The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-19

contain Tue mountln sides TOO. had been bored at
frequent intervals and at various elevations, bv
prospecters and miners but most Of the claims
were abandoned. Prosnecting is profession here
Men follow II with VARYING success but three or
four persons named as having acquired fortunes
from the rich mines they have discovered and sold
Idaho contains two good hotels and Ia A fayorite
resort by reason Of its hot soda springs. These
latter
TWO ESrERPRrsiEo YANKEES
have conducted into two large rival bathing estab-
hshments. between which there is constlnt strng
gle for the public patronage A hath here. after
ones long ride was a real luxury which all awaited
OF AMER good swim in the hot bath a cold
shower braces ono wonderful. Invallds are said
10 End great benefit from the baths. At all events,
we found them hiyhly refreshing, leaving ones
velvet. N ''"0'' "'
The party remained here over night; hut We
pushed on b. buggy after dark TO Georgetown, six
Teen miles further, IN cOmDanv with Col Lnmborn.
the genial Secretary OF the Kansas Pacific. TO pro.
vide horses, posslble, for the use Of our company
IN ascending Gr1y's Peak next morning The way
led through succession OF
THs Widest AND MOST SUBLIME SCENERY,
the effect Of which was heightened immense y by the
brilliant moonlight Although the road 20
us, ana narrow enolgh to mako the waters Of Clear
creek. two hundred to three hundred feet below
u.s. look unpeasnntly near at times, got through
right merrily, without a mshap, beyond having az
lore siS mule wagon which met US at the top inst
whore the rocky shelf was barely wide enough In
let Tie driver walk ALONGSIDE his horses, and where
misstep would have tcnt us hoadlong down hun
dreds or feet into the torrent below
A. GEORGETOWN We found all the horses engaged
Ior the next day but when our party up, about
socl0ck, by sharp management Mr. Byers succeeded
In getting them oonveyances to tie foot Of OF the
nearest mounton peaks.
GEORGETOWN lies NJ the foot OF the snowy range
rsnd place et so1siderasle and loving
new processes for reducing
THE AReKSrFERous eALrSA
which is found here in abundance. Some OF this Is
80 valuable that the crude sells at the reduc-
ton works lor az high as 81 100 per ton. vast
ineKpere need, and the refractory" iture OF Colo
RADIO orc has brought mining In this Territory MO
disrepute. But scientific processes are being intro
duced by those who make the reduction business,
and the prospect is now daily growing more en-.
city is doing much fer the DEVELOPMENT Of the mine
raj riches Of Colorado, snd OPERATORS cncouriged
20 persevcre. There arc many hopeless fixtures.
however after tho expenditures of vast su.as IN
hoiinr tho rock and mining into the mountains. and
deserted works arc visible on every hand.
ury-Jons PoRrKR's SPECULATION
here was never carried beyond the erection o. tho
works. and 80 Of many others The princina mir.
lug seats are Central CITY. Clear Creek. Fall RIVER
Mil City, pownieyic, and Bakers Mills.
81 after q good nights rect We arose at ha,,pa:'
four TO breakfast, and then rushed on Tor Otay's
Peak, twenty miles distant THIS PEAK is one ofthe
highest IN ;he range Il Is l40 feet above the vel
Our party cIAsistll vi Gen Vim J. Palmer, the able
SUPERINTENDENT o. CONSTRUCTION On the Kansas
Pacific, tile man Who closed his work on that road
Postmaster General Crcswell: VIM Pr scott Smith
and son, II Baltimore Dr. Bel and Mr. Ward. OF
London Col L1mhorn and his brother, Dr.. Rejori
H. Lamtorn. Secretary amt Treasurer Of the Lake
SUP, for and Mississippi Railroad Company aud
your correspondent Tire road was rough. narrow.
and PERCEPTIONS, but the turnpike tolls 1850 we're
high enough 10 justify a rottcr ttorouglfarc. Our
route led through tie heart NJ the mineral couniry
aud tho mountains grew lof,icr nd more vrcciri
tous rs We advanced, while the Increasing rarerac.
ton OF tie atmosp hore made every escriion more
ard more arduous The carriage road terminate at
Bakers minr iorr miles from the summit, and from
this point the parry proceeded Oh horsehac'.
We were now far above the tulbcr line and
TIE REGION or PERPETUAL Snow.
Tho atmosphere was Geld a. February morning
aud so r rfed that IL gave most Cf " peculiar
ssensation Of dizziness and diniculiy Of breathing
Every ,i'tle Willie We were compelled TO stop nud
gasp cor breath. Tlis oIprassivcness - a serious
drawback 10 aborinr men " hen they first como into
the mountains. In miuing their labor IL very severe
AVID nt tila elevation qui'c cNlaustng. In course
of tine, however, tie! become accustomed 70 the
situation, md experience little or no Jiaculiy
Mountain climbing too, becomes cOmJltliivCiy easy
be- practice with some, bHt the higher altLui,s can
r.re'y be gained b. any one without ieeliug VI
isttss.
The road to the SUNNI, was mcr, s7uir-el track
In Tie ounlain salIevs Nc Passed nm. rous
streams vhosc surface Was partially nol.u over,
and In ire c.eiis nd cores were masses OF snow
Which had lain there unmolie1 from tive whereof
he memory o. nun knoweth not orr horses slio-
ped and stumbled over the shifting Shingic as theN
lAborCd INV ard. while the steep mountain Sides
along which We moved falling o0 smost perpendicu.
srd of dlnser " th. enterprise. TITO ascsnt oc-u.
pi,t about ~" hours and hlf including She iIc-
recover thar wind Two Of our party Prescott
saith and DR.. Rel, NJ Lonioa, gave out halfa.c
pany vti"A attempted the cent ~ a lower neag
uea,er Geo' ttoNn, came near dy.ur of ~, cxrr
ton. Ioag before reaching the toy. lie was seized
with vertigo, and
TnE BLOOD oUsurD OFT or MS uouGH
and uostri's Il was two or three days be ~ he
flIy recovered from the Effects. ~'-r~'
Tho wow 'ron tAc summit " tie real was one
of lifetime The almost famting spectator. - in
gained TIE ton, was Efeetcd by O panorama o
mountains, stretching Iwny or below lin as Far As
? @ eye could rclct. Cray md brown cmireu-,-
thou"ands oi f,c' Itch lay around ou every maud
'l,' tIl'Cw' of the -. with cnprlid ~. a ant Ait
tcrns cascades lighting lp their surHrc dep u.s.
wh.e BIC nLl little parks" yc-l.r' and wrodal
D ord the rc1 O. rrt or core % i.'tryn n tho
lard cape some 90 to party, posting then sclves
opuoa'e Z" ch other or ,ll Niartic a,d Vac
fccs Of The peak, snowbli'ci one sno,h,r Just l,r
he .un of the ;hin~. Soon, however the v'cw vac
!ldst OF
sV,rr srow STORM.
The Kar,s rucllc cou,p'ns own ID mi.'1s Of
aero, sr. o, gnd one,'lrl Of Nlic1 IS e1cc.,n. FOR
= arrr. swo understand H. they propusc 20 re-
claim all mi. land oy ir'i'a'ion.
II Is stated that engineers have al cady entered
o. on tie eurver "f IN immer.e irii ,tirg eauil
comm, nong Of f'aitc non before the rivrr oc-
b,W hes mo ne p.Hs. nnd extending to re % I'd
RADIO Territory. The canal thu, cut ont voui irri
gaze not le., Than 30ncO0 acres r1w utor, use'es-
70. "thcf tl1n ra-ldr'Sc' unfpg 20. b. making re-
slrvoirs and fJUrinc uN the surplus water which
4 ws from the MON tanr IN the spring wo have no
doubt they may neH'i-ably succeed 20 tre.r under
taxing Ihe road b. vel Jui,t and tam, equinlcd
and iHmigrAiion, under tho admirable a..na. cLt
81 iho N tiCrM gid Q mnaHy, is pou,Iug IA tnp.d.
o., over Is GO se'tlers having lccn lucafe stho
line i"ithin the pti year. We hope settlements
VII progress NJ rlpdy NJ they antlct-te and tbpt
they nny meet with AL tho success tlat hp.r en,er.
gilsc deserves.
Trotting on Fleetwood Park Course.
Yesterday was a gala day in Flcetvo God Park,
r. there were three tros and goody gathering TO
witness them. Tins popular course b a sort Of
sporting AHron's nod. that swallows ~ all the trot.
ting. II has quite dono MP Fashion, whore now the
grass grows on tic track on which DEXTER, nrst OF