The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-09-19
Correspondence from Utah.

par day, which is quite good wages,
considering the price Of provisions, as
we can buy provisions here about as
cheap as in Omaha, where they pay
$3.50 per day, and work scarce at that. |
We are not doing anything on our
claims at present think best to work |
while there is plenty to do and wages
good, for as soon as winter comes on,
the "Yahoo's" (Mormons) will flock in
from all quarters and work for grub"
if nothing more.
We now have our best claim in
shape to work in winter, when snow
will answer for water. The latter is
rather scarce on the hills. In the sum-
mer the water business is quite an
item here, and it seems queer to the
"Tender-Foot "a person from the
States) to have to buy water. On the
hill north Of town they charge 10c per
gallon, and on the hill south &c. The
water is obtained from fine springs on
the top of either hill, near the upper
end of the Canon.
The mines still continue good, and
few rich ones are being struck occas-
sionally, but not as often as early in
the season. About everything that
was in sight has been located, conse-
quently, if anything is found now, the
prospecter has to dig for it, or sink
blind.
Our mills are crushing ore quite
steady. The Smelters are all quiet
just now; one starts tomorrow and
the other two soon. The Arastras are
working steady. The town still inn
proves, if not morally il does in iniqui-
ty, as there is being built q bowling
alley, and improvements in the way Of
saloons still continue.
On the I'd inst, party consisting
of thirteen persons, all married, and
having six of our other parts along,
started for Utah Lake ip an old four
horse hack, on fishing and hunting
trip. AT noon Ge arrived at old Camp
Floyd where we waited some three
hours to have some blacksmithing
done on the hack, so the old concern
would hold together for the balance of
| the "Trip. We broke the lead bars, the
king-bolt, and lost only seventeen nuts
off the old rattletrap. Floyd is some
twenty-three miles from Ophir around
the valley, and twelve across the hills.
We find no water on the road after
leaving East Canon till we arrive at
Floyd. They have as fine a spring of
water there as one could ask for. The
town is about crumbled down, or rath-
er the houses, as they they are built Of
adobes.
| We spread our table-cloth on the
ground and partook of the provisions
brought with US, after which We again
started on our journey. From here we
had a fine road, it being one of the old
California routes. We found no water
until We arrived at the river Jordan,
which connects Utah Lake with Salt
Lake. We arrived at Lehi at sunset !;
distance travelled, forty miles. Lehi is
situated about two miles from the south
end of the lake,-is very pretty place,
but like all others in this section, is
built of adobes. We "camped" iu the
town.
On the Sd, we moved some eight
miles on the west side of the lake, to
the hot springs, and camped. These
springs are quite a curiosity, being two
in number and only few rods from
the lake. They are some fifteen feet in
diameter; one, it is SAID, has no bot
tom.
The lake is some ten by thirty miles,
with low banks and sort of muddy
water. 1t is claimed that it is the best
place for fishing in the Territory. We
worked around the south end of the
lake all day, and caught few chubs
and shot a few "tip-ups," but nothing
else could we reach with line or shot
Camped for the night nearly disgusted
with our trip.
On the 4th, we broke camp and
and started up the lake; went eight
; miles and got two men to draw seine
for Ms the result was about two hun