, 1876-06-26
lIANN'S PEAK.
The Gold Mines at That
Point.
a Trip to the Placor-D -Diggings Of West
ern Color ado.
An AnrIferons Patch 0f THO Thousand
Acrcs..." Millions In III"

June 5.-Out nf an experience oi frontier l'fa
Hating hack twenty-tw" years, this stafds alono
in very many particulars.
Leaving Rawllns with \ party Of thirty to
forty miners, We had contract ~ be put down
tu tie beautiful park, chltol by some "Chisngo
1'ark.' .Juat m II our Garden City should claim
all tho beautiful places.
noticed that one VI the teams WIS made Ap
Of four Wild pon!cs called in mountain f,arlancc
]}ronIsnk Two Of tlIc,u were az Wild a. nny
tnusta..g Of Texas. Lang bcforc VIC reached
herr, ono Of t|,cI,, left Ter parta unknown tn
us, ut 1cust), mud, Tor nught we know, tnay bc
goIng Yet.
Our first night out developed the unpleasant
fact that VIC Wcrr cn1npcl near nritlgrr faks,
without tents, without tin plates, kniyts,-3n
fact, anything bns Tut bacon, -four, few pounds
Of cot!rc anl sugar, M cauncd fruits Or tncats,
with tlnl,rpsrn iIorses, mud tho plcasat!t out
Eook fur snow. storms, which was fully realized
on our tedious journey.
Our party was
MOTLEY oxE.
Tho Canadian voyngrurs who ha'1 tried the
l,Iuck Hills, nn1, finding disappointment, h'ro
out tn IL golsl.,nlhjng company which Is opernl-
eng ptuecr-tllgg1nga In this park; the sleek
young gent from tho home of elegance In CHI
cagu, VIII, ctstne out bccnuso tic governor had
t,crt,n,c st.,cklnlcr Ii, this 1o!rot'da and for
it., rfanct NJ ,nn,it,tnin.jif ,yhri, lf. ia ,,nw
c,sjuyin" in lie way Of tno,lntniIl-fey rvirlt
v1i lnr.cly by needless ,xtr,srr; also the hin
inE lr,'kcr from Chleagn, vito, startlng. out IN
Eaye pronIsc of golden racc,-lut,
1las for human dreams! he also wlltci;
n}sn, thu promoter of thc mining srcculatton,-
he wlN' was n'ir toInn,lssary, and gave US much
mud cat,,1,.l,kct slan-inckr, telling IN TINT he
n,i trrd fo,,rtrr,, Inv an ,Itlireincat. II
wiirh ,natlr fhn trtn ,iIrapaut md nr0Ijiablc In
s,u1ytm,r Min lt,r,n,,ity, ,,,t wc wou1d nretcr The
clmItc.
The first evening, two of our
.,.,,. M. f,- ~, .it ,vh,. shor,1 .vo m,
hav.. r. 81, rnra, ,vI,cn ~. ,n t1,nusan,i inl
1arsi wori1, n itnn rms IN tfr ,'aIlyi Aft"r
nm,,n vail, n ,i,cr 1rt,ntlv mi IN x;I,, Fri,,
n'' thr f1r" n "'1' Ment IN af,sr III tbnl rrfrcatns
deer, .vo n,!shtp rsasonabiy laye s@P,
thc rrd-sk,ns tf course, ,,' deer fur thc ca,,,,
s, tha ',,,,ir Vim r,1 n +, tir h,,rt L wmfi
haye lid lin, hit coutd MT ret ,iy glove III
il tine" Hunting VIZ. slovss on my % i, 4
ali ,f.cr hlack-tati ,lccr' 5 ''' ""'
T.c sr.n,,I ,1av hr,,u~ht ua h, .hc 1,tr- ,f,u1dr
nj, ~, u III n,,i4r, i9 trs nj H. ~ nnnt En",r ~
S,t1ni,,,r Snr;,,,T rntnt nn,;o trnu,eai Dy
TryItn7 rn3u Ct, rn Ali11fh n GlflEtHF I'll
isn,.,t,i,,ic csi hocs to 1l,nny hardy pioneers al
teams lint llal had three tlnys start Of us Thu
d1,a,, ,un[1g gs soEo md mulrs 1 % to t IVA Wa,er md
iiyc men we're sfttIng on the hank, watching for
s0lurtitl. to turn ilp We made d raft anti
,3sheti ut,t tul,cL Tint was valuable. gave our
driver commission to kill some yenIso,i, whicl.
Jne I,Dts othes s1ier IL tits party Of hunters was
yol1,,g man Of marvellous genius lie came
from railroad tirkct-,ileu, atl no doubt could
rcl mil sta.np tickets; but he wns always ur.-
ind sr,cnliu shot; but my run either went off
TOO aont,, or not soon cnoig,,"-n pretty safe
wny out; hut llc never brought tn uly gunc.
Our fourth day INT
The Lender . oi t!,o @ Chicago pnrty started up II
stcen ln,t,ntain to capture hlnrk-tu deer. A
fsn,trrsnun WIN COULD Jl,sd as well ns shout had
gu,,e ~. to gct s.tu.e ga,ac, lttchi,s, hs mule,
lis iii Ir gamct Sk wkcn a. he Icart tI,e sharp c,lirk
of m . trIgser. md, lo<,ktuE, saw tic Chlrs-
70 hunter with hla gnn lcyelcd on his
mule. "Don't sluo, tny mulc!t liz roar-
, cd r. n,,haf ts sa, t% t,s sags ,n :, QUE NM "est
really fcnrrd to hunt with HIN, for fear he would
sl,t,st ,We,t'
Struggling OH through mud, mountains,
storms aud iooa;' @ somot1aes In e waking up viii III
FESffM HCiiEH VI StiHH VII hS3 Aii M AtbNk kfaS
eighth day, nothing Important transpired. Our
irsdrr. NH, n. We sa,IcI lin, oYr es1nn,,ssasy,
sai,l h. ind plan th}orkrd out, ,"-u uccular
nirrse Of liz. Ws started out, led ty power
I'll fyantlcrs ,ynn of over twenty ycars' e1pcrt-
enrc, to 70 IL nile. L, MD IN bridging danger
@ ms strra,t,. In Leaving thu teams, three Of liz
io'''"e" ,,,u ,,,u,r,u.or,nr.
0,. M, of the l,rcr, !, nrnn,incmt businessman
iron Chicago, {not !ssnses, how
cvrr), nut even taling, his coat, sup
pth.hG %o %oa!N 3;s NOON ne thssaga M 70 VT, W.'eFs
nv *ouI, es ,i" ~ w. IT,, thn sr ',"n.cI II
So hrsa,nr sn,},,on]y sn}i, ami / .mpgINyt! TINT
| ClIyago roufcr wished himself Of, soInc rst-
cinsa lob III Ills line at home,
hum eatneTi" ahss,, no Mihah han.sAssnm. .'s
~, w ~ l"i". e I.n., hra,~ r,thtr oir,;,iH,,,ut
rnnI',mntinn. ii o;riork II bera1,c evident W.
wcry lost. Resraclmg our steps f"r mile. over n
hurrlh rnat tor trafl, We cut acrt'ss mountains,
getting t3 sanp a. h,Gnt r1es1aaas'' a. set' "'1
n rst Tina I'M frrn, iia,yfns to tba mini
| I, three dnys, The eleventh. dis I
lc.l my BroIko across q feet Of snow,
being tho hrst morse aeross tne lAhs,
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