The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-10
LOCAL. INTELLIGENCE.
A PROSPECTING roua.


Incidents OF the Trip-A Fortunat.
Find-FOnd Hopes Blasted by a
MAtter-"f-Fact Assaysr.
bave often observed that the first
thug to be done in any great under.
taking is to
MAKE A COMMENCEMENT
The first stone MAS laid beneath the
corners ofthe Pyramids Of Egypt; the
first ah 0vel Of dirt was .displaeed IN the
commencement of the Suez Canal; the
nrst blast was tired in the Sutro Tunnel !:
tue first spike was driven to secure the
first rail which resulted In the spanning
of continent with bands OF iron. SO
the enterprise which propose to sketch
had beginning. and that begin Ding
was to resolve to go into the mountains
of Nevada to prospect for the precious
metals. Ii you succeed In passing this
resolution. the next thing to be done il
to make
A MEMoRANDUM OF SUPPLIES,
Whlch may be done in. brief, as fol.
lows: A small quantity each of -four
and bacon. two Cans of oysters. one can
OF sardInes. a bottle of pepper sauce,
and gallon of Bourbon. Ihs mount
aims are'full of snakes. and all precaa-
tionary measures are considered the
part of wisdom. Ny advice is, if you
don't knd the snakes take the medicine.
Thus supplied. with borrowed team,
n Henry rife that was loaded by a
friend, aud six shooter that did not
belong to US, F. and myself essayed
7HE ROLE OF HONEST MINERS.
You. who sit beneath the shade of your
own vine or tree. or strole along the
beach at Long Branch, or drive to the
Cliff ouse IN the more salubrious
cline Of California. know nothing of
tradglng through the heated sands every
particle Of which rejects the ray Of d
July oan with such Intensity that moth
lug short Of bonanzs will repay you
for that which seems greater to endure
than being under Russian fire on the
Danube. Camping at the foot of
THE FRANKLIN RANGE,
Where a small spring gushes from the
rocks. running down over the decom-
posed lime. filed with small particles
of nHca which glitter in. the sun like
gold. we candidly discuss the probabil-
tiles OF dips, spurs aud angles" IN
the mountains above as. Being favor
ably impressed. we spread our blankets
over the bulrushes snd endeavor to
sleep. We soon discovered that there
WAS too much dip" TO our bed for
comfort, aud in our ''anging" about
tor more level spot wa discovered
that Que of our horses Was loose and
perhaps gone. This was relief even
though We bad lost him, because it al
forded us an opportunity to keep awake
In a mors comfortab BILE position.
THE MONT WAS AS DARK AS EREBUs,
And We only succeeded in finding the
missing ANNA by following the move
nents Of the one which WE knew We
had not lost.
This is the Last time l shall try to
sleep standing up. sand + as he again
sought rest at an angle of forty degrees.
/ lost no time 10 opAcurring with hin.
Yetevsn before the messenger of morn
streaked the east with purple and gray
We were ascending the steep mountain
side. Pressing on with that glowing
hope which inspires men to- do and
dare. We. fatigued, hungry and thirsty.
GAINED THE HIoHEsT PEAK
In that range of mountains. Wander
ing for hours through deep gulches and
over high ridges breaking every stone
that looked different from every other
stone without the least encouragement,
had a tendency to take all the admira-
ton ont of us. for the grand yet DESC
late. panorama which was spread out
before us in all directions, TO the limit
of our vision. Across the plain toward
the east another range of mountains
rose up in magnificent graadure, from
whose sides streaks of green marked
the course of small streams which con
yereed to one common center, forming.
further down. pretty little stream
known as
HUFFoRDsCREEK
As others may wish to visit this
stream, from whose pure. clear waters
hundred of speckled trout can be had
for the trouble of casting your hooks,
follow
OUR DIRECTIoNs
And your troubles will be endurable.
A plain road leads directly up the val
ley of the creek, from the Humboldt
river, until within iSe miles Of the
place where you wish to.pitch your
tent. Within that distance you will
notice a rather dim road tnrDing down
toward the green oottonwoods which
mark the conrse of the stream AZ it