, 1880-05-29

wlLD will build Il 1Hg cnlin,
bcr Of llur.i0nklnr uraspnrts tavr hrcn " % III.
covered. Thn ji,1n,n..I nnf I ,n"an ann tnnn,
tIo, fn tl,la cn,ut, md think VI, liavs n
bonanza. | wns tMkcn sick llrrc from cold
nMa OfErexGrttntl climbing lofty mountains
." on, snwshas, .sa , md was compelled tn lie !l
nmsohs n! t,ht 'i,nittai''-Rrnct tea.-tlo panacca
'or an 1tis III the 1nolint9!ns.
,rtla ~ ,i i.!o morning nl Mny wo staftca 70
cross uic Na'Ige,-a Journey Of ton miles,
ever undertaken by ,pnt,. Tho.lgl, weak and
hunrse, / inatIc tfle ascent very we'll; hl,t
could lint sIenk ai,ove Il whisper wliei, va
rcaclrrl tl,e summit. We walked along tho
so,ltIl, LII We c;lI,D 10 tic piace 10 tescenl,-
Tie wIni blowing n galc, rendering il dil7i-
cult to rctnfn our foO:inE. On the crest Of
tl.e mountain TIC snow Ind MI blown of;
Df the South Arkut1sus, we enrulll,fctctl deep
sm0w,--perIinps fifty feet dect. In nany
places, where tho warn, sun struck the snow,
IL was saft, mud we. would sink In q foot OF
maiiy lines Unable to keep my SHOES square
utNlf tile snow, and would 20 in up to MY
whist. 1t would then tnke inu ten minutes
and exhaust NY littlu storn, OF strength 10
feet ocean OF snow, Will, tire-treo tops Mtitler
oi,r feet. At4::W u. III. We rrnchel Chatlee
City. five miles from the top Of The summit,
still In stlOw three feet deem Af[tlur's .lIDtuf
furnished ts very comfortable lodging
~, ;'o rayS rSt 1wo daSs, we III " a1oS
o'''e''so "of7' oilhH"eus.
cItArFEE
ono Of tho oltlest and SMALLEST towns Of the
sectg sc a;, Two y good nilnes-thc I Motnrc md .n
plAce. One and Il half niles below. Chaffce
IL tile junction, Mt the junction Of tho Main
nNl Middle Forks Of tho South Arkansas.
!og, sl'antics; now there, are twenty good
buildings, alld the place Is booming. Several
rich strikes tlaye been made 1t, tho neighbor-
!1hod,-l}ahcnck's Mountain Chtut, tic. To
lng iarge bodies of rltcil ore, tiiat viii pay 10
ship to Denver or Pueblo.
willie, with about fifty bouses, uuiie
eation i a!ii!s eentrai as 70 niinss. Il Mays
ville Is about five nli!rs farllur tluwn tho
valley, and Is thirteen ntlcs up the valley
from thu nlDlth Df tile river at CleUya, Tho
climate here Is. mild. Snow meyer IS more
n few duys The town Is tho InrEcst in tic
valley, hnving nbout 800 inhabitants, will
stures, hotels, nnd other branches, OF bllsi-
ness Iii a healthy, prosperous condition. No
yGry valuable mines have been dlscoycred In
~ a.ii.eu."te s!g!1llty 81 olnyHSllle, nlI III,
W emsg i,'s 1es rs M od le @ are 1oul Ill Hro9fia nll
1,,,n, ~ ~ ""So eeea e'ohca' 1ota!As "uAt ~
hAo"A ~
CRAZY CANT.
year. that by peculiar processes tl,oy hnyo
obtained from tIis tale htxl assays Of both
gold nrd silver, while other parties have
becn unable 70 tin!l even trace Of gold or
ca1np,. huys few claia,s, and proceeds iii a
myterIo,1s manner to sink hnlcs; and tie np-
parent mystery connected with tie parties
Wl,o have 50 long persisted in their claims
many Otherwise sensible people, who had
pronounced tho camp f,,,inbug and its all
vocates crazy, to Invest III tliis property
sn1al! amounts. Judge Altman has thus
e orHe as ked OK soge a = dns ns Teays JSfiS
parties are mysturiolisly gazing down deep OH
solne, Of tho .clalr!s, and # Is supposed that
Sight Of q ton or more Of ti1o finest LeaIyiiiIie
carbonatcs in tho bottom Of ono or these
lnles. And yet there Is u possibility Tint
RICH ores may be found under this tale, rs
tale. -,'
1t Is sntl that Gunnison City, some twenty
miles west OF pltkin, with no mines III It's
nelEhborhootl, Is building up rapidly. We
found Oh our Journey
-, r1sosrEcTons EVERYWHERE.
every spot Of ground tls fast rs tho stlow dis
s!nksd. rho wea;h5r iI IS iow warm; warm ''is the
eEs VIE Slo nd ssfess e c rs eae2 ct G9 w g M sa sa
bosiy Of snow out Of tl,u way. Ii is said TINT |
snf sFo1 of III; ch]Is;ady;3ls Ruena Vista Dsnye5 and
te principal routa from lie c outside World ID to to
the Gunniso,,, and largo numbers OF armed |
nina,s aru passing our door every day for |
l'itkir, Virginia, or tho mountains In tho Ute
Reservation, about fifty miles west Of this