, 1880-05-29
TIE GUNN1SON.
Notes Of a Hundred-Mite Trip on
SnoW-Shoes.
r,tii,, Virginia City, Tumthl nst Springs, Chat.
l.s city, Alpine, Raymaua, Eh.
Tho Mineral Prospects IN Various Localities
CRAZY Camp and Its Beas Of Talc.
p,u,pseters Swarmlng EyorYwhcre-hn Indian
War Prohablc-Tho uios Must Go.

A.sa INIT completed n i0o-1ntle circuit over
tha t;ul!n1son country, OH s',ow-stOes.-yi
inr Pltkln, Virginia City, Tumtchl Hot
Strings aud Tumichi City, OIL tho western
% ida ii tl,e great range called tho Continental
rNyIt,e, aud Chalfen City, Junction, Arbor-
rtlie, stnysyllle, Alpine, Forest City, Md
Rsynond, east OF tho Divide. Col. j. u.
seiiers-forlncrly Of indianapolis, who has
han In tllesu mountains about thrco years,
n,o,pectnR,-and sert to Drnver for two
palrs Of Canadian or web anow-slocs. paying
In for tho two pairs. Tllcse nre lighter
each Weighing less than QUO po,nd-tian The
Norwegian or long board shoes, so common
here; as,l We can climb steep nountain-sldcs
more easily will them.
Startling from Alpine, on Chalk Creek,
about ten miles from where 1t enters Tho
Arkansas River, forty miles south Of Lead
yllle. no walked four niles, 10 Forest City,
an the same creek.
AI.riNE
4 The most pretentious city to) In tho valley,
being tue presenttcrnl of Barlow & Sand-
rrsol's Stage-Llnc. It Inns fur hotels, q
dozen stores Of vnrEous kinds, more than n
dozen saloons, two4lance-ltnlls,a and about 800
inhabitants. In It's inlnietllate nuiglborllOod
arc tho Tilden aiMt few other goott mines.
The snow never gets more than n few inches
deep here, a1d for niue or ten months there
Is n0 SHOW.
Forest City Is now nbout half rs ldrge as
Alptne, but Is In n moro beautiful location,
IN tho Immediate vicinity Of large number
Of rich mines. 1t has the promise of u large
smeleE In very short time. The assay
ollco and some other h0uscsnre built. Forest
CITY seems to be having speciul boom.
sanew place, at the head of tho South Fork
Of Chalk Creek, wliero tile ratlluad al>-'
proachrs nearest to tho head OF the Middle
Fork Of tile South Arkansas. The whole Of
The Monarch Mining District, us well Us the
Tumlcll, must reach tho railroad Mt this
point. It Is estimated that not Irss tllnn loo
pairing mines will eventually have this MS
their shipping point. THO great drawback Is
to five feet Just few eubLns lnaku up this
embryo city,
Wo pushed on mp tho valley two miles far
ther IN the Tunnel wagosl-rpad, kept open
81 ws'sF sasE t9 a tSf 4 c, pass, re @srs e Pen
elevation Of nearly 22.ou feet, are digging q
tunne! $500 feet long through tho Conlfneilt-
al Divide. The tunnel OIL tho eastern side Is
under cover about l00 feet. It fs to l,e twelve
feet Wide alld eighteen feet high. They blast
wherever necessary, and take nut tho lower
twelve fect afterwards. They ,tso, Of course.
sham drills md nltro-glyccrine. The west
en- oppFoacll Is not yet under cover, md 1t Is
believed that another full Yenr will he re-
quted to let tho cur through. The original
railroad ctSlpany Inns taken the work In
taass,t aana, employing tho contractor as superln-
We lift the tunnel about 1s o'clock, md
walked ten miles down Quartz Creek, over
tnoW fI9m two to twenty feet deep, 10 the
p1r1k1N.
Here the lofty mountains separate, leaving
aleycl yaligy o quarter Of a mile Wilc and
a00ut two miles long, where the sunshine
comes IN and melts away tho deep SHOW,
making warm. cozy spot, entirely surround
fa , eS oSoat SttS M snS%Sa inSf;at1 otas S ntka
tWlce as many IN tcw weeks. It has but
one hotel, q log hut; but three or four moro
ale contracted to bt built as soon ns lumber
san oe had: Three MILLS Are busy saving
logs from eight to twelve lnclrs III diameter,
As psr thousand. Lots are selling ut from
$0to S90. Board Is $40 per week; Mt tho
Motel, s. per day. Flour Is Sl3 per 100
no9nas, oats 80, llay 81, hams and hacon SO,
m!a 0ther things iii proportion, Lnrgc stocks
q gnods ,e ate being brought from Denver md
,ope Pass -ni,re than iOo niles further tliar
ey t!. Altman pAss when that shall be open to
m9atsa!: mass!: fltklM Is surrounded by q fine
n1aNig M1,ng country. having n largo number OF
psiaan Pps2inl.sing prospcss with but ono Or two de-
fslet are tie only ones prepared to ship orc
sonasn Suns ham9nr Ut gold lodes hnyu been dis
west Of ptkin.
:, VIRGINIA CITY, AND Ii1LtElrr0S,
rpos, r1SoGs three miles farther vest down Willow
rieek, r|sSts, aIe about ten miles northwest from
b1t bMt3a, V1,,hil fullerton has beautiful location,
R,a1ees ato sp,all, each having less than iO0
s.al ssn.aabl!ants; ald, as tic ricfl ores OF Tie
saap 81 WY 6e hauled to the railroad, whore
Sa.nnapI SSGnpIles VIII b. bought. these towns arc
STssaHGu T'sa to relRin emnll. The Great Gold
@a ,aa, silver: tits, ono of tho iielcst prps. rus
SSts III Colorado. 1t 1,ns pfnllllcct iiNlre
tso,uo ~ tons Of Ore Wurth probably 500 per ton,
TSa TSa sas aa surface 10 depth Of fifteen feet.
if@. KY Is 1ron, twb to five feet thick in
y s IT. GsyrE sway s s bxySd a9rna iEa nst
nes1tl!l ~ WY eventually be foun.1 between tie
rtRnyEy and line, milking It n cOl!tact vein.
ia AI1uav nan'. VIII, one in grA,'tt, Is regarded
cen,sae o most regular amt lnexhnustlble. Tho
nj 10y tt%lllt lying UpkHpEl ulHGGEtlL kI1tll$
Thn.cx hacx' u Hext 1n0st regular MID permanent,
t.t1i,ss III Limestone arc cnrbUMntes,-rleh,
Cnm Cas ~ treated, but pockety." Tho COLL
pIfHa Fix fMas @ s9hl recently fur $l50.000. Around
vSin!ta aahu ttrglnfA is much limestone, In
"Esn FsaaI |nS rlrIi fi!lts arc ti,ste.
tha tnM ,"a.!tki i!tkin we went Oh sa0w-sllocs across
@'S MOUNTAINS south to
A.. THE HOT SPRINGS PARK,
tnote nTot tte most beautiful and picturesque
II Ro,s ,. y the lucky Mountains, The m,rk is
mjsss y ~ tae sllape Uf wUinnn'A uslr, IL four
enass,hl s II diameter, covered Will i. heavy
6ortL 6LI a,nt d bu!lcll.gri.ss, aml surrounded,
~ tatgc Of lountnI1in, On Tic snl,tiI elire
Nanahs, N5a,as The lofty TnMlGht dome. Or Ho,,,le
Rijes ia,,,,,- single, lone mountain three
snI ny so'!s alst two miles wttlu ut Lis hase
ths sm,u,a,io a,io long and lIMlf u lnf!u wi,lU ut
Ns Ha't' yaiIa,a.' ana ris!nsnbout 4.01N fret ah1ye
notn.atyS. ~ tic park all1 Arul,nN this
toeE toeE..aa., are about Y, ,UW acres OF tho finest
lnTwEpaslufe. a carrlugo cnn ho driven
Tia nar oVer It, the surface IL 30 ssnnntIl.
Ia wast.s.lia aA lias evidently been lake; uutl Mt
from fsn esi'fssn eaEe aro two sets of hot springs,
bojtin~" ""!cl ils Immense b0tfy uf Int lllnlst
CteeIt mhater Issues, formng Hot Spring
q fun ondy Of waterconskdernhIu eilotlKE
slid. Malao M mil: The country ~ yet quite
"ijon. ,, mecr, aIitel0pe, fuxes, boar, and
tfiy H.. GEe plentiful. Ono hundred aud
ID the - aHllatls spent part OF last AllIl1nNr
of Can,ppafk a. pafk hunting. Col. A. G. Babcpck,
end Mi ". ~. llas takcn up thess sprlnQs
ia snn.,tn H.. IMPROVE tllenl, Mlnklng tipnl one Ut
1de io1..nWea WatertilEs-places tn the country