The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-10
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perpendlcular height of two hundred
feet aud more. where Joseph with his
Northern warriors could protect them.
selves aSainst the consbined armies of
the nation, we pause to wonder in ad.
miration at the immensely of the huge
stone columns which rise still above
the cliffs. Pointing TO one of these We
said to f., See that monster in awful
silence looking down upon us?" Long
before Leander SWAN the Hellespont.
or Abraham fed bis focks upon the
plains of Asia, these stones were stand.
ing here in silence. Nature failing to
eclipse Yosemite in grandure has
Pied THE JOB,
And amid the ruins we now stand in
woDdermept With varied esaodare-
Hold on, F" said f. THAT IL all very
good, but I'll make you small wager
that that same stone won't 60 s cents to
the ton" ! could not overcome this
argument, and we made our way with
out further discussion into camp.
love nature in all her varied grand.
ure; | love the open air and the pure
water Of our mountain streams; love
all things that are pure and good; bat
l don't admire being woke up ct two
o'clock at night by punch in the ribs
from +. and find him laughing. at the
same time paying me the compliment
that | was
THE HANDsoMEsT MAN IN AMHRiGA."
This was too much fer frail humanity
to endure. arose from nay bed and
told him to prepare for the coming CON-
tiict. AS II to make peace an eagle
swooped down in the moonlight and lit
but short way off. I fired The
American bird WIS brought into camp
at daylight and peace was declared
without further bloodshed.
One more chance. one more noun
tain to prospect and our hopes for fu.
ture happiness were decided, Twelve
miles only through the sage and sand
without road to guide us. brought Us
to the ridge that was to decide eur fate.
AMID THIS SEA OF SAGE
A rabbit jumped up and iit ont for Bat.
tie Mountain. apparently having bus
five minutes IL get there, and seemed
determined to be on time. AS if sud-
denly changing his mind, he halted.
F. Determined to take vengence for our
bad sl0ck opened. sash fusilade on
that poor animal as would have put
'Bashi Bazouk to shame. Two, four.
six shots and his. rabbitship stood as
motionless as the great cliffs of which /
have written. lenqnired if the barrel
of his gun was getting hot. No re-
spouse but bang, bang, with Same re-
suits as before. asked him if he did
not think it would be good plan for
me to hold his magpifying glass be.
tween him and the game. that it Dight
enable him to get better bead. Bang,
bang. bang. until fifteen shots were act
.ually fired. F. says the last' shot
pierced his brain; l say he burned
him'to death with powder. TRis diff
ference OF opinion may never Be settled.
because when | say powder" F. goes
on the war path and sives- no chance
for argument.
Another day came. and with 1t the
usual climbing OF mountains. Follow
ing up canyon some distance F.
broke piece of float that looked en-
couraging. Still carefully following
the indications we
DISCOVERED THELEDaE
Standing out and above the forma-
ton seven feet. Knocking off several
pieces, all of which appeared to con-
tain silver IN paying quantities, we be-
gau to feel confident of the future.
Mutual congratulations were ex-
oho os.R nf do
at the ledge again, uutil we had broken
down at least seventy five pounds of
first class ore. Then a long-discussion
of Responsibilities ensued. concluding
without any dissention that it was .
"bfg thing" We complimented our.
selves on
THE FORTUNATE FIND,
dumping the ore. We selected place
for 20 stamp mill and figured on4 its
cost We eouldalmost bear the rattle
of those twenty stamps as-thsy pound
ed away day and night on that ore;
laid ont. III our Imagination, u town
site. and could hear the rattle of the
daily stage as it left the camp TO con-
vey the bullion to the nearest station
on the G. P. r r. pictured ourselves
travelling in a special car from our city
residence in Oakland to the mine.
In imagination could hear the mysteri-
ous whisnerings of our former neigh
bors saying, al knew him when he had
nothing. and was poorer than any.
body" Even heard our friends calling
me Mr.. Dobsoa instead of Bolivar
Tins elated we started to- Winnemucca
to have an assay made. The assayer's
ratnrn reads "a follows: