The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-05-27
RAmblines In Colorado, No. 3.

4@AfETA, SOls1 G1ay 10 4Coa-
EDITORS NEWS: Having given You
something OF my travels in the noun
tains as far as Bonanza, proceed with
the remainder of my trip around 10 this
place. We (Mr. Maynard and myself
left the camp in Squirrel Gulch about
four miles north of Bonanza on the
merning of the 9th in company with
Mr.. Isom (and two burros, to carry
our baggage and to ride when We could
not walk lOngerO to cross a spur of the
Continental Divide to q new railroad
station known as Silver creek about six
or seven miles north of our starting
point. We had not proceeded over q
mile before we encountered snow and it
was really pitiful to hear the burrOS
when they would break through the
snow. Their pitiful lamentations I am
| satisfied, quickened our energies in
shoVeling snow and helped US somewhat
| in lifting them out. We wendell our
| way up the mountain as best we could
and finally reached the summit OF the
| divide and commenced descending
on the northeast side, there being no TIM
her for some distance and the afternoon
| sun having unObstructed play upon the
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but little with snow. We soon reached
| point where q number of men were
working out the tolls to run down
Squirrel Gulch to Exchequer, thence to
| Bonanza, after which we had good going
and arrived at the station in good time.
| We travelled down the canon for Ponche
and South Arkansas. We reached
| Ponche, sixteen miles below, where we
struck one of the finest mountain val
leys I have seen on the banks of the
South Arkansas.
tits a beautiful town, and is the juno
ton of the two lines Of the d. & X. G.
relief at the we'll know POnche
Springs. From there we travelled down
the valley with almost lightning speed
to the city of South Arkansas, where We
met q freight train from Leadyille going
down toward the cities of the plains
South Arkansas is city of some no
toriety, beautifully located on the Ar,
kansas river near Its junction with the
South Arkansas river. From this point
through the politeness of Mr.. w. G
MADDOX former EmpOria boyO we took
passage aboard one of the longest freight
trains / ever saw, for Canon City.
We arrived in Canon City about IL
O'Clock p. m. The morning we took in
Il
i O'Clock visiting the springs, the peni
Tertiary (the out side) and several Other
places of note, too tedious to mention
until the east bound passenger from
Leadville came, which we boarded fol
Pueblo. Some of the first persons we me-
were Jake Schwartz. /. E. PerleY and n
Spicer, from our home city and aftei
about an hours visit with those We
knew, we boarded the south bound traiE
for this place where we arrived just il
time to meet my teams on Thursday
evening.
We are pleasantly situated in an adobe
cooking our own grub and enjoying our
selves as nicely as any one could with
4S FhOurs. Night before last II com
menced to snow and continued all day
yesterday and until noon today. The
depth has been variously estimated Al
from ten inches to two feet in the valleys
and no one knows how deep in the
mountains, as 1t has driven the miners
and lumbermen all in. some of them
looking and feeling considerably the
worse for the storm.
The prospects for Colorado were never
better. Grass is abundant, crops as tc
the acreage will be more than double
last year with an outlook for big yield
Of everything adapted to this climate, es
pecially hay and wheat. and there will bG
more money spent and work done in the
mines this year than in any one year
heretofore with q larger yield Of the
precious metals. To say to nay friends
and neighbOrs that am well, would be
putting il q little too strong, but will
say, am not sick. If I get over the
effects of my trip without having to &c
to bed with rheumatism, l will then be
ready for another trip or anything my
employers call on me to do.
Yours as ever,
G. w. FREDERICK.