Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-07

Mics.
From st. George to kanab. ..,.......... 10
Kanab to Lees Ferry. .....:.... ....... 70-l40
Lees Ferry to Navahoe Springs. ...... 9-l49
NavahOs springs to Limestone Tanks. U-170
Limestone Tanks to Rye Grass. 22-192
hye Grass to Lees Brheh.... .......... l0-202
Lees Ranch to Moon Coppie (Moquis
FARM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $40
Noquis Farm TO Sheep Camp Pinto
Creek ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1920
Pinto Creek TO Navahoe Camp. 12-232
Nayahoe Camp to Canyon Spring. lC-24S
Canyon Spring to Red Buttes. .......... l2-2sO
Red Buttes to Pinyon Tanks. ........ 1i-274
Pinyon Tanks to Piute Canyon. w $3.50
Piuts Canyon to Robinson Tanks. w 1922
Robinson Tanks TO Corn Patch. .... $500
Corn fateh TO Bohito canyon tChiqueto 22-322
Bonito Canyon to Moss Crossing tSan
JuAnI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. oS--351
Up the river from Moss Crossing. -. 35-385
Thence to McElmills Fork. .......... li-429
Mcklmill's Fork to Case Camp. ....... l2-l51
Case Camp to Ute Ranch. $3.50
Ute Ranch to Dolores River. ....... lO-.ee
Dolores River to West Fork Of the
Maneos $500. ................... S-41I
The distance from Phoebe to St. George is 100
miles, making the entire distance from here to
the San Juan country, by the Moss route SIT
miles.-ED. RECORD.
Moss says there is good grass and
water the entire route. Gold, he says, is
found on the Dolores. Miguel and Una.
weep, tributaries of the Grand River,
and the Maneos, La Plata and Animas,
tributaries of the San Juan River. The
best prospects are on the small mountain
streams emptying into the Animas and
La Plata rivers. The best time to get
into the country is during the month of
May. The Rocky Mountains, at the
heads of the Dolores and Mancos, come
TO point with V, the waters of the
Grand and San Juan rivers being separ-
ated by low ridge. The Del Norte
heads in the extreme end of the ?.
From the San Juan to the Grand River
there are no mountains to cross. If you
cross the mountains from either the San
Juan, on the south, or the Grand, on the
north, You come right into the valley OF
the Del Norte.
Moss has a company of nine men with
him, and one si1-horse wagon loaded
with blacksmith's tools, mining tools,
etc., etc. They also have sixteen saddle
horses He will travel the route indi.
Gated in the table OF distances, and will
go all the way through with a wagon.
Moss came over this same route
last Fall while on his way to Cali
fornia. No snow was found on
that route. His statements are COR
roborated by man well known here and
at Las Vegas Ranch and Ivanpah, who
was with him last year. Belden and Sc
BRIGHT start with four-mule team to-
morrow to join Moses at st. George.
They are taking farming tools, seeds.
etc.
Fry and his family, late of Bullionyille,
leave here with Belden, destination san
Juan.
Nearly all of the Muddy settlers are
sooner or later going to the San Juan
country. Mr.. Cullum from Illinois,
brother OF ex.Congressman Cullum, left
Salt Lake on the Goth inst, destination
Muddy Reservation; occupation, boss
farmer. The Indians are very short of
grnb. The money that was to have been
appropriated in buying them food, hav-
ing been spent in transporting agents.
deputy agents, farmers, cooks and old
trunks to and from Salt Lake.
DR.. Bishops mare passed here few
since, at least took it to be her The
rider of said mare boosted at the ferry of
having hired the animal at Johnston's
stable. He also stated that he had a
partner, by the name of Thatcher, who
was some two weeks in advance of him
that he also had two stolen animals
Irecollect of seeing him pass here about
that time. One of the animals was a
black or dark brown -