New-York tribune., 1874-09-10
THE HAYDEN EXPEDITION.
IN THE MIDDLE PARK.

sEA-A ToYN THAT ROSE AND FELL-MULEs AS
A.MEANs OF HUMAN DIScIPIINE-GEoLoGf OF
THE COUNTRY.
rvnox .Soco ASTON coRRE sPoNDESr OF TRBUNE.l
Hor SULPHUR SPRINGS, Middle Park, Colo
RADIO Aug. ls-Mr Jsekson's Photographic DIVISION OF
the Survey left Denver on July "a joined them az
Golden CITY, station Oh the Colorado Central Railroad
Our route admitted OF such cumbersome ana fragile
means OF conveyance as wagons. It imperative,
them that all the provisions to be consumed, except
game the apparatus, aud small personal luggage snouiu
he transported the backs Of mules eight OF when
suoed with average burden OF perhaps loo POUNDS
Seven riding animals four tents and eniSane COM
pleted the outfit. aud thus supplied we began the
Summers campaign. Our proposed course over the
by the of Berthonde Pass, which We be-
leved Afforded easiest access to Middle PARK Tor our
pack train. The scenery from the start to the summit
was OF constantly increasing interest Golden (Which'
by the way is named after pioneer, and is not an
adjective as naturally supposedly lies just at the
entrance of Clear Greek Caon-Denvers picnic ground
Through guches in the bare, steep hills that surround
1t good wagonroad leads TO the mining dlstrcts
about Central City, Black Hawk, and Idaho These are
Just such towns Bret Harte pictures-srange anon
allies OF rudeness and luxury coarseness and refnemen
The first two the railway but must stageit TO
Idaho and the familiar names Wells, Fargo Co. glitter
on the coaches III
Coming over one Of the ridges looked back, and am
sure / never further. The ranges OF gradually
Tightening foothills had through seemed just at
my feet and looked as though howitzer might easily
shoot clean them but far beyond, seen through
blue haze, the plains stretched away and away TO a
shadowy horizon, smooth and level as the sea. On
the hther side Of this expanse almost invisible differ
ences OF hight and shade indicating undulations in the
prairie diversified view while right in the fore
ground the Platte traced itself the dark line OF trees
along its banks. ana showed where Denver was.
AMONG THE PEAKS OF THE RANGE.
The hills grow and more precipitous as you near
.t,,tor hofu npO wi
tastic pinnacle of shattered rocks, or showing bold
searpment OF granite along the crest Of ridge. The
stones of the distant hills thekly clothed with
resinous woods up timber grows-that Is, lOOO
ITO 900 feetand the water courses are marked by the
lighter foliage of species OF aspen and occasional cur
rant and gooseberry bushes but close to the road the
Irees have been cat and converted into hrew0od
for the mines piles which You pass along the way
This stripping of ,s hills and the familiar marks OF
the AK detrac from the wildness while enhancing the
desolation OF the scene do not remember to have
noticed anything 20 far which picturesque or
pretty except night effects in camp, which are
rather weird p large and grand scale, as
10 produce less late satisfaction and pleasure than
zone would probably derive from weeks trip among
the Caskls AdrOniacks; but there Is breadth ana
hight and depth to a days experience among these
silent skypiercng peaks that you cannot take In at
once must make effort AFTER and grow to the ap
iprecation Of, through lifetime. For example: ap
preaching Black Hawk descended 1000 feet in one
long hill From the top OF this HILL itself depression
among foothills, coad take IN at one glance the icy
summits OF Evans, James. Gray and Torrey, Chief and
Squaw Arapaboes and dozen other peaks, named and
rameless, whose separating valleys were two miles
above the sea- the majestic calm of that
all else dwnded yet heard man swear in hot anger
because. forsOoth strap had loossned 1t seemed mole
than profanity
Much Of az er this lay down the side OF long
range everywhere punched with the prospectholes"
of gold ligCerS, into the deep valley OF
idaho Springs not watering place, where, nctwith
standing my exaltatiOn the mountains was glad
10 pay dime for glass of poor lager. We camped for
the nj ght quite the village, and whereas we had
before been down prospecting party and after
ward chaed by The small boys of Central City fisher
men, here in Idaho classed with circus COM
pany which was just leaving town. Now we were at
ihe base of the main range, and our climb really began
but it ~ for we followed the wagon road
90 Georgetown and Empire City. Gong through
town or past a ranch, the mules exert themselves to
enter every doorway gate. and barnyard TO turn up
every street or lane. 20 anywhere and everywhere
nut where they ousht; aud the amount of caution.
invectve and hard sderding necessary TO keep them
together and unde their respective packs is not CON
ducive careful observation OF your surroundings, or
i NAV add pareutheucay, the cultivation of the
Christian virtues.
TIE GHOST OF A TOWN.
Thus II happened tlat passed through Empire with
out remarking anything extraordinary about 1t, and 1t
was not until the terrific halst0rm that came upon us
ust as we packing had passed over that learned
that Empire City had population Of about one family
G, every four houses, dozen stores included
Next morning rode down there, full of curiosity is
chos OF a town. There houses and stores enough.
harms aud fences and gardens. Clear Crock expands
into pond above the strong dam which supplied great
mills vet standing on its banks but the people have de-
arte6 Yet its decline has been less rapid than its rise
81 one may Judge from the look of hasty construction
about all The buildings, mostly unpainted structures OF
loose boards or simple log cabins With the high hopes
Of sudden great city which animates the breasts of ali
Western men "where two or three are gathered to-
,eber the town seems to have been eabOrately laid
ont and the broad at equal intervals aud
hptersect AT right angles all the valley, hemmed
nn by precipi,ous hills, beyond which snow-eapped
tneaks make a hoTizc1. Ten years 1900 people,
(attracted by the 2, which were discovered in the
yyicinity built the with almost magic haste, and
hts streets we're nth mon and women. The valley
<Sas pleasant o., mines were productive, the
,trades and indu- which supplied the demands OF
this population We last established; when suddenly
new mines were o ned at Georgetown, Buckskin,
l1dshO and elsewher, lnd almost IN day the miners
had gone. One by their families followed, and'
robbed rOf their Oners, the stores Closed the
flacksmths c0opers and carpenters locked up their
shops 20 begin agail eir nomadic ife and the school
rpouse newly bult ncver saw the benches which
1Tere 20 TIE white restless jack-knives The drug
etore was the last ~ lccumb but even that went long
ago for this is hesllhy country, aud now the Peck
yHouse which is also the Po3tOhce, is the only pub
hic place in the tow Empty houses are the rule aud
mot the exception. half dozen families comprise the
}pOpulatoD aud these all i've IN the oest houses as
Though after stampede they had takeU their pick OF
beneinents. Such cayernous mansions are so common
hat they have lost wlIh the loss OF isolation ana nov
aud the children play IN them.
IN THE BERTHONDE PASS.