The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-02

ttSI SGdHOis Dul a hiN tliS h''N'N' 80 ''''' |
camp run high, or carry Jut little or
nothing All mining and prospecting is
At least six weeks behind this season on
account of the snow All the depressions,
pullies and slides, and small cannnS IN
particular, are full of snow yet, and such
places are Just the ones prospector
wishes TO examine. The middle of June
is here and gone and only few OF the
willows that are favOrably situated III
the valleys of the mountain streams are
to bud. Spring is about as
far advanced here now as on the Green
horn Mountains six or seven weeks ago.
All along this belt of country from Gun
nison City north to the Roaring Fork OF
the Grand river, including Ohio creek,
East river, slate river. and Rock creek, |
are thronged with miners and prospect |
ors, the majority of whom were expect
ing to go into the Indian reservation
We now have uncertain rumors that The
agreement is settled, and some have be-
gun to move When the news becomes
certain then there will be wonderful
rush. Near the head of Ohio creek Is a
paving district known as the Ruby
camp, and understand that ID. 5. Bill
is in that district, and l would be glad
to know his address, more particularly
as a matter of business.
On last Monday, the Nth, we q mean
Tender Foot and an old miner from En-
poria) concluded we would examine the
almost inaccessible mountains above
and south of the Silver Queen, III search
of AN extension, or at least see If they
had ANYTHING corraled up there, rs II
had been beyond the reach of prospec-
tors since last summer. Just above I'M
Der line we found some irregularities
Here We siakcd II lode of beautiful indI-
cations; called it "Peyton,' and passed
on. Procured some nice specimens
from the Silver Queen and started Tor
the summit up "A snow slide at an eleVa-
walton of about 40 degrees. The snow
had thawed and frozen alternately until
1t had become crusted or granulated on
top. and with care one could walk up 1t
nicely At about four hundred ieet
above timber line my partner began
picking with his pick at the foot OF
some wall rock, and waited on him 4;
found some nice spar and put up a no.
tice. | began to think he was killing
time to avoid the trip to the summit
From this point | led out up the slide
direct for the summit. After L had
gone up the edge of IA wall rock perhaps
two hundred feet, | looked back and the
miner had turned to the left across the
slide. lust now | was in Il bad place.
Between me and the edge OF the slide
was glare of ice, and | could not 20
back and could get no footing on the
ice. NV partner called for me TO come
back, as | could not make IT. re-
piled that | could not and must go on.
BY some means, and under great excite
ment, | reached the slide. lie again
called me to come across to him, rs II
was impossible to reach the top. could
not from that point see any difference
in the route, and if could go one way
1 could the other, consequently decld
ell for the top. In the 100 feet l noticed
the snow was more open and the ascent
had changed to about so degrees. | be
came uneasy, turned To the left TO where
l saw the top of a wall rock, the
snow began to give under me, and a
times | would founder as man would
who was breaking through ice on
stream; turned right and left, but every
place 1t was worse and as surroundln:
scenes became dim, and in the last strug
gle, l caught, but how, with my rlgh
. foot on a standing glare of ice and viii
the two first fingers and third of lief
, hand to ii crumbling rock that had beef
left by the snow, in such position tina
: the slightest disturbance would toppl
five ton of loose rock down on me. II
this position could not have sustaine'
five pounds more | had not strength
r to move. 1 called to my partner VIII
: emerged from behind wall rock, but
deem canon was between US. l told hin
= l was gone up. lie said he hoped moi
! l asked him how far to the top. lie salt
300 feet, but you cannot make it. But
cannot go back as the snow will not sus
tain me. By this time | had gaIne
some breath dare not move foe
5 or hand-S00 feet above timber line an
: $4,000 feet above sea level, one weaken
Z wonderfully To the right VAS my oni
d hope and trust. The snow slide had b'
come open and all full of large funnt
9 shaped cavetics opening out toward tn
sun at noon, and up the hill, giving tii
slide the appearance of q monstrou
= honey comb. Beneath | could hear th
e subterranean stream, and to me il had
;, sepulchral sound, with nothing but tn
:. crust like partitions between the cavitie
. l started for the the top. Sometimes ff
|. 20 feet | would climb the yielding crus
C At last, with just the toe of my boot,
} caught something beneath. nev'
tested it. 1t may have been bottom an
= perhaps only point of rock, but | res
ed 100 feet more To the top, which
,r made with more ease, as the snow WI
d more exposed to the mountain wind an
er was more firm. Made it, yes mac
IT what?" Well, l will tell you
:, not as had hoped, reached a safe Ian
at ing on the top of the mountain, but, he
ze TOR upon horrors! l had reached Il
l. summit of II wall rock that ran at rig
m angles with course game and toppl'
Il, over To the south and was about 215 fe
lie wide, or thick, lon top. To the left al
y east was IA cross wall rock ten feet hig
i and 10 the right uncertain hangII
ct snow All the landing / had or cou
X obtain could have been covered with
y; large newspaper. had not the streng
tn nor nerve to stand up. After l caug
tn sonlc breath, 1 stood on one knee al
o the tips of my fingers and stretched Il
~ NJ ncck-it is very long, but was never
N long beforc--to see as bird sees I
e; great cross range and the water she'd
ng the west; but more in hope of seeing
- possible way Of descent; but there W
le none | felt as if about to faint;
tn, crouched close to the northern ed!
Ny friend from across the canon beg
to call Ia me, and exhOrting me L
To give up, said he would come to ]
bu, it was impossible. made sol
IN silly reply and stood straight up
~ my bare footing and viewed
rs Country over as one about to
lie. secuted would view the spectato
called to my friend to start down, as
,.n was going back tile way came, and I
tb- sired thai he should go some in advan
lrt- How w.ii down I do not know,
rs crpi that sometimes l was Oh top i
snmrtimes The yielding and siidingsn
md crrSts were on top; hut reached a "
hxr 4 4.