The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-03-26
Latter rr@ Cope.

MocsTArS crrI. March % 1870. 4
EpnoES ISraHrESDEr: Leaving Elko for
Cope a short time since on Tie stage, VII
write You some incidents of the trip. The
fTst fUrty miles of the trip was e1eelleu: stag
ing, under the management of Al Grain. who
handled the ribbons aud t'funs the siIk.''
We reached J. MeDonald's, the Halfway
Station, in time TO eat luxurious supper.
Mcdonald EseTs one Of tho best stations on
the road-, Stopping at Farmers, few miles
| further on the road, TO replenish the inner
, man, we &ftesSard logged along without r,vst-'
ing anything worthy Of note until re reached
the Friend bays, where we encountered one
Of the most terrific snow storms it has ever
been ny fortune 70 experience. One whole
day was consumed m making SIX uiiies One,
passenger declared that he had been on this
coast twenty years, exposed TO al kinds Of
weather in the valleys, plains and mountains,
had bullwhacked and skinned mules hai
campsd on the summit Of the Sierras in the
fiercest storms that ever ragged, but this storm
exceeded them all.
To Dutch John, the indefatigable, every
praise Is due. The Stage Company have no
m6re faithful employee than John
At the Mountain House, kept by KeDdrick
< Rogers, we found some Of the Bruno lads:
and with their assistance, We then made
Mountain City in half day.
The Enpeitss are gay and festive people.
Monsyiwe fohnd TO be scarce, Int whisky was
! abundant. Every one appeared to be a little
elevated; and long after We had folded our
| selves in the arms Of Morpheus, we were
awakened by the voice ozone who proclaimed
aloud that me was one OF the old time boys Of
the Fall Of 4sand Spring of '50!p and in
| sisted that some imaginary foe should wave
his lights One OF the Bruno ''rnan-eaters''
became slightly oblivious the next day and
| assiduously courted the poetic muse. / give
/ yOu the following production that he dis
coursed to an appreciatiye baI-room audience:
-. IAnd swer, By the drifting cipadi .---
! Whose riyers rnurTuur 90 the s.a:
| Where lghtuinEs fash. and thunder loud ...
| i- Roll forth their symphony; rrr .. ... . .-.
Whose mountains Cad In evergreen. .s
| d O. And Pe-ks tipped With eternal SNOW.
| Show EhTnIses herr and there, between,
| -. W valleys nestled FAR below .i.I
! wherr hidden caves Of silver shine,
And s,.I ~ S,ss Of sSis:l a--4rdI,
| qy,. Z Oaly the strike q master. hand;
| 90. Were all the pewcrs Of Garth aud air
Have left their trace OF CONFLICT grand; g.
o. wilderness 80 rich and fart --T-
''~I Thy mime is BrHno land 2 ..-,-. . . t e.
| Bruno Land" is the soubriquet by which
the young and festive poet is now known.
| :s"sanH 1.-THE MINES s. .t.
Are generally looking well, and work is being
4 pushed forward on the principal ones. The
| Mountain City is the finest looking ledge and
is the best defined one have seen. i under
stand the company is now taking out n good
quality Of ore. The Argenta Company have
struck the ledge in their tunnel; which con-
| clusively proves the peTInanency of the Ar
genta ledge. The Caniy mill il running day
and night on ore from the Crescent to the
4 Pecuniary benefit of all concerned The Cali
fornia Company are pushing their tunnel
ahead with all possible dispatch. They have
. already struck two ledgcs, and are in daily
anticipation of striking the California. The
Mammoth Company is hard ut work III devcl-
Oping its mines.
| Considerable excitement il manifested in
regard to some new discoveries both in Core
and Bruno. The SOltRnn and, Cucuunut Gre
ate ~ iurOre at Cope; and the famous Lost
| Ledge Is the excitement at Bruno. ! l,lgu.
csflled the WasInn gtJlI, has been discovered
which Is oyer four miles IN length. and j.
some four to five feet vide, well defined and
showing good body Of mineral, which is
well diffused.
This, section of country, in my opinion, is
one of the richest mineral bearing belts ever
discovered ;1and although times aye now hard,
| l think that Cope, Bull Run and Bruno con.
stitpte the richest mining district in the State
and that big rush will hOw into this section
the coming season. We are becoming to be
well known abroad, and Cope already stand.
among the foremost districts for the richness
of its mineral deposits. |l.'..
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