The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-28
A NEW COUNTRY.
The Youngest City in the World
-Infantile Bonanzas.

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Pushing on the hind end of a
wagon up hill through a foot of soft
mud, at an altitude of 5000 feet,
where a little exertion makes the
Heart thump and temples throb
does not revive any happy memo
ries, no visions of camp meeting
or other wholesome hilarity; it is
hard work and dist esSing. That
was the situation when we crossed
the SawtoOth divide ten days ago
the road was bad. Coming down on
this side was easier, and we sOoA
sighted the head waters of the Sal
mon River.
Little Salmon, with several small
creeks putting into it, forms a BASIN
which, dotted with clumps of trees,
resembles the cultivated environs
of a large city. | directed Mr..
O'Reiley's attention to this appear
ance. but the events OF the day.
coupled with a financial disturbance
he met with in Ketchum, had
made him unsYmpathetic. His I'M
cultured response was 'd-n the
environs."
We camped that night with an
old hunter and prOspectOr who gave
us some personal experiences with
baldfaced bears which inhabit this
region. He claimed they always
stood pat, always take the groWl,
and have more self-assertion than
any bear living. Six miles from
SawtOOth City we turned towards
Vienna; there was no read worth
mentioning; we struck bog which
seemed firm enough ON top; cur
horses sank to their bellies and
wagon to the hub; we had to I'M
hitch and unload; we did this three
times.
Coming up Smiley's gulch we
noticed the track of several snow
slides running from the creek to tue
summit. About four miles from
Vienna we met man who said it
would be impossible for US to get
nearer than two miles Of Vienna.
At this juncture O'Reilly took the
lines, and the way that wagon
bounded over saplingS and stumps,
fallen timber and the debris of snow
slides, with hazardous inclination
towards the creek, revealed a dispO-
sition on his part to take chances
one seldom sees even in a mountain
district. The outcome was We ar
! rived at Vienna.
There is one good thing about
| Vienna-it is the terminus. When
you get here you have reached the
| limit in this direction. 1t is located
near the head of the gulch, and
there is yet plenty of snow within
pistol shot Of the town. It is one of
the youngest cities in the world
there is not a finished house in it,
though there are quite a number
occupied and going up. There are
two stores, two butcher shops, two
hotels, three saloons, &C., and men
are taking up lots and building log
houses as though they expected
something. The streets are bare
now, though six feet of snow on the
1st of May implies a long winter
When it is not showing it rain;
some; it is raining newt showed
yesterday. 1t is the general opinion
that the mines here are the best IL
the country. If there is anything
in natural compensations, they
ought to be.
About two miles up the canyon
are the principal mines in this dis
! trict so far developed-the Nellie
4 Mountain King, Emma and Solos
each of which has a few men EN-
ployed.. There are quite
number more prospects IL
this neghborhood undeYelOped
Specimens from the mines namet
!, indicate they are rich. A few mile
from here are several galena pros
poets. 1t is confidently believed
:. there is mill somewhere on tn
road, which will be in when TIA
; roads dry up.
This is a ragged country, in place;
and the prOspectOr lured by minera
i, stained strata sometimes finds hi
5 future Investigations depend [
t. some extent on the strength OF roo
: Prospecting here as elsewhere
Il not on the average remuneratiVe an
h if a person is lucky enough to strlk
Y a pay ing mine the fame achieved IS
y fool for luck" But there may be
, pleasure which compensates in III
! covering something Of value whlc
ot no man has seen before. d.