Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-11-29

with the canal, no sudden cheek in the
flow Of the water could eusue, and the
pipe, therefore, was not liable TO undue
and excessive pressure, from that cause.
am sure that the company referred 10
have not less than twenty mikes ofrOodeh
hume After the water has thus beet
carried iuio the vicinity Of mining dis
triot, the main canal is divided into s
great number Of smaller bitches, EACH
taking different direction into the tAri-
Gus sections Of the mining locality. This
forms the primary system Of distributiOhS
1t is afterwards again divided and subdi
yided into small sluices aud bitches 10
meet the wants Of individual miners, so
that the entire mining district is complete
~ ramiiied by an intricate network Of
small channels, sluices and pipes. Afler
the water has been used il is again col
lected, far down some valley, aud again
made useful to the miner by a similar re-
distribution so that it is no UNCOMMON
thing for water to be utilized in this many
times over.
1t is astonishing TO see with what avid.
ity the miner has sought every portion
of earth he may chance TO believe would
pay for the labor Of working. Even the
streets of this town have been furrrowe6
and undermined in search of the preciS
Gus metal and | noticed that houses had
been removed for the same purpose, Ev-
en- the sacred precincts Of the dead scarce
ly served to stay the searching greed Of
the miner, and his eager desire to explore
}, the tempting ''pay dirt" that held the re.
mains of the rude forefathers of the placer
impelled him to carry his deuuding efforts
to the very verge Of the church-yard; 50
: that it stands solitary promontory in this
, vast scene of DISSOLUTION, at once the tomb
Of the lifeless miner and fitting monu-
D meut to the living miners absorbing thirst
for gold. 'i7t n.f
S As placer mining has now TO be NAM
G bered virtually among the extinct indus
: tries of this country, these grand monu-
: ments Of the enterprise and skill Of the
e early settlers are now no longer usedt save
in limited way, for their original pnr-
e pose. But upon the ruins of one industry
: has arisen another, and happily these ar
IS tifcial water courses are yet preserved, in
y the main intact, for the purpose OF irriga-
: tion, thus giving rise 10 far more enduring
IF and lucrative industry.
&c Leaving these desolatc fields. a few
h hours travel changes the scene into a most
1t cheerful and inviting one. As We ap<
r. proach the beautiful town Of Sonora the
d aspect of the whole country reminds ore
y of Italian sofness aud sublimity. Here
: are be found the finest orchards'in the
IN State, and the astonishing fruit-producing
10 resources OF California become apparent.
If The eye is greeted by an endless success
b. sion Of orchards, whose uprivaled abuhI
es dance and quality Of fruits is equaled on
l. ly by their variety. Within the limits
rs Of single garden observed. growing IN
ne rare perfection, apples, pears, peaches
r. aprieots, plums, figs, grapes, necsarlness,'
ne oranges and lemons-a proa'iscnous COLI
yh lection which believe impossible to any
e. but the genial cline Of California. AT
lie Sonora occurs another change Of coachs
rs and after tarrying for dinner we set out
its for Chinese Camp, which We reach after the
or severest experience of heat and dust we
ry have yet encountered. Chinese Camp is
r. not, as the name would indicate, of Chin
nd ese population, but acquired the name
he from the fact of few Chiuamon settling
or here at an early day, an event deemed OF
Is, sufficient Importance 10 be cofhh1cnierated
We in thus naming the town. w .''F ~ i'h
,e- Soon after leaving Chinese Camp VIC
us reach the Tuolumne river, along whose
he banks our route now lies, passing occa.
lin sionally small, antiquated mining camps,
"a some orchards, and now and then a rancho
he of some pretensons and at last cross the
river in ono Of the rudest Imaginable fer
IN ries, but in most romantic spot. We
ry now follow in the rocy beds(now dry of {
re- tributary of this river, until we reach the
ey foot of the Tuolumne range of mountains
"a which, by an ascent Of tedious slowness
rly We climb for hours. The tax on our pa
is tience is in measure compensated by th'
ed. grandeur Of the scenery which gradual,
ct unfolds in thousand varied forms o
lar beauty as we mount toward the summit.
rks Garrote "a rather ominous nume) il
&C. our next stopping place. which we reacl
ace at o late hour of the night very tired AM
raj hungry, glad to avail ourselves of tn
eet few short houfs for sleep given the trav
ing eler but searcly shut our eyes anal W
out are ruthlessly aroused, to resume our jour
ron ney at a very early hour. Garrote, unit
We within year and a half, was the neares
for point TO the valley which could be reach
by ed by stage; so from this point the touris
,er. took the saddle train and rode into til
ary valley, distance of about forty miles
yer The rapidly increasing desire to visit III
the Yosemite has caused the construction of
,es, very passable road to Tamarack Flat,
'us- distance of about thirty miles from thi
to point and perhaps as far towards the va
In ley as it will ever be practicable TO tot
}. l struct road ; as doubt much whethe
in the engineering skill Of this or any Othe
9Th age will be eqnal to the task of construc,
val. ing road from the aforementioned poiu
hes into the valley.
uld tcoycLUDED NEXT WEEK.
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