Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19
A Trip to Phoebe.

ok 'ol. 1HAN Ed.
Soon after shutdown the moon made
It's appearance. 1t was nine o'clock
When we reached the end OF the first
section, as measured by the change of
cams and also of poStillionS. In
good going the stage reaches Min
eral Hill at this time in the evening.
We had made one third of that dis
tance in eight hours!
From this point or | beg leave to
boast of having walked more than
halt the distance to Mineral Hill. 1t
was the preferable mode. on account
warm, and gaining a species and de-
gree of excitement that le>sened the
tedium OF the way. The frosty air
soon stitfened the earth so that IT
would bear me up, and my presence
vt mind WAS only required in order
To guard against getting beyond the
sight and sound of the numbering.
rickety wagon. There were many
TRACKS in the frequent rlateauS we
crossed, and sometimes | found NV
self fully IA quarter of a mile from the
line II driver had selected. With
this precauiinn only, a very moderate
pace was sufficient to keep ahead of
the team. Occasionally in NV out
""iNihSi was l'i'i'' ~ Pil' VI 'i''ic
of my fellow passengers. When such
was the case, it was because the road
was so bad that they were requested
to tighten the burden. Veterans in
the habit of such iourncving, these
gentlemen from Montana could sleep
well within the curtains, notvith-
standing the dips, angles, and spurs
OF me track.
In conNerSatlNn with the e!der
member OF me party. IN one OF tnoSe
short companion walks, l aScertalned
that he was a mountain pioneer OF
pioneers, and in his tlttE-tltth year
was setting out on what he proclaim
ed as certain To I've he last prospecting
venture of his life. He had been UNI
fortunate in his early efforts in Cali
f@orni,; had been SwIndled ont of his
interest in the Pond e Del Monte
mine of Aurora 10y a California street
brOker-who has since passed in h 5
richer checks. perhaps in retrihution
for his MANY fraudulent transaction"
and had saved but a few hundred
dollars from the earnings of his las
twenty months mining labor in
Idaho. He Was full of story and not
without humor; but was most inter
esting when he SPOKE some certain
things of that California S'ree' broker,
when. somehow, aIWlNS ended IN ms
going down INFO a treirht-wauon rut
i'm a most significant manner.
In nv lonely walks in front of the
staye-sutiicientlv far removed from
comnauionship to feel a sense of soil
tariness-the sare.brush and other
scrub trees in the neirhborhood. with
the little hillocks. and the distant
mountains. and the near horizon
clouds. often took on weird shapes.
and sometimes forced me To summon
all NV strength of mind against the
superstitious inclinations which they
aroused.
The first night ont on such a haunt
is always sleepIesS to one not recent
lv accustomed to this kind of constant
travelling: but "A somnolence comes
with the morning. You resume your
seat on the box as the eastern sky be-
gins to dapple into gray. with the
idea that YOU can strap and brace
Yourself, and take "A little nap. which
will answer for the DAYS refreshment;
but. If | can ~anlavze it. YOU inst fai! to
do this, and hover in that border.line
of delusion wherein o think Won