The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1876-02-26
rnEAsURE HILL. WHITE PINE.

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We copy the following interesting letter
from the New York Engineering and Mining
Journal. believing that it was written Dy
our fellow-citizen. Gen. Cadwallader
To the Editor. Swallow me to make a rapid
reference to the shove caption. for aside from its
special mineral organization, it has other CHAR
acteristics that entitle it to remark. At nine
thousand feet above the sea level, it is the lof-
test habitat. with an exception in Colorado. IN
the United States and such an elevation wouid
seem, to q l~owlander, to entitle it to some repro
baton ~ the home of storm and frost, when, Id
fact, 1t has an amenity of climate unknown 10
the Atlantic coast. ut q lessened elevation OF
eight thousand feet. The climate Is dlstlnct
from that Of your seaboard. the isothermai Line
rising many degrees north of you. our seasons
being governed by those of Western Mexico.
The Winter commences late in November, with
brilliant crisp weather, till Christmas, then
SHOWS extending to April, rarely exceeding three
feet in depth, with q thermometer rarely as low
zero, and only once in seven years touching lUo
below zero. None of the colds and infianlma-
lions that afiict low countries, and free from
pneumonia, with an open fire and abstinence
from crooked whisky. April and May are tickle,
infested with snow squalls into June. when the
rainy season commences, with an occasional
shower till August, from whence, till Winter,
the benignity of the weather secures rapturous
appreciation. The Summer air is electric, the
cook-stoves playing fantastic tricks on their
amazed occupants. each hair in the horses tail
repelling its fellow, and in passing up the noun
tain with a Mr.. Nelson of your city, he Will re-
collect my drawing repeated electric sparks from
his face, as though he was q reservoir OF the
subtle fluid. In addition to the charm OF the
climate, the freedom from insect annoyance can
not be too highly appreciated. No flea, gnat.
mosquito, or bed-bug is generated to torture
humanity. Snakes are unknown, and about five
per cent. of the usual number of flies constitute
the only nuisance. Bunch grass and sagebrush
interlard the sparse bodies of mahogany, cedar.
white and nut pine, the native inhabitants of
which are coyotes. rabbits and ground squirrels.
with now and then q sage-hen. A lowlander,
ascending from Hamilton to Treasure City. a
thousand feet of an elevation, becomes breathe IS.
and it requires . month or two to expand his
Auh6o nuAuSACnty " iutAL nhy 5lOob Aooi6uC.
After that the rarity of the atmosphere is a con-
slant charm, not q particle OF malaria is in
hailed. The sexual impulse is mitigated to q
degree that has not been noted. and lung affec-
tions. with consumptive tendencies, are re Oily
removed. The view from the summit of Treas
IRE, or rather that of the adjacent White Pine
Mountain, has a radiation OF one hundred miles,
covering several ranges of parallel mountains,
and presenting some striking scenes JEFF. Davis
Peak, to the east, rising 1000 feet, and the
Huntington Valley, extending one hundred
miles towards the Colorado, and a like distance
to the north, to the Humboldt, are in view. On
the whole, barren and austere as it seems, 10
part Of New England or New York can, in Sum-
nner or Winter, compare with it for healthfulness
and geniality of climate, and to my view the re-
organization of the Spring months is the only
benefaction that could be bestowed on it. In
another letter. reference will be made to the re-
markable mineral constitution of Treasure Hill,
and l will content myself now with dissipating
any apprehension had respecting climate by
those who III be tempted in future to explore