The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-02-13
BY Our Special Correspondent.
CALIFORNIA.

/ AT Angles Camp, 3 mining town
made famous by Mark Twain,
Jumping Frog" Of Cslsverss. the
driver Of the s,age. sn interesting
old .chelor, dismounted, and
brought me cup II tes in pity for
nv beadsch-, fur which | shall ever
be grateful
There I hsd my frst opportunity
TO eser see the noble red man. "sh1se
un,utosed mind" etc. Somehow, |
could not get up IS much enthusiasm
for them IS msny of our best writer's
do.
looked in rain for any marvellous
eyes" though | saw several "wid ows
in weeds and woe" or 10 other
words, 10 cosl-tar and SCOT, which
they use in lieu of crepe and bombs-
zine.
Angels Is sn old mining town, aud
is of some considerable size, and
there are some very pretty houses in
it, many built Of stone.
There were many stones in the
the road. and the people nse them to
make fences OF; they ought TO make
more of them, OF ct least, that was
what / thought whenever the wheels
struck them, causing me to bite my
tongue half OF every time opened my
mouth to say 9 word Just think Of
i'll Il was about sundown when We
lefs Angels, and il began TO grow
much cooler. We still rode on
till dark, when we drew up
to the door of the hotel and got out,
thankful, and not much dusty.
There are many hydraulic mines
in operation in sight. but q short dis
tance from the hotel, and on every
side are evidences of such labor
somehow had thought that the
California mines were all things Of
the past, bot [ find that they are es-
tablished on . still 6rmer basis than
ever before, as they are worked by
men who are content to reap q rea-
soosble reward sor their work aud
do not r1sh of to every new diggings
in search of what too often proved -
be g ehimers.
The morning after my arrival |
started out for drive around Muir
phys to see the town and the mines,
some of which were in operation in
the very heart Of the town We rode
ess: ward 10 the school-house, which
is one of the finest in the State, and
is surrounded by . grove Of pine
trees oil so regular in size and shape
Is to remind one Of the trees in the
boxes of TOYS for children. We then
turned down another road and went
to deserted worked out placer mine,
where the little heaps or stone were
principally suggestive Of graves over
the buried hopes Of wealth of hardy
pioneers who had once labored there
through despondency and despair;
hoping, working sad waiting for the
wealth that never came, ill at last,
heart-sick and broken from long dis
appointment. they left the diggings to
NEE. success or death some wi here
else. These mines, though, all
through Cslsvsras county have been
very rich some years ago, and it was
then Q aourishing place; but now it
is, on the whole, q more substantial
one than before. for what mining is
now done is by men who are content
to reap slower bat sursr profits from
their industry.
The scenery about Murpby's is re-
ally beautiful; partly from the moun-
tsins and trees, and partly from the
rugged chasms made still more 80 by
the miners in their search for gold
In some places whole hill-sides have
been washed away, and the red earth
carried down the San Joaquin and
Stsnislsus rivers, while for miles
the bare red rock is all that ia left of
q once luxuriant meadow, while on
each side are the round boulders
hssped in long lines of piles. The
bedrock 10 full of deep ereviees CT
seam, is 60 fantastic and weird in its
shapes ,hs. one almost shudders
while looking at it, thinking Of the
old lsbsrinth in which were the
tombs Of all the dead We drove 10
one deserted worked-out mine which
had its own sad history, and perhaps
some of your readers might like to
hear 1t, so / tell what | saw, and
how the story went also. IL had
been q hydraulic claim, and great
cliffs of :ed earth stood out in rug
ged relief against the rich green Of
the bushes which crowned it, and
huge boulders and lodges OF lime
stone were exposed to view in all
their barren nskedness, for the gold
en- soil had been washed away from
them long ago. have seen rocks
on The sea shore and rocks crowning
rugged ocean-best cliffs, but never
did they give me the idea Of such sim
lister immovsbility as these. as they
stood erect, grim and grand, while
the earth had melted away like snow
in sunshine, before the hand of man.
1t made me think Of eternity of how
the earth and all things earthly shall
pass away, but Heaven shall not; i: