Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-29
DEATH VALLEY.

| A correspondent of the Sacramento
Union, writing from the Panamint Dis
trict, Inyo county, has the following ref
erence to locality to which attaches
such fearful re putation:
The terro,s OF Death Valley have been
| greatly n,agnitied, and the picture
painted Of it by many CORE spondents
| have been unjustly formidable colors.
Many believed, and doubtless still be-
lieve, that there are places in Death
Valley from which great quantities OF
poisonous gases arise, impregnating the
atmosphere with virus sufficiently
DEADLY in its character to strike with al
NEST instantaneous death every living
thing which comes within the circle of
its influence. All this is untrue, and the
story-which was and may now be ac-
cepted for TRUTHS without foundation.
A man can ride through AID over the
entire Valley with perfect safety, and
can find water in nearly all the canyons
which debouch into the Valley from Its
western boundary. The Panamint
Mountains. which on the West lnctose
Death Valley, are Elantied with pinon
pine and cedar, and further up a little
more than halfway, the mantle becomes
heavier and its character changes from
pinon pine and cedar to white pine and
mountain mahogany The mountains on
the West of the Valley as far Us the eye
can reach, are quit generously tn :
bered. To \. c. Chglnn | an indebted
fer mich information. lie informs ne
that Death Valley proper is about sixty
miles in length. with an average width
Q. about eight or nine miles. King.
who has prosPoctel extensively
through this comfy, insloTses Chunn )
statements, and also. with the aid Of a
large ana powerful glass, and standing !
at an altitude of nearly y coo feet when |
took my observation, am strongly in |
ciine,l to think that my friends are about !
right in their estimates. From Teles- |
cope Peak the country Oh the east side !
of Death Valley Presents n sinCulariy /
picturesque appearance. and it would /
puzzle Prof Whitney himself to account
for the strange blending and iniiscrim- !
mate mixture of 50 many coiors and t
different formations rs nature their e1-
Libi;s. The eastern side Of the valley is
destitute Of timber, and but |,
few verdant spots greet the eye. l no.
ticed, through the medium OF the glass, |
near the foot of the hills, and about |
opposite Telescope Peak, n cluster Of
trees, valued as precious signs,
which, no matter whore seen, ever give
strength TO the furnished and thirsty
and with renewed energy
and added strength he pushes onward,
assured that water. that priceless boon,
is near at hand. Tue Panamint Indians
frequently cross Death Valley near this
point, and they tell me they can find
plenty of water on the other side. About
four miles south OF Tel, scope and about
half way down from the summit towards
Death Valley, Ere a number Of small! /
springs of excellent water fiowin- from
the mountain side. Death VALLEY rs
seen from the apex Of Telescope, dis
plays great diversity of features AMI
variety Of colors. locking for ward
from Telescope Peak, the broad valley
Of Pananint. Mount Whitney, the tn
!ultting range of the Sierras. Walker
Pass, and many other points Of interest
anI scenic beauty. figure consVicuoUsiy
IN the picture. Death Valley. at some
points is, l believe, considerably lower
han the level of the sea.