The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-03-23

tttt'T1 SiiTTfT or t%u. Sld tie runs ~ tle,t
tude hnts Is al that j. left t6 identify /se
spot where such high hopes were raiseKoD5y
TO he rudelss shattered. How n,uny jj,Is, such
places are to he found the through our min
ing districts and how many hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars nave beyn expended in
just such enterprises
After nights rest Guy huuIeTs a(ied With
saagu;ae expectation, started out. each bv
himself in quest Of YenisJn. The writer, az
ter iaborious ASCENT Of one Of tife lofticst
peaks, found hjAseIf confronted with band
of as fnc stags as ever bounded ovezl the
crag, Of TIE san A1Tireas We II onee oien
Cd frs md after having eyDsDdaa eleven
rounds from an improved winchester. hai
the mortitiea;ion 70 see t,g|last ot,,aeit tai!s.
disappear oyer distaat ridge
Becoming satisfied that uur gun saattcFa,T
@snore than was>fcqaisito for successful deer
hnptiats, z.,ro II, nut 5lccisiVe.y turned
our E4cetowards camp On the way back
we c6lfy- upon another hlek with anaezs
tn~efingAaiof who exhibited .,a a4n.aut Of.
impu3cnedeeIdom e,lualie,l and revet sur
passed, BY stt3mpang to dispute oae tas.
sage. That huHk r,ckoned without his lost I:
il di,i noJ take uslpngto expend tifty roun.ls
ii improved mctallb, cartridges ia Ills d.
7 rectloli. and We had tIl satisfaction Of seeing
thar buck take on 7l,e l5iegest kiui ~ a scare
He ins!ari5a>iy iea add III sls 81 Tilartr T..
llsIsns ouf @as 70 camp nl1ch Ne iually
reached, exhausted in bss's A4.rea8ls.i III
tliH4, andwittr badly ~soi!yd tro2,ser,. IT
afforded Us some consolation hoVeyer 10
know that We had got the best q thai buck
We would scorn 10 he scared by miserable
deer even II ae vas on lis own 4.uu.. -l,isl
speaking mciaphorieails W. derotel tie
balance Of the day to reading Henry wari
Beachcr's ast sermon on heii.
our camp was situated al the ssaos at j.
stulmndious mass Of rock. whose PRESCRIPTIONS,
sides cut into giant steps rise hundred u
feet above the evei exhibiting the different
sinla formed centuries perhaps asgs-1s.-s..
What ac.d i here for the geologi>t..
What keen pleasure woald he experience in
unfolding the pages If this book OF nature
and how satisfactory would te its uherrina
records when compared with the doubtful
ntteranccs Of human history IN detail they
present everything 10 u, s,oyying as snc
eimens Of birds, Of plants ami u anImals.
trtFiHg uS now hong age and whore thsy
existed How tey 20 BACK az. upoa ayes
and with aStonishmrut faaI tie mighty
dceds Witl, which they have hcra coacerne,li
and tho grand eanvuisiau, they have ap-ter
gone Not caring 10 krlt any more deer.
and @ith the assurance of getting view ii
thr surrounding country that Wouti well
pay for ulc time and lal.er employed. wi
concluded 70 sfen3 half day in climbing
to the summit Of the highest peak in -tii4a
vicinity OF DER camp
The undertaking could only l.. sccpHs
piisheAaby carefully picking our way through
the seau, and assures IN tiig frowning blaif.
Of ycliow granite that "a naay places pre-
sented perpendicular fronts hundneel7 Of
feet in hightll Afler tao hours uf ts,..-t
fatiguiug climbing We pau.ei e rest ,q,on
the sRex Of a huge granite slab that bad
sid from It's ancient bed eentufies ago
Huge masses Of dlsioiut.d rocks scrc plle,l
mp and scattered around on every side,
vegetation had andergaag 4 complete change !.
few stantcIl oak shrubs ana eedst bushes
cling 70 The steep 81 sad whrte sutlicicat
soil hal found u backgammon hardy tufts of