Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-11-18
LAKE TAHOE

LAKE TAHOE
The San Francisco Bulletin Of the 10th
instant contains . well written and in
tsrsstine Communication BY Thomas
Msess. descriptive Of life in the high
Sierra during the autumn months, from
his v recent experience Of the same
on q visit to Lake Tahoe and vicinity.
He took q new route. BY way Of George
town, FL Dorado county. and the Ru-
bicon soda springs to MeKinnsy's. a.
Sugar Pine Point. on the western shore
Of the beautiful lake. From Auburn
on the Central Pacific Railroad. to
Georgetown he states the distance to DO
eighteen miles; from Georgetown to the
Rubieon soda springs forty.hvs miles.
and from the springs to McKinnsy's
nine miles. His description OF the
glorious mountain scenery. pure cir. the
lake and the beauties Of nature gen.
orally Is Q glowing. poetical tribute. only
to bs realized by hsalthful personal
experience. He says:
The crowd OF hummer tourists 10 gone.
and that. ! think. 10 n Of the best OF
reasons Why tho visit to the mountains
should be made In the late fall Or early
winter. Hore, too. at this great noun
tain lake, some $500 feet above the sss.
surrounded by rich woods and high
granite mountains, can be found. be-
tween September and November. the
greatest number OF days free not only
from wind. but even from gentle brsezss.
The intense stiffness Of late autumn
reians, ere winter storms and dark snowy
days come in to close the scene.
Lake Tahoe. reposing in quiet gran
asur In the broad valley cleft dividing
the lofty summit Of the great snowy
mountain range. has been we'll called the
.'Gsn Of the Sisrra;' but the noble old
green forests. which since the beginning
have formed the emerald setting OF the
gem are fast disappearing before the
ruthless N Of the bookkeeping van.
aals. Already the sawmills Oh Glsnbrsok
and elsewhere on the shores Of the lake.
with their keen teeth and Unsuitable ap-
petite. have dsvoursd and disestsd, 30
10 sneak, oil the finest and best OF the
tall pines around the borders. and the
busy ioggsrs have now to conduct their
operations further back into the noun.
tain gorsss. The eastern shore and
mountains arc getting pretty well
stripped, for tho great and continusl
dow Of timber. lumber and frswoed
from there during the warm season can
only DO realized by those vhs see 1t.
The vast majority Of II comes to the
Comsteck, to be consumed in the tim
bsri.g Of the mines. the ponderous
hosting works. the mills. and for build
ing and domestic purposes generally in
the various towns. OF this Wholesale
destruction OF timber around the lake
the writer says:
Around this vast lake the destruction
E OF timber 10 immense and continuous.
There are 500 Cinnamon ut enc spot
alone, and they are to be kept at work
all winter ohepping firewood; and that
means . clean sweep OF every stick oil
timber. Whom the trees are cut for
lumber the frs and smaller varieties oil
other trees are spared. bat everything
goes for frswsod. and a. around Donnsz
Sske, 90 around Lake Tahoe. In q few
wears no tree whatever will DO spared OF
found. There Is not . tree Of any kind
now left around Bonner Lake. A
chastity array Of stumps, tsrn-up earth
and ruined undsrerowth-ef wood-rags
and bark-shatter, and complete poverty
and dsstruetiou-ars now alone to be
found there. This will ICON DO the case
around Lake Tahss alss. But the snow
will now soon temporarily cover TO Q
depth OF about eight or ten feet oil oil
this Rhastly wreck with its healing and
mueh.nsedsd cover. The Chinese have
about got possession OF the lake as wood
cutters. Five hundred Of them are now
working ct one point alone ct 81 80 per
cord. To cut . cord Is Q fair days
work.
When n contrasts . magnificent ysl-
lew or z pine tree In the woods here
with its remains In the use to which II
10 generally put in frame houses In such
towns a. Truckse or Virginia City. the
conclusion 10 at once reached that God
made q pine tree and man made q house.
He descants sloqusntly upon the mari
time pleasures and hsalthiul eujoymsnt'
to DO found at the beautiful lake. bui
dvells upon the serious drawback and
embargo upon such coveted and much
needed sDjoymsnts existing In the shape
Of high railroad. fares. He says:
The difficulty. is not 30 much in what
10 charged for adults. a. in the railroad
rule that children over i've must pay hall
price and those over twelve full fare. A
family In which there are three to 1--WE
children simply cannot so to the noun
tains. unless the head Of the house 10 q
rich man. Yet although the cost Of get
ting to the lake 10 high. living in the
hotsls there IL very cheap. Nearly all Of
them will take boardsrs by the week al
81 Is 10 81 20 u day. None Of the
hotels bat the large n at Tahoe City
made any money last summer. Nor can
they ever make money In such short
seasons while fares Are 20 high.
Tho recent very heavy snow storm Wa
pretty good starter. and rather sur
prissd these who have been 80 conf