Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-02-18
LETTER FROM SALT LAKE.
SALT LAKE CRY, Utah, !
February 10, 1878. /


de gemman what occupies room No. 10,
in dis ere 'ouse? Mr.. Daugherty says de
stage am guine to Salt Lake in five min
utes. and he must be round, or he II be
left behind. sure Such were the words /
that greeted my ear moment after ly |
ing down ON last Wednesday, in Phoebe, |
to get good nights rest, preparatory to |
making journey to the Sainted City on
the borders of Salt Lake. Having al
ready waited several days for an abate-
ment Of the epizootic, bounded off my
couch in double-quick time, and replied
to the American citizen of african
scent that Mr.. Daugherty could de-
pend on my presence at the stage office
so soon as l rolled up my soiled linen-a
matter Of the utmost importance to
noyitiate carpet-bagger, like myself.
Well, Mr.. Editor, was on hand, and
after the usual hurried good-byes to
friends, which included the passing of
bottle around, the stage rolled on. The
outlook did not promise much pleasure,
as the little round flakes of beautiful
snow beat pitlessly through every crew
ice in the curtains of our vehicle; and as
the latter was the worse for the wear,
those crevices were SO numerous that it
was next to no shelter at all. However,
the excitement land ardent ~ kept our
blood warm until We reached the first
station, at Rose Valley, about dusk, and
partooS of an inferior meal. Rose Val
ley is not a big city, as it consists of two
stores, a blacksmith's shop, a stable, and
two family dwellings; and the only re-
markable things thereabout that attract
ed my attention, We're the strange bluffs
of petrifed volcanic ashes. and few
hoodlums who were occupying the larg-
est share of room in the grocery. and
playing bean poker" for 20-cent pots
and round of Jersey Blue. We re-
manned here hours, arranging the stock
the next station. One OF the pnssen-
gers desired to see the proprietor of this
| place, who was an old friend. but the
latter wife had put him in his little
! bed, - and he was too cosy to leave crino-
line to greet anything that wears unmen-
tionables. So the friends did not meet.
| At sunrise on Thursday morning we COM
menced the ascent of the range of hills
running east aud west, between the Sec
ond and first "home station" The
weather was clear and crisp, thermome-
ter about degrees above zero; and the
unsalted fields of frosty diamonds glis-
tened in the morning sunshine at every
turn of the wheels. We all imagined
ourselves rich, in Golconda and us he
is rich who thinks himself so, We drank
the remainder of our elixir OF life with
good will to unfortunate friends, and
were happy. The timber along the route
between the Sd and 4th stations is quite
dense, and. though united for lumber
ing purposes, will, ere long, be made
available for railroad ties and mining
tlmBers. At Baylor's ranch we obtained
a good Concord wagon, fast team, and
a spry driver; all Of which were duly APP
preciated, and more than compensated
for the meagreness OF our dinner at that
place. Fifteen miles further on we came
to the great porphyry cliffs on the edge
OF San Francisco district. | could OBJ
tain no definite news concerning the
mines in this neighborhood, worth COM
munlcating, except that the prospects
are extremely hattering, and the natural
| facilities for extracting the metals are ex-
cellei by no district in the State or Ter
ritory. From here to the next San
Francisco station, % miles, we made
! two changes, and travelled over more vol.
t canic country, the rock being neither
! earthly ashes nor sand, but what l shall
call a species of basalt, forming clump:
and dalles, but minus the columnar char
c acter of bassalt. The country JUS
S passed over is the only one on the route
! having n large area OF SdU timber ant
: Sherwood's two mills are making saw
dust enough there to supply all the hip
: podromes in the universe. At thest
n mills sre great yards of lumber, raw anC
manufactured, and the road to Phoebe il
: lined with wagons loaded with that in
u dispensable article of civilization aut
V creature comfort. The hill between tn
saw-mills is the worst on the entire route
and little more snow at that poin
D would prove an impossible barrier t
; travel. 1t was all We could do to ge
= down II, and our sympathies came i'm
Y promptu for the unlucky ones who hav
to walk up. In the middle of the nigh
U We came TO Riverside station, situate oil
?. Beaver river, small stream, % or 3
q yards wide at its highest stage, risin
abruptly about As miles above Lamer
oau's, and sinking again at Black Rock
10 miles below. Lamsreau has on
= heartiest thanks for the best meal an
. warmest fire on the whole road. Tn
. major part of the road from Lamereau
b to Sewer river, with the exception of tn
v crossing of the Wasatch mountains, is a
d good as if macadamized, large porto
A being free from snow, and frozen hare
Sewer river is one of the most remarkt
&c BILE streams on the American continen
a 1t is about $50 miles long, commencin
1. with 3 large springs, each small rive
heading about 4 miles apart, and concel
II trating in a very short distance, formin
E. magnificent cascades, at their junction
W and now running stream averaging
= yards wide and 6 feet deep, at the rate
4 miles an hour; and disappearing ,
rapidly as it rises. Mrs. Palmer.
lg Chicken Creek station, furnished ia
9, meal in the middle of the night, +,
. weary travellers. l would, however, su
n gest, that brass kettle out of which e.
s. izootic horses drink, is not, to my We
e. of thinking, a proper vessel for the gem
-, homo to quench his thirst from. If al