the Truckcc river, has upwards of 1000 in.
habtants, with newspaper, hotels, stage
lines, schools and great lumber yard, twonty-
two saw mills just around her, and o'clock,
a. NJ, VIC arrived here, the moon was shining
silver bright, and as We had not gone to sleep
after leaving Reno, and was on the lookout,
as usual for an item, VIC bchcld here the first
wood; we had not seen for many, many
miles any, and in our great cxutation, cx-
claimed, as did the men with Columbus, on
his first voyage to our great Continent,
"Wood ho !" aud without wood, to us, land
is not great deal. Leaving Truckce at4:20,
VIC were soon in sight of Donna Lake (we send
you the drawing,) the prettiest lake in the
world, we will ."bct' on that. 81 miles from
Truckcc, We begin to wind snake like, up the
great Sierra Nevada Mountains, with two
immense (doublc hcalcd,) locomotives, and
soon we begin to pass through the great Snow
Shed Tunnels that greatly obstruct the view
Of the traveller in ascending these monster
mountains. Wo OILY pass through one or
two earth and rock tunnels before we reach
the Summit, 7,242 feet high. Though these
mountains arc the highest in the United
States, Sherman on the Rocky Mountains, on
the U. & 2. end Of tho r. r. is about 900
feet higher than Summit. A moro favorable
pass was found cn the Sierra Nevada than
the Rocky mountains. At Summit is g eat
Snow shed-doublc tract: to pass, and hotel
and tho necessary houses for the many at.
taches that must always bo found at such
place Gf another ever is found) as this, and
all Of thcm are dug out on side of the Rail.
road track, and lighted up day and night
The place has tho appearance of one "ctcrna
night" We had our breakfast here, at 8
o'clock, a. M, surrounded by gas, and good
fire, for tltc snow was feet deep at this point