, 1874-05-09
hopeful Eold'huntor which evidently "pannol

ug "a fooG ia oaF ionve ISc ;srrnw trhok aTII go
| - CRASHING 70 Ti,f i,ocKa 1jr1,oW.
| with ftA iblfmnn froiri,t. hul ,vn rn,nntad fhn
"IIori III iafoty I'D iooloi1 at Jim. aud o1acii.
1 lated "Jdyoln Villa lo lonkod at me- and roarod
with lAughter,-tl1o felowl Tie road did not
end there, nor did THO tiain "walh oyer" tic
in, thS track-of which thore aro not moro than
800 foot In Continuous straight limo along Tho
nhrrow-gaugo portion-soon lid Il from our
| sight,,
might b. seen saetId IL 11iMiaohnr III tic soanty BIZ
niltriciols brown. .rrnae md tb6 nIhIik 81 four
| footed beasts grazng on q slopo lnoIinotl 1t nj
nnglo Of about d5 dogroos, called forth from Jim
country woro endowed by naatulo With short logs
ou ono side, 10 that; whom standing on tho hill
slopes Qndoed, thorod ID no othor plaoo tor them)
tholr s'haads would bo Lowell"
| 49,. 49,. ntAvrn nnooK. OK u ...
! a ricture.nuo nnnt in m" ~ tha n,rrovoat
pIacoa in tl1a Oannn. Thia 4oema tn In - sort ~
nicnio reso1f n,,i1 hoa,,t;fni anr,mor.hnrsn has
Boon ereotod i,inh IN arnvn thn tranh, nndn a."
stout swing placod securely upon ereat boui-
| der. .etandinR in lie led of Ella ornek.
| The etation ia naned aftor Doaynr, Drool,ii n
prottY rill which con,es pattoritr down from
romnntio glen near by, and Which lie unsonti-
mental railroad COMPANY nut to practical use by
| couiluotiDn h intn thnir wntnr-tank.
,Farthnr on wo comm In Fork'a Uroek. tin 3unc-
tion of t,arrow-ra,,1n branch of Tia, Colorado
Central, extending : Tow: miles west TO- Floyd
aoorgotown. ] H. n ereat m u silver. mining nj , contre'
Upward we 20, @ our tl little. % ongine putting and
| STRUGGLING. and niow and then emitting shrill
whistle al We approach ranch or 4 s;xulch;,, 4
paHsing hero and tloro solitary grizziod and
kopn, )" and occasionally: leaving bohind weary
| tramp. with his stan md mack: ouco eepyiug d
moving object far up tho hill-sids, which, on
| closer. examination to be rnsn leading horse
| Which cauBed tho plnlosopher to rotnark that,
| Undor tho circumstances. ho would rAther bo
following that horse than leatling il t;n now wind
ing around cold, phalowy rook,. thon out into
the genial sunshine: hiRhor md higher, until we
stop at dairy-ranoh to tnlso on milk for Black
| Hawk. and. boinr dclsrod tho PHILOSOPHER
suggests that we arc waiting :. until one moro
| COW iB null kcd." -,
| "A few miles moro prougnt us to q station
called Celneron's Mines, Where large plncor-
| mining operEtiopB are cunduutod. Al intercst-
lug featere hero wan the lnrgo number Of
., + ouIaEsx 1AnouEns . s.
who arc employed III tho mis1es undor contract.
tho baggage-car, aoonalng to be particularly in
tatessod IL tho unloading Of sundry PACKAGES,
boxes, and bugs, containing provisions; and
their queer little ayes sparklod as they saw tho
rice, md -four, aud oardinos, ete. carried into
good EnElah which; , the Chinese contractor Or
oycrseer spoke ; while tho ,ontlandisia gibberihh
OF tne "heathen was highly appreciated by ua
Molscans.. x..;- ,,..,
ono of tho "UhlnesorB," as Miss Mnloney
would say, stood at Ills cabia-door, gazing at the
train % 1t starred OF, whon he seemed to recol-
locs that he had boon awaiting its arrival at tho
station with the intention Of taking; passage,
tion1, think,-thoy were IN tho rnothor-tongne,
into tie hut, soappaared in . moment with an
empty pHs amt. a. streaming comforter; and,
all
a!rea11naSg il tue 81 ike ships pennant. hur-
1lel aftor tho 1uickoning train, graBped tha rear
railing, and finally climbed to tho platform, .
aaduer and Wiser Chlnaman'; Jim wondered
whero the looming man " was going.
And now 70 approach Black Hawk, tho pres-
ent northwestern terminus OF the road, which ls
pro1ected to Caribou, l6 miles north. The
Canon begins 70 %lden somo nexe, and mtnoa
ana olipese snlones ] ana fanches. e. ana huLs ana ;
directed to cla,king OF metals in tho door way
OF tho car, and It proves to omanate from the liz
eS1tapie'
".DAoaAaE-cHeoK NAN, :!
tance in tue, Unified Statcs Tint bio now inhabits
eYory train, md jns'ea his chec;ss, and yocifer-
ates "bageage cbeckcd!,', in every travelling
oe anon Tbsra a navo
undouptedly, aid must have boon necessity, as
found to b the caso l,o ro.cheoks baggage for
tho stage which rups from Dlaclt Hawk to tho
growing plncp, Central City.
=" Black Hawk !" shouted the brakeman, is
tic tram rumbled into tho narrow depot and,
ags We haa neE much time to spend before sho Do;
quickly aliEhted ind hastcned up the dusty
and only iatieot Of tho old town, whose housoa,
and sliopa, md furnaces asrlsg1e iii brokop limo
OH eithor side 81 tho road, .or perhaps mile up
tho Cauol,. -
Presently . cloun-lookIng, four -horse coach
loaded down With paBsengora md luggage, goes
dhshiiis BY. el,yolopinx us in such q cloud Of
dust b. to iorcibly rolnind me of ono Of our
1rach days in dear old Chicago.
Nothing looks. ,cloan In black Hamk,-ti,e
hoAvy, black smoke from ecorte Of furnaces and
mills, ana: tho rising dust from tho much-uaed
street, ee"1'RSas asfpanx 70 p5s''1sS p4;;a,xrsy,
New-built louusaoa, recently brsht-looltiog, wero
nov, gray; ao,ae Of longer standing quite dark;
willie sven the aIsin of apnao Of tie inhabitants
partook Of i smoky hue At the upper end Of
5ho town stood an; attractive and commoaioaa,
aoctIop. Al sono narrow points in tic Canon
here, the beels-yarls OF tho dwellings, extend toa