Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-22
TO THE SOUTHWARK.
Observations Along the Line Of the Car
SON & Colorado Railroad.

! railroad communication SoOCnW4rO car
ries with it 90 much of probable pros
psrity to the Southern portion of Ne
vada, that 4 few notes regarding it
present extent, and the characteristic
Of the country to be developed may no
| be devoid of interest. The region nov
penetrated by the railroad, although in
ha5ited for many years, is to the ma
jority of your readers still terra incog
nita. Its treeless mountains, water
less plains, vast and Sahara-like
in appearance, proffer but a cheer.
less and forbidding welcome to trav-
eler from the verdure-covered valleys,
nesting lovingly under the shadow and
protection of the grand Sierra mountain
range. Vegetable growth in these arid
wastes is hardly to be found, while the
horned toad, lizard and tarantula mon
opelize all else of indigenous life. But
to the seeker after mineral deposits of
almost any form, kind or quality, this
cremated country opens wondrous pos
sibilities. Its mountains are ribbed
with mineral, its valley shrouded with
sheets of salt and borax which, while
they pain the eye, are healthful to the
pocket The G. & &. r. r. is now ex-
tended to Belleville, distant $50 miles
from the Mound House. This little
town with population of perhaps 800
is and has long been the site of the
reduction works of the Northern Belle
Mining Company, and one Of the two
sources for supplying water to it's neigh
boring village of Candelaria, where the
Northern Belle mine is situated and
from which the enormous quantity Of
rich ore that mine has produced has
YEARLY and extensively dragged over
a dismal, dusty road to its mills at Belle
vile. Its streets are dusty, but its
business has been good. What change
the advent Of the locomotive will bring
must be matter of conjecture for the
present. Certain it is, however, that
changes must occur. Belleville is not
4 mining camp; it is merely milling
station. The main line Of the c. G. c.
R. r. will not pass through Candelaris.
The road at Belleville swings to the
westward in its southern course. A
branch track will be laid to Candelaria
With the prospect that, for the present
It least, more business will be done
,ver this nine miles of road than over
my equal or double portion of its line.
with it's foster sister,
Metallic City, near the head of. Pick
landle Gulch, contains population of
perhaps 700 or 500, divided in pro-
,ertion Of four to one, Candelaria being
he greater. Situated on the southern
lope of the Candelaris range, or
mountains" the larger place has two
prominent natural advantages, viz
,ood drainage and proximity to the
prominent mines. Its disadvantages
re dearth of water and north side To-
alton. Metallic City is pretentious,
ut is in the "gulch' and has no room
0 spread itself. Candelaria is not at
resent bustling town, though its
usiness is on the increase, and it's pros
ects very favorable. There is no need
0 describe the general confisuration Of
he mountain range, which has, through
he Northern Bellies successful working,
bsence of assessments and payment of
ividends become familiar to mining
len everywhere. The prominent facts
'hich impress an observer standing
pom the summit Of the Northern Belle
roppings are that there are three lines
groupings diverging from the west to
,e east end of the mountain range,
nat on tho west they are apparently
ose enough to join at no great dis
.nce and depth, and on the east separ-
ted by thousands of feet, and that with
NO or three exceptions no intelligent
'ork has been done toward devel oping
,ese lodges or lines of groupings. They
ave been "gophered." With the ex-
option of the Northern Belle the work